Discipline: Communication and Media Studies

Discipline:  Communication and Media Studies

1) Candidates for admission to the Doctoral School in the discipline of social communication sciences and media shall be those who hold a second-cycle or single master's degree in the social sciences or humanities.

The candidate submits a written consent of a potential supervisor from among those listed in the list of supervisors on the UKEN Doctoral School website or another UKEN employee holding a professorial or postdoctoral degree

2)The subject of a prospective doctoral dissertation may be related to the following research areas:

•          media and communication theory,
•          history and contemporaneity of media,
•          mass communication and communication processes,
•          media systems,
•          aesthetics, reception and interpretation of media messages,
•          literary culture and reading,
•          information science, information management and information architecture,
•          mediatisation, convergence and transformation of media,
•          propaganda and media images of the world,
•          media education and digital competences,
•          social media, algorithms and artificial intelligence in communication.

3) The recruitment procedure is competitive. Points are assigned for each stage of the evaluation process:

a) A research proposal (0-15 pts.), which may be an outline of the prospective PhD dissertation. The proposal should be written in Polish or English and should contain between 10,000 and 20,000 characters without spaces (excluding bibliography). The proposal is evaluated by two reviewers appointed by the chairperson of the selection committee from among researchers entitled to supervise PhD projects in the discipline. The average of points granted by each of the reviewers in the following categories constitutes the final evaluation of the research project:

•          formulating the research objective – 0-3 pts.
•          knowledge of the current state of research – 0-3 pts.
•          proposed research methodology – 0-3 pts.
•          originality and cognitive value – 0-3 pts.
•          the possibility of a research project in the discipline of social communication sciences and media – 0-3 pts.

            b) An interview (0-20 pts.), the aim of which is to verify the candidate’s competence and research interests in relation to the submitted project as well as their general knowledge within the discipline. The interview may be conducted in Polish or, by consent of the chairperson of the selection committee, in English. The final evaluation of the interview is the average of points awarded by each member of the selection committee in the following categories:

•          knowledge of the problem area of the research project (presentation of the research project without a multimedia presentation)– 0-5 pts.
•          ability to justify the aim of the research, the chosen methodology (selection of methods, techniques and research tools), originality of the solution to the research problem– 0-5 pts.
•          general knowledge within the discipline – 0-5 pts
•          ability to conduct an academic scientific conversation– 0-5 pts.

c) Evaluation of scientific activity in the last 5 years (0-7 pts.):

•          scientific publications in publications included in the lists of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education/Scopus/WebOfScience (articles in journals, chapters in collective monographs, authorship of monographs) (0-2 points),
•          active participation in scientific conferences (national conferences 1 point, international conferences 2 points) (0-2 points),
•          organisational activities related to science, e.g. activity in scientific clubs, organisation of conferences (0-1 points),
•          participation in research projects (awarded on a competitive basis) (0-1 points),
•          scientific or research stays in the country or abroad (at least 7 days), awards or distinctions for scientific work (0-1 points).
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Attachment of relevant certificates/confirmations and, in the case of publications, a printout/PDF is required.