[Air-L] Vacancy: Impact Research Fellow, Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University

Sue Thomas Sue.Thomas at dmu.ac.uk
Wed Aug 4 01:57:26 PDT 2010


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Research Fellow http://bit.ly/bcB9Tn 

 

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 at dmu.ac.uk <mailto:sue.thomas at dmu.ac.uk> 
http://www.suethomas.net

Twitter: @suethomas <http://www.twitter.com/suethomas> 

 




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