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[ecrea] New Job advert: Senior Researcher and Lecturer in Media for Social Change in the Middle East

Wed Oct 10 23:31:40 GMT 2012



Senior Researcher and Lecturer in Media for Social Change in the Middle East

Birmingham School of Media

Fixed Purpose contract until 31st October 2014

We wish to appoint a senior member of staff to lead and ensure the successful delivery of the university’s contribution to a landmark two-year Developing Citizen Journalists in the Arab Region project. The post holder will also develop new research projects and help establish new postgraduate courses in the area of media for social change. You would work within the Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research, and with our project partners Meedan, and delivery teams based in Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, and with Syrian citizens in Lebanon to help develop the media literacy skills of citizen journalists in these rapidly changing countries. This new project builds upon a successfully completed one-year project in Egypt. You will join existing experts in social media, citizen journalism and media for development, who work on a range of associated research projects and postgraduate courses in this field.

You will need proven ability to design and manage research projects and strong leadership, mentoring and personal communication skills. Proficiency in Arabic is desirable. In addition you should have a broad knowledge of affairs in the Arab region, new social and traditional media, citizen journalism and the role of media in social change. An advanced educational qualification, preferably a doctorate, along with strong research skills, and some teaching experience or evidence of mentoring, are essential.

For an informal discussion, please contact (tim.wall /at/ bcu.ac.uk)

A job description, person specification and application process can be found at http://tinyurl.com/9btw2yy

Closing date: 2 November 2012.

Interview date: 27 November 2012.

The Birmingham School of Media is one of the longest established schools of media in the UK, and has one of the strongest reputations for vocationally-orientated programmes in British higher education. We are a Creative Skillset Media Academy, a status which recognises our high professional standards of our education. You can find out more about our courses at www.bcu.ac.uk/pme/school-of-media/courses. These programmes include a range of exciting postgraduate awards, including a number in international media and one in radio for development. We are very keen to expand this provision, and the new post will play a key role in leading this development.

The Birmingham Centre for Media & Cultural Research is a vibrant and expanding research centre based in the Birmingham School of Media. With over twenty research-active academics, and a growing community of research degree students, the centre has established a strong reputation for work in new social media, citizen journalism and media for development. A number of PhD students are working on subjects associated with media for social change, and we are very keen to expand this area of provision. Our current projects include an FCO/SIDA joint funded Developing Citizen Journalists in the Arab region initiative and the Hyperlocal Publishing theme within a AHRC-funded Community, Media and the Creative Citizen delivered jointly with Cardiff University and the University of Birmingham.

The Developing Citizen Journalists in the Arab Region project is a two-year initiative funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA). BCU-based staff from the Interactive Cultures research group work in partnership with the US-based technology company Meedan. The project, which builds on our existing SIDA-funded initiative in Egypt, works with citizens in Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, and with Syrian citizens in Lebanon, to help citizen journalists to be come trusted sources. This will contribute to strengthening democratic media in these places, so helping people to sort fact from rumour, make informed political choices, and hold their governments to account. Our work will empower citizens to use social media technology to collaboratively report and verify news stories, and fact-check political statements. The BCU project team is currently led by Prof Tim Wall, and this new appointment, together with a research assistant, will take a key role in working with partners in Arab countries. The new project will benefit greatly from the success of the existing citizen journalism project we worked on in collaboration with Meedan, in which Noha Atef was a vital team member, supported by Paul Bradshaw, BCU Reader in Citizen Journalism. You can find out more about the work of the Interactive Cultures research group at http://interactivecultures.org.





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