Internet Research: 3 PhD scholarships, Uni. of Copenhagen 1073 views

3 PhD scholarships in Internet Research are available at the Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The scholarships are for 3-year PhD. The successful candidates will be affiliated with the Peoples’ Internet (PIN) project sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation.

About the project:

The PhD candidates will undertake the following main activities:

• six months of ethnographic fieldwork (China, Denmark, or the US)
• review of regulatory regimes and cultural traditions in their fieldwork area
• participation in analyses of population surveys
• contributions to the dissemination of project findings and other outreach

PhD position 1: The successful PhD candidate must be fluent in spoken and written academic English, and in Mandarin. Prior experience with cross-cultural studies and/or survey research within media and communication studies will be considered an advantage, but is not a requirement.

PhD position 2: Departing from the PIN project framework, the PhD project description must include:

• a main section outlining preliminary research questions, methodological considerations, and a time schedule for a six-month ethnographic fieldwork in Denmark
• a section identifying preliminary issues to be addressed in a review of regulatory regimes and cultural traditions in Denmark
• a section discussing how insights from the fieldwork may inform and complement the survey component of the PIN project

PhD position 3: Departing from the PIN project framework, the PhD project description must include:

• a main section outlining preliminary research questions, methodological considerations, and a time schedule for a six-month ethnographic fieldwork in the United States of America
• a section identifying preliminary issues to be addressed in a review of regulatory regimes and cultural traditions in the U.S.
• a section discussing how insights from the fieldwork may inform and complement the survey component of the PIN project.

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