Description
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and the MIT Center for Civic Media seek a fellow to join Media Cloud, a project led by Yochai Benkler and Ethan Zuckerman and driven by an interdisciplinary team of staff and researchers. The fellow will lead the production of scholarly papers and outputs, advance specific research threads, and contribute to the development of research methods and tools.
Media Cloud is an open source, open data platform that allows researchers to answer complex quantitative and qualitative questions about the content of online media, and helps to support a novel, data-driven perspective on the dynamics of online conversations.
This fellowship offers an early-stage researcher in social science, data science, or Internet & society to explore the state of digital media through analysis of networks, big data, social media, mobilization, and attention online. This is a unique opportunity to study the networked public sphere and its impact on current political debates.
Key responsibilities for this position include:
• leading a research effort to study online debates related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), investigating the framing of terms around sexuality, reproductive health and rights, as well as training a small subset of advocates working on these issues on use of our tools;
• working closely with project members from the Berkman Center and Center for Civic Media to coordinate and conduct research, writing, project outputs, and preparing publications;
• documenting processes and strategies for using Media Cloud;
• cultivating and supporting relationships among faculty and other experts in media, social science, law, computer science, journalism, data visualization and other fields to understand substantive issues and objectives, assess needs and capabilities, and collaboratively develop research methods to meet the project’s broader goals;
• contributing to the development of the research and technical platforms ;
• planning, communicating, and implementing Media Cloud workshops and convenings;
• managing the selection, oversight, and mentorship of student researchers;
• developing plans and timelines to advance project priorities and meet deadlines; and
• providing additional project support as needed.
The fellowship is positioned to share time between the Berkman Center and the Center for Civic Media at MIT, working closely with researchers, staff, and faculty at both institutions. The community of fellows and researchers at the two Centers includes a wide range of people working on issues related to Internet and society, including scholars, practitioners, innovators, and others committed to understanding and advancing the public interest.
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