SCHOOL POSTGRADUATE JOURNALISM COURSE BENEFITS FROM PRESTIGIOUS BURSARIES FROM THE SCOTT TRUST

It’s just been announced that students on the Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism will be eligible to apply for bursaries offered by the The Scott Trust (owners of the Guardian Media Group). The graduate diploma is the only course in Scotland from which the Scott Trust will consider applications. Full details here

Arrival of New Professor

 Yvonne Spielmann joins the School this semester as Professor of New Media.

Yvonne Spielmann (Ph.D. habil.) is formerly Professor of Visual Media at the
Braunschweig School of Art, Germany, previously Assistant Professor of
Media Studies at the University of Siegen, Germany. She is author of the
books “Eine Pfütze in bezug aufs Mehr. Avantgarde” (1991), “Intermedialität.
Das System Peter Greenaway” (1998), and “Video. Das reflexive Medium”
(2005). The Engish translation of the book “Video. The Reflexive Medium” is
forthcoming with MIT Press in fall 2007.
She has edited “Kunst und Politik der Avantgarde” (1989), “Image – Media –
Art” (German and English, 1999, together with Gundolf Winter), “What is
Intermedia?”, special issue of Convergence, winter 2002 (together with
Jürgen Heinrichs), and is editor of “Hybrid Identities in Digital Media”, special
issue of Convergence, winter 2005 (together with Kerstin Mey) and the
section “Forty Years of Video Art” of Art Journal (2006) and “Cultural
Renovations. Spaces, Identities, and Re/presentations” (together with Meike
Kröncke and Kerstin Mey), (German, 2007).
Research grants and fellowships include the Getty Center (1989/90), The
Society for the Humanities at Cornell University (2000/2001), The Rockefeller
Foundation’s Bellagio Study & Conference Center (2002), The Daniel Langlois
Foundation (2003 and 2004), the Japan Foundation (2005), and the National
University of Singapore (2007).

5 new phd students

This semester, five new phd students start with us full time:

Ana Adi, BA, MA, MA
Ana Adi is a doctoral researcher in the School of Media, Language and Music at the University of Paisley (University of the West of Scotland). Ana comes to the University after completing a Fulbright scholarship at the Missouri School of Journalism of the University of Missouri-Columbia where her dissertation was on emotional engagement with online news video releases. Ana has worked as a PR Executive for various agencies and organisations such as Mojo AD in the United States and McCann PR in Romania. She also has extensive experience as a radio producer.

An expert in Public Relations, Ana’s background is in Political and Administrative Studies and Strategic Communication. Ana’s PhD investigates the role of new media structures and public relations in China, as they relate to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Ana is a Staff Writer for Culture at the Olympics: Issues, Trends and Perspectives.  Ana is a true polyglot, fluent in English, Spanish, French and competent in German, Dutch and Italian, along with her mother tongue, Romanian.

Link:
http://anaadi.wordpress.com

Contact details: ana.adi@gmail.com

John Andrew Carruthers, BA (Hons), MSc

John Andrew Carruthers is engaged in PhD research with the School of Media, Language and Music at the University of Paisley. John’s current research explores the effectiveness of separate and integrated marketing communications in selling alcoholic beverages to consumers within the eighteen to thirty age group in the United Kingdom.

John obtained a BA (Honours) degree in Communication and Mass Media from Glasgow Caledonian University, and an MSc International Marketing degree from the University of Paisley. He previously worked in a marketing role for Glasgow Caledonian University, and currently works on behalf of the United Kingdom Government providing sexual health information and advice to young people. Aside from marketing communications, his wider interests include European, Asian and Middle Eastern media, global communication and information technology, online marketing and buyer behaviour.

Bettina Hörmann, BA (Hons), MRes

Bettina (Tina) Hörmann is the Institute of Nanotechnology Doctoral Researcher in Public Engagement with Science, at the School of Media, Language and Music, University of Paisley. Tina’s research investigates ethical, policy and communication issues arising from nanotechnology.

Previously a Master degree student in Sociology at Brunel University, where she attained a Distinction on her dissertation, Tina is originally from Germany. Her undergraduate honours degree in Communication is from the University of Applied Science Hanover. Tina brings considerable expertise in the area of science communication and is working closely with the IoN in developing an industry sensitive analysis of critical nanotechnology challenges within the United Kingdom. In September 2007, Tina participated in the NanoBio-RAISE programme on public engagement with nanotechnology held at Oxford University.

links:
http://www.bettinahoermann.net
http://www.nano.org.uk

email: email@bettinahoermann.net

Elizabeth McLaughlin BA, MSc (award pending)
Elizabeth is joining the university as a PhD student studying media effects at the School of Media, Language and Music. Elizabeth’s research intends to look at the impact the Internet is having on young people and their engagement with the world of news media and politics.

Elizabeth has just completed a Masters in Political Communication at the University of Glasgow, and her dissertation researched the role the Internet is playing in local newspapers and whether this is helping to embrace the concept of citizen journalism. She has an undergraduate degree in Journalism Studies, which she gained at Bell College in Hamilton.

Elizabeth has spent the past 22 years as a working journalist, 15 of those as editor of local weekly newspapers in Glasgow and Ayrshire. She has also lectured in journalism and media related subjects for the past eight years teaching at Bell College and Glasgow Caledonian University. She has considerable experience and knowledge of the newspaper industry – having worked up through the ranks from her first appointment as a trainee reporter at the age of 18 – and her research will also look at the impact the Internet is having on the traditional mass media.

email: mclaughlineliz@aol.com

John Quinn, Cert. HE, BA (Hons)

PhD Student: Media Effects

John holds a BA in Cinema from the University of Paisley. His dissertation explored connections between Modernism, Jungian Psychoanalytic theory, and the aesthetics of German Expressionist cinema. John also specialised in creative writing and is currently working on a novel.

Research interests

‘High Concept’ production values/ Jungian Psychoanalytic theory/ Crime & Deviance/ Biomedical & Bio-psychosocial theory/ Modernity & Modernism

Links

http://www.bebo.com/quinnjohn5
[e] quinn.john@talk21.com