[ecrea] Job opportunity Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ, University of Zurich

Zurich, January 11, 2012

*Job opportunity *(please find the German announcement here: 
http://mediachange.ch/news/60/)

The Media Change & Innovation Division (Prof. Dr. Michael Latzer – 
http://www.mediachange.ch) at the IPMZ – Institute of Mass Communication 
and Media Research, University of Zurich is looking for
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*2 Assistants (50%)*
*2 Project Assistants SNF (50%)*

Starting date: at the earliest possible / as agreed upon

Please send your application with the usual documents and a letter of 
motivation (*one* pdf file) to Dr. Natascha Just ((n.just /at/ ipmz.uzh.ch)). 
The selection process starts on February 1, 2012. However, the job offer 
remains open until qualified candidates are found.

The University of Zurich is interested in the equality of men and women 
in academic positions and therefore particularly invites applications of 
qualified female researchers.
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*Job description: 2 Assistants (50%)*
Temporary position of Research and Teaching Associate (1 year) with a 
possibility of renewal for up to 5 more years and a possible increase of 
employment percentage by way of third party funds.
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/Job specifications/

   * University degree in communication science or adjacent social
     science discipline (e.g. Licentiate, Master)
   * Interest in further academic qualification; research experience of
     advantage
   * Prior knowledge or high interest in the areas of New
     Media/Internet/Mobile Communication, media politics and/or media
     economics, media technology, Internet & society
   * Very good knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative research
     methods and their application; experience with statistical and
     other analysis software
   * Fluent in spoken and written German and English, further foreign
     language competence (especially Swiss national languages) of advantage
   * Strong team orientation
   * Accurate and reliable working attitude

/Key activities/

   * Collaboration in research projects
   * Further academic qualification (dissertation) along the lines of
     the Division’s research and teaching areas
   * Conference presentations and publications
   * Teaching
   * Student supervision and administrative work

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**Job description: 2 Project Assistants SNF (50%)*
Temporary position of Project Assistant (2 years), tied to a project 
that analyzes automatic selection processes in the Internet (Algorithmic 
selection in the Internet. Operating modes, significance and effects of 
automatic selection processes in the information society)./ /This 
project is financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) (see 
http://mediachange.ch/research/algorithmic-selection-internet).
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/Job specifications/

   * University degree in communication science or adjacent social
     science discipline (e.g. Licentiate, Master)
   * Interest in further academic qualification; research experience of
     advantage
   * Knowledge in the areas of New Media/Internet, media economics and
     media management, innovation research or technology assessment
   * Prior knowledge or interest in automatic selection processes in
     the Internet (e.g. search engines, news aggregators, recommender
     systems)
   * Fluent in spoken and written German and English, further foreign
     language competence (especially Swiss national languages) of advantage
   * Strong team orientation
   * Accurate and reliable working attitude

/Key activities/

   * Collaboration in the research project /Algorithmic selection in
     the Internet. Operating modes, significance and effects of
     automatic selection processes in the information society/
   * Theoretical analysis of automatic selection processes and services
     as well as their integration into communication studies
   * Case studies of business models and operating modes of selected
     applications of algorithmic selection in the Internet
   * Social impact and governance of algorithmic selection in the Internet
   * Conference presentations and publications
   * Teaching
   * Administrative work


We look forward to your application!
Best regards,
Natascha Just
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Mag. Dr. Natascha Just | Senior Research and Teaching Associate | 
Division on Media Change & Innovation | IPMZ – Institute of Mass 
Communication and Media Research | University of Zurich | Andreasstrasse 
15 | 8050 Zurich | Switzerland | e: (n.just /at/ ipmz.uzh.ch) | t: +41 (0) 44 
6352047 | f: +41 (0) 44 6344934 | h: http://www.mediachange.ch – 
http://www.ipmz.uzh.ch