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

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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