[ACADEMIC] Editorial Board 2020-2021 for @CogitatioMaC

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Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183-2439) is an international open access journal dedicated to a wide variety of basic and applied research in communication and its related fields. I have accepted an invitation to be on the Editorial Board for the journal, which includes being responsible for a themed issue (which I will sort out post-surgery, potentially whilst in New Zealand), working to the following deadlines: Issue proposal deadline: 31 October 2020 Abstract submission deadline: 1-15 March…
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[ACADEMIC/CANCER] New Facebook Group on Cancer/Social Media

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I have just set up a new Facebook group called 'Social Media and Cancer 'Research Project''. The current description is: This group is a private group (can be found by searching, but entries can't be seen) created in association with a research project in development to investigate social media and cancer. The project wants to understand how and why people are using social media with/affected by cancer, and wants to 'make the lived experience better'.…
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[LIFE/ACADEMIA] Writing Scholarship in New Zealand with @VaughanPark

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For years I have wanted to apply for a Residential Scholarship at Vaughan Park (above Auckland, New Zealand), and it appears that my research bid below, has led to me being awarded a scholarship/writing retreat for March/April 2020. I decided to go for it after a conversation with my Head of Faculty, who came to visit me the week of my secondary diagnosis. I mentioned that once I realised that I wasn't yet dead, my…
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[ACADEMIC] Checking in with @4NTWRKSMCR for #DSMMCM1819

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I received a Twitter DM yesterday evening, from a group of students who I taught in the first year, and who have kept in touch with me over the past couple of years (pretty impressive when you consider that I've been away from work for most of the last two academic years). They are seeking 'backlinks' for their 'Digital and Social Media Marketing Communications Management' project, a final year unit where @groovegenerator encourages students to…
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[ACADEMIC] Workshop 3 with #ERA1819 with @NCCPE #PublicEngagement

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I'm about to 'crash out' after the final 2 days of the National Co-Ordinating Centre for Public Engagement first course for academic researchers, to encourage us to think about how we can embed public engagement in our work (not just as a 'nice thing to do' at the end of research', but fully drawing in participants from the very beginning, to ensure that our work makes a difference to society). If you are an academic…
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