4 August: fyi -- social media research, UK
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Part time 0.5 FTE, Fixed term for 6 months
This post is a unique opportunity to analyse the impact of a group of
key social media projects in relation to business innovation and the
growing field of transliteracy research. It is ideally suited to a
scholar wishing to examine the importance of impact in relation to a
substantial example of social media practice. The material to be
researched includes archives of the NLab business and social network,
including CreativeCoffee Club http://www.creativecoffeeleicester.com ,
and of Amplified Leicester, a city-wide experiment in social media
http://amplifiedcity.typepad.com/leicester/ . The Transliteracy Research
Group http://www.transliteracy.com originated in the Institute of
Creative Technologies at DMU and is led by Professor Sue Thomas and Kate
Pullinger. The post is managed by Professor Thomas and situated within
the Faculty of Humanities. You will also work closely with the Institute
of Creative Technologies.
You should already hold a PhD in a related topic and have previous
experience of working on research projects including gathering data via
interviews and surveys. You should be able to communicate complex
information, orally, in writing and electronically, and be able to
communicate material of a specialist or highly technical nature. It is
essential that you are a regular and experienced user of social media
and have practical skills in social media applications in either
business or academic contexts
Closing date 11 October 2010. The post begins on 10 January 2011.
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Sue Thomas
Professor of New Media
IOCT/Faculty of Humanities
Clephan 1.01d
De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK +44 (0)116
207 8266
sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk
http://www.suethomas.net
Twitter: @suethomas
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