Pulsatilla pratensis: [Medianthro] Call for candidates for the PhD projects 2021 - Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism

Hi Susan, Ma, Pin, Ed, Tym, (Pat),

Very glad you came to visit in Canyon 94516, when I wasn't staying in a 'safe house' for whistle-blowing - thank you!

Whistle-blowing to continue after the inauguration tomorrow at 9 am PT which ritual hopefully will go smoothly!

Am appreciative of Stanford Fellow, China scholar, Quaker on Swarthmore's Board, and New Yorker Liz Economy's thinking here in general -

My money is on the enforcers https://t.co/O5GYL3JkUW https://t.co/EGexKCBlto
— Elizabeth Economy (@LizEconomy) January 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/LizEconomy/status/1351345591922511872?s=19 - and am wondering how California law enforcement will strategize significantly reducing the illegal sex trade and illegal sex rings here; and similarly how will enforcement in a time of Covid-19 pandemic enforce this in all 200 countries effectively in a new way, to protect the innocent and prevent victims and harm, from such networks?

Shared some related 'protection' as Hypothetical news' ideas last April toward the bottom of this blog entry -

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/04/himalyan-monal-how-are-harbin-hot.html?m=0.

Glad we're getting change in polity soon regarding the emergence of a new culture or communication climate in the USA - Yay! :)

Fondly, Scott

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1/19 - Rock Center Online Lunch Series: Whistleblowers, Ethics and Compliance

Dear Joe, Steven, Mary, Erika, and Robert (whose email address I couldn't find online - could someone please forward this to him?),

Thanks so much for your timely and informative Stanford Law Rock Center panel - https://law.stanford.edu/event/whistleblowers-ethics-and-compliance/ - just now. Here below is the question I asked in the text chat, and also regarding my question in the Q&A (not included) about a single cryptocurrency & the SEC, like Stanford Mine Pi, backed in some way by most of all ~200 countries' central banks. In what ways could, hypothetically, Stanford Mine Pi become a world currency (post Euro currency in 19 out of 28 countries, and post dollar), and list even on the emerging Silicon Valley Long-term stock exchange (which has passed one SEC hurdle) and distributed, brainstorming-wise even to all 7.8 billion people on the planet (each a Wikidata Q-item # or Wikidata Pin #) via UBI experiments - significantly to ALLEVIATE POVERTY - and in all ~200 countries and via the SEC, and re extending the SEC's whistleblowing mechanism to all ~200 countries from the ~100 with which the SEC currently works?

"Thanks so much for this panel. What's the mechanism please for adding other countries' whistleblowers, as countries and regarding their citizens ? (eg I’m curious about the other 100 countries out of ~ 200 countries total in the world (per the Olympics) … and to what degree even MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School and our emerging law schools in all ~200 countries and in their official / main languages could play - worlduniversityandschool.org. Thank you, Scott - sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org)"

Thank you, Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, CEO, Founder, Professor

CC-4 MIT OCW wiki World University and School planned in all ~200 countries and in their official and main languages as major online universities, and in all 7,117 known living languages as wiki schools.

worlduniversityandschool.org

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

WUaS Annual Meeting Minutes from 12/19/2020 - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/12/indiana-bat.html (see too the UBI label in blog - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/UBI )

https://www.intentionalintegrity.com/contact

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- http://worlduniversityandschool.org

- 415 480 4577

- http://scottmacleod.com

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((apologies for cross-posting))

https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/admissions/phd-programme-media-and-communication-studies

Call for candidates for the PhD projects 2021
(reminder)

The Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism at the Faculty of
Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague calls for candidates
for the following PhD projects (each supported by a scholarship), for
its English-language PhD programme in Media and Communication Studies:

Digital Game Industry and Culture in a Local Context (2
grant-funded Ph.D. positions)

The Ph.D. project will be associated with the grant “Developing Theories
and Methods for Game Industry Research,” which starts in 2021. Following
the rising interest in the study of game industries, the dissertation
should focus on digital game production in a specific country or region,
based on the student’s preferences. The project can investigate the
production routines, design patterns, stylistic choices, or the values
of industry practitioners, with or without a historical perspective.
Theoretically, it is expected to draw from game studies, cultural
studies, and political economy of communication (including the theory of
cultural industries). The methods may include ethnography, close
readings of game titles, discourse analysis, and content analysis. The
successful applicants will join the grant as a funded part-time researchers.

Proposed supervisor: Jaroslav Švelch, jaroslav.svelch@fsv.cuni.cz

Digital life and learning in the times of COVID-19 and beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has played a profound role in people’s everyday
experiences, which have even more than before moved to digital and third
spaces. The potential two research projects would either qualitatively
or by applying mixed method research explore those experiences through
the lenses of digital and media literacy. One would be looking at
education of children, while the other at social relationships and
isolation. Both local and intercultural/international research projects
are welcomed. They need to be interdisciplinary by being theoretically
and/or methodologically rooted in media studies, as well as other
disciplines such as education, childhood studies, cultural anthropology,
philosophy, psychology, health, law, etc. Proposals of innovative
research approaches are especially encouraged. The project is in English.

Potential supervisor: Markéta Supa, marketa.supa@fsv.cuni.cz

Intolerant belief systems and their intersection in the online
communication

Western liberal democracies are polarizing along different lines and
this polarization is specifically visible in the online discussions on
various controversial topics. How does intolerance based on one
characteristic (for example age) relate to other intolerant belief
systems (gender, ethnicity, race, sexuality etc.)? How does intolerant
public online communication reflect societal norms and cultural
prejudice prevalent in the analysed culture? What is the role of
disinformation media in promoting the intolerant belief systems?

The phenomenon can be studied on various research topic and case studies
(ranging from politically exposed topics to debates among popular
culture fans). Studies are supposed to be rooted in theories on online
deliberation and its societal significance, intersectionality,
post-truth society and other relevant theories. Project focusing on
this field can be submitted in English or in Czech.

Proposed supervisor: Lenka Vochocová, lenka.vochocova@fsv.cuni.cz

Political leadership – new challenges, crisis and issues

The Ph.D. project should focus on these topics (political leadership as
a marketing tool, changes in political communication, leadership crisis
facing new issues) in relations to Climate change, Covid 19 pandemic,
global migration etc., methodologically it can be approached from
different angles. Theoretically, it should be rooted in the political
marketing theory and political communication theory. The research can
either focus on a specific case study or do a more comparative approach.
This PhD project can also be submitted to the Czech-language PhD
programme in Media Studies.

Proposed supervisor: Anna Shavit, anna.shavit@fsv.cuni.cz

Discursive constructions of the environment

This PhD position consists out of research into the discursive
construction of the environment, climate and/or human-nature
relationships, driven by a discourse-theoretical (or other
post-structuralist) framework, that allows for attention for the
workings of contingency, hegemony, materiality and discursive struggle.
The research can be located in variety of social fields, including
media, the arts and/or museums.

Proposed supervisor: Nico Carpentier, nico.carpentier@fsv.cuni.cz

Emerging Ethical Boundaries in Marketing and Strategic Communication

Currently, the communication profession (marketing, advertising, public
relations, strategic, and digital communication) faces an unprecedented
shift due to new information and communication technologies. This
evolution also opens new questions and generates many new ethical
problems, such as using personal data and information, the ability of
the public (consumers, voters, customers) to understand the persuasive
nature of some communication forms, the rise of hybrid journalistic and
commercial products such as content or native advertising etc. We
welcome Ph.D. projects tackling changes in communication that focus on
an ethical aspect in the business field (covert advertising, ethical
issues in a specific subfield such as tobacco or alcohol advertising,
etc.) or research of the ability of the publics to understand persuasion.

Proposed supervisor: Denisa Hejlová, denisa.hejlova@fsv.cuni.cz

Current Media and Marketing Trends and Research in Health Communication

Health Communication in the Czech Republic is still a rather unexplored
field, which has been highlighted recently due to the Covid19 crisis. We
focus on health communication in general (theory, state of the field,
expert interviews) or specific subfields, such as vaccination
communication or nutrition literacy. We offer an interdisciplinary
approach in cooperation with medical and health experts from medical
faculties and other departments at Charles University.

Proposed supervisor: Denisa Hejlová, denisa.hejlova@fsv.cuni.cz

Environmental Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility
(with a possible focus on the fashion industry)

Recently, many fashion brands included sustainability and environmental
issues in their communication and actions and this issue is widely
reported also in academic literature (Köcksal, Strähle, Müller and
Freise, 2017; Yang, Song and Tong, 2017; Garcia-Torres, Rey-Garcia and
Albareda-Vivo, 2017; Resta, Gaiardelli, Pinto and Dotti, 2016). It is
not only the fashion brands talking about environment, but also
stakeholders play an important role in the dialogue between fashion
brands and its consumers. Recently, more consumers demand “brands with
purpose”, that communicate its social responsibility, includes societal,
political or environmental issues (Montgomery, 2019). We welcome Ph.D
project focusing on producer or consumer research in this field, not
only limited to fashion industry.

Proposed supervisor: Petra Koudelková, petra.koudelkova@fsv.cuni.cz

“Class Swap“: class-driven social experiments in Czech Reality
Television culture

This PhD. project will explore Reality Television programmes which are
grounded in swapping social positions of the upper-class participants
who are sent to socioeconomically adverse environments (such as Milionář
mezi námi [FTV Prima, 2020]; Experiment 21 [Prima Cool, 2020]; Utajený
šéf [TV Nova, 2017-20]; Zlatá mládež [ČT, 2016 a 2018], etc.)
International students are invited to select equivalent television
programmes produced in English. The project will be theoretically
informed by the scholarship on Reality Television as a neoliberal genre
transforming complex issue of social inequalities into the bipolar
structure of categories of “winners“ and “losers“. The study will follow
methodologies of content analysis, discourse analysis and narrative
analysis (or a combination thereof).

Proposed supervisor: Irena Reifová, irena.reifova@fsv.cuni.cz

Discourses and practices of othering

This PhD position involves research in the broad area of othering. It is
expected to be driven by a post-structuralist approach, focussing on the
construction and practices of othering through, e.g. the media, the
arts, politics, or activism. Projects in this thematic area can examine,
for instance, the discourses and practices that create (old and new)
ethnic, political, cultural others, in specific contexts and/or at
different times, or how these practices can relate to social struggle
and resistance.

Proposed supervisor: Vaia Doudaki, vaia.doudaki@fsv.cuni.cz

Application

Interested candidates should submit their applications, using in the
online application system, which will be open from 1st January to 30th
April 2021. Interest in a particular PhD project should be mentioned in
the motivation letter, together with a more developed proposal on the
PhD project.

All relevant information, including the link to the online application
system, can be found at here:
https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/admissions/phd-programmes and here:
https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php?do=detail_obor&id_obor=22693

Please download the form for filling your dissertation project proposal
here:
https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/sites/default/files/uploads/files/DISSERTATION%20PROJECT%20form%20in%20English.docx

For general questions, please contact for the Centre of PhD Studies
cds.iksz@fsv.cuni.cz. For questions about particular projects, please
contact the proposed supervisors.

The Open Doors Day for PhD Study in Media Studies is currently scheduled
for March 11, 2021 (Thursday) at 14:00 at the Institute of Communication
Studies and Journalism (Smetanovo nabrezi 6, Praha 1, 110 00) will be

organised online.

[Medianthro] Call for candidates for the PhD projects 2021 - Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism - Charles University

Here's a #Hashtag for WUaS Computer Gaming in a related vein - https://twitter.com/hashtag/WUaSComputerGaming?src=hashtag_click.

And, brainstorming-wise, I just created these related Tweets:

best Turn-Based Strategy Games
Gears Tactics.
Panzer Corps 2.
Unity of Command 2.
BattleTech.
Battle Brothers.
Wargroove.
Frozen Synapse 2.
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/best-turn-based-strategy-games> https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Gaming_-_Digital (which WIKI SUBJECT with much MIT OCW courses is PLANNED IN ALL ~200 COUNTRIES AND IN THEIR MAIN AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGES) @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress

How to create as peace games (and IN SPACE)?

best Turn-Based Strategy Games
Gears Tactics.
Panzer Corps 2.
Unity of Command 2.
BattleTech.
Battle Brothers.
Wargroove.
Frozen Synapse 2.
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach.https://t.co/Zx62rdBTpR> https://t.co/e3eph3CeRe @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress How to create as peace games? https://t.co/Nmp48ZZcii
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) January 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1351582984466436096?s=20
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1351583890322780161?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1351584416364068865?s=20

Tufts' NICK SEAVER'S BOT Twitter -

The terrible thing about turn-based strategy games is that, without planning, you can spend hours on the playlists and play them continuously for weeks on end
— seaverbot (@seaverbot) January 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/seaverbot/status/1351575156553035788?s=20

pic, no seaver bot tweet

best Turn-Based Strategy Games
Gears Tactics.
Panzer Corps 2.
Unity of Command 2.
BattleTech.
Battle Brothers.
Wargroove.
Frozen Synapse 2.
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach.https://t.co/wb0uOwRxv1> https://t.co/BHHc0UDoe8 @WorldUnivAndSch @WUaSPress How to create as peace games?
— Languages-World Univ (@sgkmacleod) January 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1351586065484660738?s=20

World Univ & Sch is seeking in our WUaS Computer Gaming, and regarding the above, to head in the direction of Space even, and re an Actual-Virtual Realistic Virtual Universe, and for Actual-Virtual Lego Robotics, and even potentially regarding the Mars' Mission in the 2030s.

Some further brainstorming from previous years at World University and School re Digital Gaming -

Tabebuia roseo-alba: Seeking to develop a 'rockin''Computer Gaming' track to the EECS undergraduate Bachelor's major, in addition to the "WUaS Home Robotics" track in the General Engineering Bachelor's degree major (all beginning in January with verified edX courses)

Tabebuia roseo-alba: Seeking to develop a 'rockin''Computer Gaming' track to the EECS undergraduate Bachelor's major, in addition to the "WUaS Home Robotics" track in the General Engineering Bachelor's degree major (all beginning in January with verified edX courses) ... In what ways could this 'Computer Gaming' track in EECS at WUaS help to create a realistic virtual earth for robotics in the General Engineering major even? :) * And what would be great online information technology tracks (comparable to "Computer Gaming" in EECS, and "WUaS Home Robotics" in General Engineering - and both regarding a single realistic virtual earth?) in -English -History -General Science -Business * * * On with: -Scottish small pipes' album, -next poetry book, -UC Berkeley tourism studies' talk

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/10/tabebuia-roseo-alba.html

Ceres (dwarf planet): Thanks @astroEdLu for your great Stanford talk on Th 12/6/18, Asked the Question abt fairness/equity in mapping asteroids, both re avoiding impact & mining them & re #RealisticVirtualUniverse with data & STEM from all ~200 countries as Universities * * Seems like the following might develop all of a piece in a realistic virtual universe and for protection against drones in no-fly zones in airports and also in principle for stopping or averting asteroids ... * * * Ssansar & google street view? Sansar is a social platform exclusively designed for #VR, inspired by Second Life (SL) * * * And to keep moving while Surfing Asteroids in a #RealisticVirtualUniverse or Cross-Country skiing / walking in a #RealisticVirtualEarth in Google DayDream on IPhone or pot. in Android? * * * in google daydream with android or iPhone with Sansar & in lieu of XC Ski or walking machine, why not ROCK & ROLL for movement/exercise, or even connect up one's stationary bicycle to a battery for one's dwelling's energy system?, Hook up your stationary bike to a battery

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2018/12/ceres-dwarf-planet-thanks-astroedlu-for.html

Condor des andes: Flying robots relating to bird species in something like Lego WeDo 3.0 or WeDo 4.0?, Allow us to create dinosaur birds which have gone extinct, as well as to model all bird species from all time - and re STEM ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy, LEGO Ninjago Video Game has everything RE AUGMENTED REALITY: flight, robotics, dinosaur SPECIES' FLIGHT, ships, gaming, MOVIE ... Looks like there are already some flying Lego helicopters, CRISPR gene editing at home on YEAST with this kit into machine learning, Wow~Google Expeditions … WHERE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN TRIP :), @HarbinBook warm pool & valley too @ cell & atomic levels? Google Street View is heading for the Intl. @Space_Station

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2018/04/condor-des-andes-flying-robots-relating.html

Goldbug Hot Springs: searched on 'west coast counterculture Harbinger University Harbin Springs,''culture of west coast universities,''counterculture of west coast universities,''culture of east coast universities,''counterculture of east coast universities,' * * * What makes Stanford an American university? 'The First Great American University' Innovation and vision have set Stanford apart. By John Hennessy, Programming and robotics, as well as teaching "Society, information technology and the global university,""Bipedalism: "Naked Harbin Ethnography" Chapter Titles, Summaries and Table of Contents, for MacLeod’s "N.H.E.: Hippies, Warm Pools, Counterculture, Clothing-Optionality & Virtual Harbin," Boellstorff’s Coming of Age in Second Life, Chapter summary comparisons" (2017), "Water: Harbin Hot Springs" (2008), Gaming within gaming & Archaeogaming: If Einar Öberg w Brick Street View codes the physical Lego game into Google Street View & esp re#ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital let's study past video games in Street View (& also #3DPrint archaeology artifacts or print Pokemon characters as dolls from with Street View, for ex.)

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2018/09/goldbug-hot-springs-searched-on-west.html

Glad to have given this UC Berkeley Anthropology Tourism Studies' talk on Friday, 12/18/2020, and regarding not only creating an Actual-Virtual realistic virtual Harbin Hot Springs but also a single realistic virtual earth (and at the cellular and atomic levels, and with so called 'artificial humans' eg aka 'Samsung Neons'):

“(S. MacLeod) Creating a Realistic Virtual Earth for Tourism and Tourism Studies with Actual-Virtual Harbin Hot Springs: A Case Study” - and in PLANNING A SINGLE REALISTIC VIRTUAL EARTH FOR GAMING AND EVERYTHING (think Google Street View with Time Slider, Maps, Earth, with TensorFlow with Second Life for avatars and group build-ability - but not cartoon-esque, rather 'realistic')

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rjAgHoN1uE4JcuGPiVnvDibpA0Fd4StA/view

(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/12/doubledays-hummingbird-cynanthus.html?m=0 - with slides' link)

Scott