[Commlist] Research Fellow: Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms

Research Fellow: PSM-AP: Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms

£36,724 - £41,308 per annum

Fixed Term for 36 months

37 hours per week

REF R6786

The Department of Media and Performance at the University of 
Huddersfield invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow as 
part of the project, PSM-AP: Public Service Media in the Age of 
Platforms, funded by CHANSE/UKRI Digital Transformations: Social and 
Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age programme: 
https://chanse.org/call-results/

This is an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher to join an 
international team on a highly ambitious collaborative project.

This is a three-year (36 month) fixed-term post that begins on 1 
November 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The University of Huddersfield is committed to diversity and encourages 
all qualified applicants to apply, regardless of their background. 
International applicants that meet the selection criteria are welcome to 
apply.

PSM-AP asks how the cultural and social values of public service media 
(PSM) are being transformed in the age of platforms and what factors are 
propelling or inhibiting change in different national contexts. Focusing 
on television, PSM-AP asks how PSM organisations, and the regulators and 
policymakers that legislate for and enforce their remits, are adapting 
to a new platform age that is transforming the environment within which 
PSM operates. To understand how and why platformisation is transforming 
PSM, the project will utilise a comparative framework to analyse 
in-depth expert interviews with commissioning, channel/service, curation 
and audience research teams, the programmes and catalogues of PSM 
organisations, and trade, regulatory and policy documents in six 
countries (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland, UK). This 
multi-disciplinary and highly collaborative project involves a team of 9 
researchers from 6 countries, as well as the European Broadcasting Union 
(EBU) and the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) as 
project partners. Knowledge exchange with PSM organisations, regulators, 
policymakers and civil society groups will be used to identify what 
actions might be needed to ensure that PSM operates in the public interest.

Brief description of the role:

•              Qualitative expert interviews with key industry 
professionals within UK public service media organisations (BBC, ITV, 
Channel 4, S4C).

•              Document analysis of regulatory, policy and trade 
documents related to PSM in the UK.

•              Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the TV schedules 
and video-on-demand interfaces of the UK PSM linear channels and VOD 
services.

•              Textual analysis of TV programmes produced by UK PSM 
organisations.

•              Comparative analysis of the above data across the 6 case 
study countries, in collaboration with scholars from Belgium, Canada, 
Denmark, Italy and Poland.

•              Authoring and co-authoring policy briefs, conference 
papers, journal articles, industry reports and other relevant outputs.

•              Supporting the organisation of knowledge exchange 
workshops with industry and policy stakeholders, and the final project 
conference, and assisting the project lead with other knowledge exchange 
and dissemination activities.

If you are interested in this post, please review the recruitment pack 
information and use the online application form to explain how your 
knowledge, skills and experience meet the essential and desirable 
criteria required for the role.

Potential applications are encouraged to contact the project lead, 
Professor Catherine Johnson ((c.johnson2 /at/ hud.ac.uk)) to discuss the position.

For further details about this post and to make an application please 
visit: http://hud.ac/mwa

Closing date: 1 September 2022

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