SurreySociology

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We are the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. We aim to build a global reputation for offering a distinct brand of policy-oriented sociology, criminology, and media and communication, driven by world-leading methodological innovation. Our work will combat inequalities and champion diversity.
Our websitehttps://www.surrey.ac.uk/department-sociology
We blog herehttps://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/
Our researchhttps://www.surrey.ac.uk/department-sociology/research
Contact us at[email protected]

@claesdevreese @inquiline @Chanders

A few other notable accounts in the media studies/comm space:

@datasociety
@AnnenbergPenn
@SurreySociology
@digitale_kultur
@OttoBrennerStiftung

Also worth noting that Poynter is likely to be giving institutional affiliation to journa.host instance in the near future.

RT @eshms1980
The impact of poverty on mental health more important for women than men.

Causal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study
https://academic.oup.com/ije/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ije/dyac226/6883973#.Y5ddyeTx6FQ.twitter

Effects of poverty on mental health in the UK working-age population: causal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

AbstractBackground. Addressing poverty through taxation or welfare policies is likely important for public mental health; however, few studies assess poverty’s

OUP Academic

Help us find a #postdoc (comm/poli sci/ computational social science) for a super interesting interdisciplinary project at the Digital Democracy Centre.

🗓️ Deadline is December 16

Team ✅ Project ✅ working conditions ✅ #boost appreciated #commodon #polisci #polcomm @politicalscience @academicchatter @communicationscholars

https://www.sdu.dk/en/service/ledige_stillinger/1199889

PostDoc in Computational Social Science - SDU

The Digital Democracy Center invites applications for a position as a postdoc. The position is located in the newly launched Digital Democracy Centre (DDC) at SDU (www.sdu.dk/ddc/). The position is vacant from February 2023 (or as soon as possible hereafter). <br /><br />The DDC stands for a socio-technical, interdisciplinary approach combining theory and methods from social sciences and computer

sdu

My first post on this site!

Attention academic friends (journalism studies & pol comm especially), please help spread the word about our just announced special issue in Journalism Studies on news avoidance:

https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/journalism-studies-news-avoidance/
[Deadline 1 June 2023]

Also consider submitting your work in progress to our ICA pre-conference as well on similar themes:

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-avoidance-resistance-and-related-audience-practices-definitions-predictors-and-consequences
[Deadline 27 Jan 2023]

I'm co-editor/co-organizer on both and will happily field questions!

Journalism Studies: Understanding News Avoidance: Paradoxes, Problems, and Priorities

This special issue seeks to advance the understanding of news avoidance through new or redefined theories and critical discussions.

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A reminder that our dept is looking to hire an assistant professor of history of technology or medicine in the “global south.” Deadline is approaching. @histodons #histodons

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=63747

H-Net Job Guide

Cambridge University Libraries has launched a podcast, and it's first episode is about the mystery of the missing--and returned!--#Darwin notebooks. Really interesting story, as well as a great example about how to communicate about missing collection items to researcher and public audiences. #library #archive https://soundcloud.com/university-of-cambridge/the-mystery-of-darwins-stolen-notebooks
The Mystery of Darwin's Stolen Notebooks

Darwin’s tiny, priceless Tree of Life sketch is arguably the most iconic drawing in the history of science. “The Tree of Life notebooks are Darwin at his most radical,” says Professor Jim Secord, a

SoundCloud

Our Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media is now also on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.world/@journalqd

Submit your quantitative descriptive work about digital media here: http://journalqd.org/loi

JQD:DM (@[email protected])

0 Posts, 0 Following, 18 Followers · The Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal hosted on the University of Zurich's HOPE platform. All articles will be freely available online immediately upon publication and we plan no submission or publication fees for at least the first two years, but hopefully longer. The journal publishes quantitative descriptive social science. It does not publish research that makes causal claims.

Mastodon
Come work with us at #Surrey #Sociology! Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Senior Lecturer/Assoc Prof in #Criminology and #Forensics Deadline for applications 29th Nov Jobs #hiring #ECR https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=081822 - grateful for Boosts/are-Toots :)
Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Forensics

The University of Surrey is an international University with a world-class teaching and research profile and an enterprising spirit. Our research seeks to address global challenges, drive innovation and deliver real-world impact.   Surrey...

Jobs at the University of Surrey

Here comes the CfP of The IMISCOE Standing committee „Reflexivities in Migration Studies“ for the IMISCOE Annual Conference, 3-6 July 2023, Warsaw and online.
Looking forward to getting your abstracts!! Deadline: November 22 ⬇️

See you in Warsaw!

https://www.imiscoe.org/research/standing-committees/927-reflexive-migration-studies

#Imiscoe #Migration #Migrationstudies #Reflexivity #KnowledgeProduction

Reflexivities in Migration Studies - IMISCOE

IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.

Finally, the Global Social Theory site was set up to provide resources for the teaching & learning of #theory from around the world.

It's a collaborative venture with people contributing entries ... if there's an entry that you would like included on the site, just get in touch.

You can see what we have on the site here: https://globalsocialtheory.org/

#sociology #politics #global #colonialism