[Commlist] Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Localising Content Governance), Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck, University of London

*Please see job ad and full job pack here:* 
https://cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-fellow-localising-content-governance-422711.html

The Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, 
University of London is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (12 
months, full-time).

The postholder will contribute to a mixed-method study into the politics 
of content governance in neighbourhood Facebook Groups. At the local 
scale, social media users broadly occupy the same geographical turf, and 
may encounter or even know one another. Because of this, harmful 
language or behaviour can have higher stakes, and the risk of offline 
harm can become exacerbated. This project will explore these issues by 
studying neighbourhood Facebook Groups across Greater London and its 
surrounding commuter belt. The project is funded by Facebook Research 
through an unrestricted research grant. Its Project Team consists of Dr 
Scott Rodgers (Principal Investigator); Dr Susan Moore 
(Co-Investigator); and Dr Andrea Ballatore (Co-Investigator).

You would join this Project Team and lead the qualitative data 
collection for the project, including: a preliminary overview of 
neighbourhood Facebook Groups; selecting and observing a subset of ~16 
Groups; in-depth interviews with group administrators and/or moderators; 
and analysing and interpreting this data using as appropriate software 
platforms. Alongside the Project Team, you would help formulate and 
co-author ~2 refereed publications, and lead on designing and authoring 
a publicly accessible online resource.

We aspire for this post to offer a career development opportunity for an 
emerging social/digital media scholar. You will be welcomed into a 
collegial and stimulating research environment, with opportunities to 
participate in events, develop networks, and further your research 
interests. Some limited teaching opportunities may also be negotiated.

In order to be successful in this role, you will need a PhD (or 
equivalent) in a field relevant to the project, e.g. social media 
research, digital culture, media studies or digital geography. You will 
have knowledge of current research and conceptual debates spanning one 
or more of these fields and have direct knowledge and experience in 
qualitative research methods and techniques, specifically in relation to 
online/social/digital media. Proficiency in specialist research software 
applications and platforms (e.g. NVivo, CrowdTangle) is also desirable.

You should also have basic statistical literacy, and some general 
familiarity with, if not direct experience in, quantitative approaches 
to social media (e.g. natural language processing, social network 
analysis) and their possible integration with qualitative approaches.

Remuneration

Grade 7 of the College's London Pay Scale which is £38,594 per annum.

The salary quoted is on the College's London Pay Scale which includes a 
consolidated Weighting/Allowance which applies only to staff whose 
normal contractual place of work is in the Greater London area.

*Enquiries*

If you would like to know more about the role, please click on apply 
below or contact Dr Scott Rodgers at (s.rodgers /at/ bbk.ac.uk)

If you have technical issues or difficulties using the recruitment 
portal please contact (jobs /at/ bbk.ac.uk), providing your name and the job 
reference number of the position.

While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal 
applications through the online system will be considered.

/Birkbeck offers a competitive salary and pension scheme, 31 days paid 
leave, flexible working arrangements and some of the most generous 
benefits in the HE sector, all while being located right in the heart of 
Central London./

/We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College 
is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its 
workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award, membership of WISE, operating 
Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes./

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Closing date for applicants: 3rd September 2020
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*Interview date: *24th September 2020

*Post start date: *1st November 2020



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