[Commlist] PhD scholarships at Dublin City University

*The School of Communications at Dublin City University is now inviting 
applications from qualified candidates for up to six PhD Scholarships.*
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The School of Communications at DCU is home to almost 1,000 students at 
undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD levels. With a tradition stretching 
back almost 40 years, the School is defined by excellence in both 
teaching and research in journalism, multimedia and communications 
studies. In the QS global subject rankings in 2019 DCU was in the top 
200 of almost 4,500 universities worldwide in the area of 
communications. DCU is ranked number 1 nationally in Communications & 
Media Studies.

The School’s academics undertake research that contributes to national 
and international debates and to public policy formation. They have also 
led research projects supported by national and international funders.

This cutting-edge research is across a range of (inter)disciplinary 
fields including (new) media studies, media history, journalism studies, 
science communication, political communication, social media studies, 
film and television studies, music industry studies, advertising, and 
cultural studies. In the past five years, the School has supported 
approximately 40 doctoral students to achieve PhD awards through this 
scheme.

The School now has an opening for up to six funded PhD scholarships 
(across a four-year duration). As well as a tax-free stipend of €16,000 
plus fees, we also support our students with funding for conference 
travel and offer PhD students opportunities to gain teaching experience.

Scholarships are open to those working in a wide array of theoretical, 
epistemological and methodological approaches relevant to our school, 
this year, we particularly welcome applications in the following areas:

*Digital challenges for journalism and politics: *Fellowship(s) in this 
area will ideally focus on the social and political impact of recent 
changes in the media environment. Particular relevant are comparative 
studies on the relationship between social media platforms and news 
organizations, algorithmic power, disinformation and political 
polarization. (For further information, contact Dr. Alessio Cornia – 
(alessio.cornia /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(alessio.cornia /at/ dcu.ie)>)
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*Digital media technologies in urban space: *Fellowship(s) in this area 
will ideally focus on the social and spatial impact of digital media 
technologies in urban space. These might involve (but are not limited 
to) surveillance and privacy issues, smart city infrastructures, the 
role of artificial intelligence and algorithms in everyday life, 
participatory art performances, interactive installations, mixed 
reality, public play interventions or any other projects that critically 
analyze the role of ubiquitous computing in the contemporary mediated 
city. Practice-based projects are encouraged and working knowledge of 
practice-based creative media software and front-end programming. User 
interface and user experience is preferable. (For further information, 
contact Dr. Marcos Dias – (marcos.dias /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(marcos.dias /at/ dcu.ie)>)

*Popular culture and new forms of promotion:* Fellowship(s) in this area 
will ideally focus on sport, advertising and/or tourism. Possible 
research topics might include: mediasport; digital advertising; sporting 
subcultures; screen tourism; sport and nation branding; and work in the 
promotional industries. (For further information, contact Dr. Neil 
O’Boyle – (neil.oboyle /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(neil.oboyle /at/ dcu.ie)>)

*Worlds of Journalism: *Fellowship(s) in this area draw on the School’s 
involvement in the Worlds of Journalism study founded to regularly 
assess the state of journalism throughout the world. The project 
explores the different ways journalists perceive their duties, their 
relationship to society and government, and the nature and meaning of 
their work. Proposals are specifically welcomed that make use of the 
project’s dataset on trust and demographics. Please see 
http://www.worldsofjournalism.org/ before preparing an application. The 
successful applicant will also work as a research assistant on the next 
phase of the project to commence in 2020. (For further information, 
contact Prof. Kevin Rafter – (kevin.rafter /at/ dcu.ie) 
<mailto:(kevin.rafter /at/ dcu.ie)>)
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*Media Policy & Regulation: * Fellowship(s) in this area will will 
explore how established conceptions of media concentration and media 
pluralism are being (or will be) altered by the emergence of new data 
and information infrastructures. Google, Facebook, Twitter et al.have 
increasingly become not just constitutive elements of the global media 
industries since the beginning of the 21st century but arguably now 
dominate these sectors. Traditional studies of media concentration and 
pluralism have tended to focus on how to regulate ownership and control 
of legacy media organisations in the print and broadcast fields. 
However, given the key role played by digital intermediaries, the 
research undertaken will seek to 1) establish how these new players 
effect the diversity of of news and information available to individual 
consumers and 2) how/whether such entities might be regulated to ensure 
that the emerging media ecology is as pluralistic as possible. (For 
further information, contact Dr. Roddy Flynn – (roddy.flynn /at/ dcu.ie) 
<mailto:(kevin.rafter /at/ dcu.ie)>)

*General PhD scholarship(s): *In addition to the above targeted areas, 
we also welcome applications for doctoral research projects across the 
broader range of media, communications and journalism fields.  
Applications are also welcomed from prospective candidates wishing to 
pursue practice-led PhDs. Candidates must have consulted with a 
potential supervisor before applying. Current research interests of our 
staff can be viewed via their profiles at this link: 
https://www.dcu.ie/communications/people-staff.shtml

*N.B. *Applications should consist of a 2,000 word research proposal as 
well as a brief CV detailing academic qualifications and professional 
experience to date.

*Applications to:* Ms. Catherine Delaney, Secretary, School of 
Communications ((commsschooloffice /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(commsschooloffice /at/ dcu.ie)>)

*General inquiries to: *Dr. Jim Rogers, Chair of PhD Studies 
((jim.rogers /at/ dcu.ie) <mailto:(jim.rogers /at/ dcu.ie)>)

*Closing date: *Friday 3rd May 2019

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