[ecrea] RA post: digital ethnographer for ESRC project on social media images (Sheffield)

**We're looking for an RA for our new ESRC Transformative Research grant!**
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*Deadline: 11 August*
*Interviews: 2 September*
*Start date: 1 December (15 months at 0.8FTE)*

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project 
*Picturing the Social* explores the social impact of the wide range of 
images now shared across different social media platforms and apps. The 
research involves an interdisciplinary team from four universities as 
well as industry. The project is led by Dr Farida Vis, who is based in 
the Information School at the University of Sheffield.

The role will require the post holder to carry out a 12-month digital 
ethnography of social media users and their image sharing practices. You 
will be required to produce summary reports of ethnographic notes to 
share with the project team. You will also offer research assistance in 
identifying key literature, including material from industry, media 
commentary, and policy documents, and produce summaries of these. You 
will work closely with the whole project team and will assist in the 
organisation of project events as well as contribute to the *Visual 
Social Media Lab*.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant discipline (or 
equivalent experience) and have proven ability in using methods 
associated with the project such as digital ethnography. They will have 
excellent interpersonal skills and the experience in writing for 
publication and dissemination, and preferably knowledge or interest in 
visual culture and social media research.


*Full job advert:* http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AJD895/research-associate/
*More info on the project:* bit.ly/PtS_pressrelease 
<http://bit.ly/PtS_pressrelease>
*Project proposal:* http://bit.ly/PicturingtheSocial_proposal


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Dr Farida Vis
Faculty Research Fellow
Information School | University of Sheffield
E: (f.vis /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) <mailto:(f.vis /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>
T: @flygirltwo

New ESRC Transformative Research grant: http://www.visualsocialmedialab.org