[Air-L] Devin, et al

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I feel this holds true to even those that have no plan on ever  
teaching in academia as a career.
However, I know from first hand experience that there are many  
established disciplines that want to have nothing to do with Internet  
Studies, even as just a focus area.

Cheers,
@SharonG

On Sep 29, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Brabham, Daren C wrote:

> I would agree with Prof. Wellman on this point. As much as I'd love  
> to see Internet studies become part of the typical catalog at most  
> universities, the reality right now is that it isn't. You're much  
> more likely to be hired as a professor in one of the more  
> established disciplines than in an Internet studies program. Even  
> communication departments don't exist on every campus.
>
> Also, if you do a Ph.D. in a more established discipline (e.g.,  
> communication) and gear your research toward Internet studies,  
> you'll still need to be able to teach Intro. to Mass Communication,  
> Intro. to Newswriting, etc. The more established departments seem  
> far more likely to hire someone who can teach the introductory  
> courses or the production courses *in addition* to special topics  
> courses on new media. You just don't get hired by these departments  
> very often with a mandate to teach only Internet studies courses.
>
> db
>
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>
> There are a number of good (such as OII) and not so good specialists  
> in
> Internet studies, but to be a contrarian -- and friends please  
> forgive me
> -- I would suggest that you get your PhD in a longer-established
> discipline, such as Communications, Information, Sociology, Comp  
> Sci, etc.
> -- with a concentation on the Internet as well as at least one other  
> field
> within that discipline.
>
> That would improve your ability to get anchored in a discipline,  
> received
> more methodological and theoretical training, and get hired  
> afterwards and
> get grants to do the kind of research you'd like to.
>
> Of course, there are good people and courses wtihin internet  
> studies, but
> I am thinking in probability terms.
>  Barry Wellman
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