> > The Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC) (www.annenberg.edu) at > the University of Southern California invites applications for up to > eight postdoctoral positions and one visiting scholar position. > These Visiting Research fellows will take part in a major multi- > disciplinary research initiative to explore the ³The Meaning of the > New Networked Age: Innovation, Content, Society, and Policy.² We > welcome researchers from various disciplines including anthropology, > architecture, the arts, business, communications, computer science, > design, economics, engineering, history, international relations, > law, library science, neurosciences, political science, rhetoric, and > sociology. > > ACC is a research institute devoted to the study of new > media from a multi-disciplinary perspective. We are in a period of > fundamental transformation in the nature of the networks that connect > people, information, objects, and locations. But, what does it mean > and what, if anything, should be done to guide the process? The ACC > research program will explore the drivers of these changes, their > meaning, and their implications for business and government policy. > > The 2006-2007 theme investigates the structure and > evolution of today¹s political, social, cultural, technological, and > knowledge networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > * How new technology is transforming politics and citizen > engagement worldwide, > * Communication law and policy > * New models of intellectual discourse and citation, > * Peer-to-peer cultural production and distribution, > * The emergence of pervasive mobile and wireless networks. > > The ACC intends to convene a multi-disciplinary cohort > of scholars to focus on a topic of pressing concern not well > addressed in more established disciplinary and departmental > institutions. The visiting fellows will work with the ACC¹s senior > fellows and also will be expected to pursue their research in > residence at the Annenberg Center during the 2006-2007 academic year. > They will collectively be responsible for organizing one conference > and a monthly speakers series, and to attend two weekly Fellows¹ > seminars of graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty fellows on the theme > of the meaning of the new networked age. They may not hold any other > appointment during the period of the fellowship. > > The postdoctoral fellowship is intended for scholars who > have completed their Ph.D since 2001, but we also will consider > researchers with at least four years of relevant, real- world > experience. The ACC fellowship carries a stipend of $45,000 in > addition to a limited amount of funds to support research and > relocation expenses. > > The visiting scholar position is intended for a mid- > career scholar with a well -established track record and demonstrated > leadership and expertise related to the theme. The stipend will be > commensurate with the scholar¹s current position. ACC will also > provide a limited amount of funds to support research and relocation > expenses. > > Applicants should clearly indicate whether they are > applying for a postdoctoral position or the visiting scholar > position. Applications should include a CV, a cover letter including > a personal statement, and a brief statement of research goals in > relation to the theme. Three letters of recommendation are to be > sent directly by the writers (letters may also be faxed to > 213-747-4981). Address all application materials to Elizabeth > Harmon, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern > California, 734 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089-7725. > Email contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for receipt in > our office is April 30, 2006. >
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