Social communication and Media studies

Social communication and Media studies

Duration of study: 4 years (8 semesters)

Programme description:

The programme of the Doctoral School ensures the imparting of a thorough knowledge of the social sciences and humanities, as well as detailed specialised knowledge of sciences of social communication and media. The didactic offer enables the development of the scientific workshop, including the deepening of the skills of: researching phenomena and processes related to various media, their analysing and interpreting and producing various types of texts (including scientific publications), conducting media studies using adequate methods and techniques.

Graduate profile:

After completion of training in the Doctoral School, the graduate has an in-depth knowledge of the social sciences, in particular media studies and other issues related to the problems of the doctoral project being pursued. He/she is ready to undertake independent and collaborative scientific challenges and self-education. He/she is prepared for research and teaching work. After obtaining the doctoral degree, he/she has the knowledge and competences necessary for the development of a scientific career. He/she may find employment in universities, research institutes and other scientific institutions, as well as in the wider media sector.

Keywords:

  • social communication
  • media studies
  • methodology of social sciences
  • methodology of the humanities
  • social science seminar

Candidates for PhD Supervisors

ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6946-7555
Department/Chair/Institute: Journalism Department, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
University: University of Warmia and Mazury
Telephone: 501 275 256
Email: urszula.doliwa@uwm.edu.pl
Personal Website: Institute of Journalism and Social Communication
ResearchGate Account: Urszula Doliwa – ResearchGate

Academic Discipline:
Media and Communication Studies

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of Publications (WoS/Scopus): 7/10
  2. Number of Citations (WoS/Scopus) Without Self-Citations: Articles from WoS/Scopus only 3/13; additionally, other articles cited in WoS/Scopus
  3. Hirsch Index (WoS/Scopus): 1/2
  4. Number of Citations (Google Scholar): 166
  5. Hirsch Index (Google Scholar): 8
  6. Number of Promoted Doctors: 0 but 1 as a supplementary supervisor
  7. Number of Supervised Doctoral Students: 1

Supervision Availability:
a. Polish Doctoral Student: ✓
b. Foreign Doctoral Student: ✓

Scientific Interests/Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  1. Radio and Audio Media
  2. Citizen’s Media, Community Media/Non-commercial Media
  3. Local and Hyperlocal Media
  4. Online Media

Funds and Resources for Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research?
    No
  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks?
    Yes

ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5397-4023
Department/Chair/Institute: Department of Social Communication / Institute of Journalism and Social Communication
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
University: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Telephone: 502 692 135
Email: arkadiusz.dudziak@uwm.edu.pl; arkadiuszdudziak@interia.pl
Personal Website: http://wh.uwm.edu.pl/instytut-dziennikarstwa-komunikacji-spolecznej/pracownicy/dr-hab-arkadiusz-dudziak-prof-uwm
ResearchGate Account: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arkadiusz-Dudziak-3

Academic Discipline:
Social Communication and Media Sciences

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of Publications (WoS/Scopus): 5/5
  2. Number of Citations (WoS/Scopus) Without Self-Citations: 0/0
  3. Hirsch Index (WoS/Scopus): 0/0
  4. Number of Citations (Google Scholar): 50
  5. Hirsch Index (Google Scholar): 4
  6. Number of Promoted Doctors: 0
  7. Number of Supervised Doctoral Students: 1

Supervision Availability:
Polish Doctoral Student: Yes (1)
Foreign Doctoral Student: No

Scientific Interests/Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  1. Aspects of social communication: psychological, anthropological, axiological, ethical
  2. Creating and promoting a media image
  3. Phenomena of persuasion and manipulation in social communication
  4. Criteria for the effectiveness of media relations and crisis public relations
  5. Social impact of the media

Funding and Resources for Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research?
    Yes
  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks?
    Yes

Additional Info:
I am open to the scientific interests/research proposals of candidates for the Doctoral School.

ORCID Number: orcid.org/0000-0002-1880-001X
Department/Chair/Institute: Department of Media Studies
Faculty: Humanities
University: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Telephone: 603 650 110
Email: zdzislawa.kobylinska@uwm.edu.pl
Personal Website: Not provided
ResearchGate Account: Not provided

Academic Discipline:
Social Communication and Media Sciences

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of Publications (WoS/Scopus): 28
  2. Number of Citations (WoS/Scopus) Without Self-Citations: 3
  3. Hirsch Index (WoS/Scopus): 1
  4. Number of Citations (Google Scholar): 9
  5. Hirsch Index (Google Scholar): 2
  6. Number of Promoted Doctors: 0
  7. Number of Supervised Doctoral Students: Not provided

Supervision Availability:
a) Polish Doctoral Student: Yes (3) / No
b) Foreign Doctoral Student: Yes (0) / No

Scientific Interests/Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  1. New and traditional media in Poland, visual communication, popular culture, social communication
  2. Information management, political communication
  3. The phenomenon of mediatization
  4. Bibliology
  5. Mass media ethics; mass media axiology
  6. Ethics of artificial intelligence

Funding and Resources for Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research?
    –
  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks?
    –

ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-6492
Department/Chair/Institute: Media Research Department, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
University: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Telephone: +48 89 524 63 47
Email: mariola.marczak@uwm.edu.pl
Personal Website: http://wh.uwm.edu.pl/instytut-dziennikarstwa-komunikacji-spolecznej/pracownicy/dr-hab-mariola-marczak-prof-uwm
ResearchGate Account: Link

Academic Discipline:
Media and Communication

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of Publications (WoS/Scopus): Not provided
  2. Number of Citations (WoS/Scopus) Without Self-Citations: Not provided
  3. Hirsch Index (WoS/Scopus): Not provided
  4. Number of Citations (Google Scholar): 91
  5. Hirsch Index (Google Scholar): 5
  6. Number of Promoted Doctors: 2
  7. Number of Supervised Doctoral Students: 0

Supervision Availability:
a) Polish Doctoral Student: Yes
b) Foreign Doctoral Student: Yes

Scientific Interests/Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  1. History and Contemporaneity of the Polish Cinema. K. Zanussi’s oeuvre and its reception. Film writing.
  2. Media and audiovisual arts through the prism of aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and communication.
  3. Religious cinema, religion in the media.
  4. Empirical research of the media and audiovisual arts.

Funds or Special Equipment Required for the Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research?
    The funding will be acquired through grants’ applications.
  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks?
    Not provided.

ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/……0000-0002-7583-5956
Department/Chair/Institute: Department of Social Communication, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication
Faculty: Humanities
University: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Telephone: 600728205
Email: marek.melnyk@uwm.edu.pl
Personal Website: –
ResearchGate Account: Not provided

Academic Discipline:
Social Communication and Media Sciences

Academic Achievement Indicators:

  1. Number of Publications (WoS/Scopus): 2
  2. Number of Citations (WoS/Scopus) Without Self-Citations: 1
  3. Hirsch Index (WoS/Scopus): 1
  4. Number of Citations (Google Scholar): 56
  5. Hirsch Index (Google Scholar): 4
  6. Number of Promoted Doctors: 2
  7. Number of Supervised Doctoral Students: –

Supervision Availability:
Polish Doctoral Student: YES
Foreign Doctoral Student: Not specified

Scientific Interests/Research Topics Offered to Candidates:

  1. Intercultural and religious dialogue
  2. Axiology of social communication
  3. Cultural anthropology
  4. Polish-Ukrainian dialogue

Funding and Resources for Doctoral Project:

  1. Is there funding available to cover the cost of research?
    NO
  2. Is the infrastructure and adequate resources available in the Laboratory/Chair to serve the planned research tasks?
    YES
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