[Commlist] Post-doc: Media, Journalism and Community Power at the MIC Center

The MIC Center’s Media Ecosystem project is recruiting a Post-Doctoral 
Researcher


*Philadelphia’s Media Ecosystem: Journalism, Community Organizing, and 
the Narratives and Power Structures that Shape our City*

This project will explore the way that community groups across the 
region harness media and journalism and other tools to build community 
power. The research associate will focus on understanding the 
interrelationship between community-oriented media, organizing, and 
social change. This research will include a network analysis of both 
community media institutions and local community groups to understand 
their interconnections, as well as a qualitative examination of the ways 
media and other tools are harnessed to build within and across 
communities in the region.

Skills and qualifications:

·PhD or equivalent combination of education and experience.

·Experience carrying out qualitative and ethnographic research with 
limited direction.

·Report writing ability, including experience writing for non-academic 
audiences.

·Ability to cultivate relationships quickly and excellent networking skills.

·Familiarity with and existing relationships with Philadelphia-area 
community groups a plus.

·Ability to perform Social Network Analysis/Organizational Network 
Analysis and the requisite quantitative skills to display and present 
data in compelling and accessible ways a plus.

This post is full-time and for up to 24 months (part-time applications 
will also be considered).

The Post-Doctoral fellow will be provided a stipend of $55,000, health 
insurance, a workspace, computer, and library access. It is expected 
that the fellow be working on-site in Philadelphia.

*About MIC and the project: *

The Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) is a collaboration between 
University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for communication and 
Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information. MIC 
occupies the intersection of technology, policy, and social justice. It 
is committed to studying the political economy of social problems, 
media, and democracy, while engaging local activist projects, and 
drawing connections with national and international social movements. 
Over the three-year grant, MIC will lead two integrated research 
projects focused on Philadelphia’s local media ecosystem. Mapping media 
institutions will be a multi-year, multi-phase study employing mixed 
methods and resulting in an in-depth, structural analysis of the 
region’s news media. MIC’s community network analysis will employ a 
political economic framework that assesses the ownership and control of 
local media as well as how communities harness media to make positive 
social change.Drawing on our deep national and international networks, 
MIC will cross-fertilize best practices, amplify findings, and 
facilitate dialogue across the city and beyond. As part of this project, 
MIC also will provide regular opportunities for project partners and 
community organizations to meet, share data, and collaborate with 
researchers, practitioners, and organizations engaged in similar work in 
other locations domestically and internationally. The project as a whole 
will contribute to new knowledge about the interrelationships between 
media, organizing, and social change. It will also shed light on the 
ways in which our local media ecosystem upholds systems of power. 
Ultimately, our aim is to outline a vision for remaking media in ways 
that reflect communities’ information needs, especially around vitally 
important social issues such as inequality and criminal justice.


For more information:

https://www.miccenter.org/?page_id=243&fbclid=IwAR1QGiJl-QU0pEyut-yjzUnQAMh3nbvAhBBnP8kC4UlMBpIBBY-16vw_Avg


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