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[Commlist] Announcements of a Pre-Doc and a Post-Doc position at the Freie Universität Berlin

Fri Jul 26 13:27:54 GMT 2019



Below you will find the announcements of a Pre-Doc and a Post-Doc position of the subproject B02 "Journalism and its Order of Emotions" in the Collaborative Research Center 1171 at the Freie Universität Berlin under the direction of Prof. Dr. Margreth Lünenborg. Applications can be submitted until 12.08.2019.

The announcements can be found here as well:

https://www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet/beruf-karriere/jobs/wiss/15_fb-politik-und-sozialwissenschaften/PS-SFB1171-TPB02-PreDoc-D.html

https://www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet/beruf-karriere/jobs/wiss/15_fb-politik-und-sozialwissenschaften/PS-SFB1171-TPB02-PostDoc-D.html


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/Post-doctoral researcher/, full time, limited to 30.06.2023

Reference code: SFB1171-TPB02-PostDoc

Application deadline: xy.xy.2019

The PostDoc-position is located at the Journalism Studies division of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies. It is part of the interdisciplinary research collaboration „Affective Societies“ funded by the German Research Foundation which analyzes the fundamental importance of emotionality and affectivity for social life in the mobile, networked, and mediatized worlds of the 21st century. The communication studies project investigates how journalism creates an order of emotions in public discourses on the subject of migration. It focuses on the extent to which a change in publicly visible and evoked emotions in audio-visual journalistic media texts can be traced over time. In connection with this, the project answers the question of how journalism as an institution is challenged by affective dynamics of public articulations of para-journalistic actors (such as YouTube-Stars) and user comments.

*Job description:*

The focus of the field of activity lies in fundamental theoretical work on the transfer of emotion-sociological concepts to journalism, on the transformation of journalism as an institution and on the development of parajournalistic practices - together with the other members of the subproject B02. Empirically, the focus is on the analysis of audiovisual journalistic contributions over time. The work requires a willingness to work with interdisciplinary theory and methods. The post-doctoral researcher will be responsible to work on international scientific publications, the organization of workshops and an international conference. In addition, the position holder supports the preparation of research results within the framework of the public relations module with external partners, in order to reach public at large.

*Requirements:*
A doctor of philosophy degree (or equivalent) in communication studies or a related discipline.

*Desirable:*

  * Expertise in qualitative methods of journalism studies, especially
    analysis of audiovisual media formats
  * Experience with the administration and organization of scientific
    projects, workshops and conferences
  * Interest in one or more of the following fields of research:
    journalism, para-journalistic formats, theory of affect and emotion
  * Very good language skills in German and English
  * Knowledge of the dissemination of scientific results for scientific
    and non-scientific audiences

Applicants should send in a Curriculum Vitae, a letter of motivation (max. 2 pages) as well as a list of publications via E-mail to (journalistik /at/ fu-berlin.de) <mailto:(journalistik /at/ fu-berlin.de)> or per postal service to

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Frau Prof. Dr. Margreth Lünenborg
Garystr. 55
14195 Berlin (Dahlem)

By sending in an online application you give your permission to have your data stored and processed electronically.

More information requested by Dr. Laura Sūna ((laura.suna /at/ fu-berlin.de) <mailto:(laura.suna /at/ fu-berlin.de)>), Claudia Töpper ((c.toepper /at/ fu-berlin.de) <http://fu-berlin.de/>) or here. <http://www.sfb-affective-societies.de/en/teilprojekte/B/B02/Neue-Laufzeit/index.html>


/Pre-doctoral researcher/, part time (65%), limited to 30.06.2023

Reference code: SFB1171-TPB02-PreDoc

Application deadline: xy.xy.2019

The PreDoc-position is located at the Journalism Studies division of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies. It is part of the interdisciplinary research collaboration „Affective Societies“ funded by the German Research Foundation which analyzes the fundamental importance of emotionality and affectivity for social life in the mobile, networked, and mediatized worlds of the 21st century. The communication studies project investigates how journalism creates an order of emotions in public discourses on the subject of migration. It focuses on the extent to which a change in publicly visible and evoked emotions in audio-visual journalistic media texts can be traced over time. In connection with this, the project answers the question of how journalism as an institution is challenged by affective dynamics of public articulations of para-journalistic actors (such as YouTube-Stars) and user comments.

*Job description:*

The focus of the field of activity lies in social media analysis as a form of interaction with journalistic and parajournalistic communicators. This is realized by means of qualitative (discourse-analysis) and quantitative digital data analysis. The job holder is responsible for establishing criteria for research and the qualitative evaluation of journalistic and parajournalistic contributions. Furthermore, the person is involved in the preparation and implementation of the digital data analysis of user interactions via social media as well as the quantitative-descriptive and qualitative-interpretative evaluation of the data. The work on the project entails the opportunity to earn a PhD degree at the Freie Universität Berlin.


*Requirements:*
A unversity degree (M.A. or equivalent) in communication studies or a related social science discipline.

*Desirable*:

  * Expertise in the field of journalism studies and social media research
  * Experiences in the independent application of qualitative and
    quantitative methods of digital data analysis, in particular,
    analysis of user-comments on social media
  * Knowledge in the area of sociological research on emotion and affect
    studies

Very good language skills in German and English

Applicants should send in a Curriculum Vitae, a letter of motivation (max. 2 pages), a publication list as well as a writing sample (max. 5.000 words, e.g. a chapter of the master's theses, a term paper or the like) via E-mail to (journalistik /at/ fu-berlin.de) <mailto:(journalistic /at/ fu-berlin.de)> or per postal service to

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Frau Prof. Dr. Margreth Lünenborg
Garystr. 55
14195 Berlin (Dahlem)

By sending in an online application you give your permission to have your data stored and processed electronically.

More information requested by Dr. Laura Sūna ((laura.suna /at/ fu-berlin.de) <mailto:(laura.suna /at/ fu-berlin.de)>), Claudia Töpper ((c.toepper /at/ fu-berlin.de) <http://fu-berlin.de/>) or here. <http://www.sfb-affective-societies.de/en/teilprojekte/B/B02/Neue-Laufzeit/index.html>

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