[csaa-forum] Discovery Postgraduate Research Award available

[Anna Gibbs]

Discovery Postgraduate Research Award

The Power of the Image: Affect, Audience & Disturbing Imagery



The School of Communication Arts is seeking a doctoral candidate to
undertake a research project funded by the Australian Research Council. The
successful candidate will develop a project that involves research across
the fields of media studies, affect theory and visual culture and will be
supervised by Associate Professors Virginia Nightingale and Anna Gibbs.



The research will form part of a larger project that examines the way
affects and emotions are encoded in media images and that explores teenagers
accounts of what makes certain images hard to forget. This project aims to
identify the links young people make between affective and emotional
reactions to media imagery, their own values and attitudes about the
violence in every day life (eg sexual harassment, bullying, fights at
school), and their assessment of their own power and agency.



Criteria:

* Bachelor Honours or Research Masters degree in Cultural Studies, Media
Studies, Art Theory (or equivalent qualifications)

* Demonstrated interpersonal skills: ability to engage effectively with
teenagers from diverse cultural backgrounds and to encourage participation
of groups and individuals in research development

* Demonstrated high level of written and oral communication skills,
including

experience in writing research reports

* Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

* Prior relevant professional experience or research assistance experience
is desirable



Scholarship:

* Tax-free index-linked stipend of $25,118pa for 3 years

* Funded Research Training Scheme place



Academic Contact:

Assoc Prof Virginia

Nightingale

E: v.nightingale at uws.edu.au

T: +61 2 9852 5773



Scholarship Enquiries:

Ms Tracy Mills

E: t.mills at uws.edu.au

T: +61 2 4736 0966



School of Communication Arts:

http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/schools/communicationarts/



Application form: www.uws.edu.au/researchscholarships

Applications close 31 March 2006