The Centre for Film and Media Studies (CFMS) in the Faculty of Humanities wishes to appoint a suitable candidate to help develop the Centre’s teaching, production and research in digital and mobile media studies, as soon as possible. Requirements: A relevant Master’s level qualification is a minimum requirement, while a PhD or significant progress to …
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At the Annual General Meeting of SACOMM Members, after a full day of Presentations, Panels and Discussions the SACOMM Members elected and confirmed a new ExCo serving for the following two years. EMERGING SCHOLARS – Sylvia Skhosana & Mbogeni MsimangoCOMMUNICATIONS ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM – Vuyo Seti-SonamziMEDIA STUDIES AND JOURNALISM – Carol LesameCORPORATE COMMUNICATION – Alexia …
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Department of Media, Language and Communication Associate Professor (Journalism) (Ref: 1449) Minimum Requirements Associate Professor: • A Doctorate in Journalism/Media Studies or in a relevant field; • A minimum of seven DHET accredited publications/creative output over the preceding three years • Successful postgraduate supervision of at least two Master’s and one Doctorate • A minimum …
The Draft Programme for #SACOMM2021 is slowly starting to take shape and is growing almost daily. Thursday, 7 October will be filled with different virtual panels, which members can and may attend as they see fit. The SACOMM Executive Committee has organised this year’s SACOMM Conference in lieu of being able to meet face to …
The Department of Communication Studies, University of Ghana is pleased to invite you to participate in the opening ceremony of the maiden edition of its Trends in Media and Communication Conference. The theme of the virtual conference is: “Africa’s digital youth: Exploring the media and information literacy competencies and practices”. It will catalogue scholarship on …
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Social Media & the Self is a free, web-only reader centered on the online performance of identity and curated with university courses in mind. The collection includes public domain excerpts, openly licensed research articles, and popular pieces reprinted with permission: https://www.mediastudies.press/sms The collection will be updated with new material at least twice a year, for three years. …
Nominations are invited for the Interest Group Convenors/Executive Committee for: Media studies and journalism stream;Screen studies stream;Corporate communication stream;Communication Studies stream;Communications advocacy and activism stream;Communication education and curriculum development stream; and the Emerging scholars stream Nominations should be sent to the SACOMM Secretary, Annelize Vermeulen – Vermea@unisa.ac.za by Wednesday, 01 September 2021 using the Executive Committee Nomination Form which can be downloaded here: http://sacomm.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/executive-committee-nomination-form.pdf …
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ANFASA is pleased to release the first issue of our magazine for this year, 2021 – Please follow this link to download.
Editors: Stanley Tsarwe and Sarah Chiumbu Proposed publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Even though at some point radio was regarded as the poor ‘cousin’ of the then newer ICTs (Myers 2008) in the 1990s, there is evidence that radio is now being brought back into the media technologies family and is increasingly converging with contemporary digital media …
Online Symposium hosted by the School of Media, Journalism and Culture, Cardiff University, 15-16 June 2021. Tuesday 15 June & Wednesday 16 June 2-9pm GMT, online. Secondhand cultures and practices, from reselling sites to charity shops and thrift stores to waste picking, have expanded and transformed over recent decades, with profound social, political, and environmental implications. This Symposium brings …