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• Ulla Carlsson honored with the Swedish UNESCO Prize before the Global MIL Conference 2019 in Gothenburg

  [21 Oct 2019] The worst thing that can happen in a democracy is if its citizens lose faith or interest and feel they have no part in public affairs. That¿s what makes the right to information and freedom of expression such a crucially important political issue. So says Ulla Carlsson, recipient of the 2019 Swedish UNESCO Prize.

• Big Boss Suffers PR Disaster at JMG Lecture

  [3 Oct 2019] Journalism and communications students grilled the powerful chairman of Volkswagen, Ferdinand Piëch, during a dramatic lecture on Tuesday that turned into a PR bloodbath for the beleaguered boss of the disgraced German car company. David ibison's first lecture was much appreciated by the students at JMG.

• New Book Launch: The digitization of media - a challenge for democracy

  [23 Sep 2019] In the age of digital communication, Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is more urgent than ever. In her new book, Ulla Carlsson, UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression, Media Development and Global Policy at University of Gothenburg, calls for new solutions as a part of a democracy strategy.

• Postdoctoral fellow to the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication

  [17 Sep 2019] We are hiring one postdoctoral fellow to work in the ERC-funded project Varieties of Media Effects at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

• Application for the popular PhD course Communicating Science is now open

  [28 Aug 2019] The elective Faculty PhD course Communicating Science will be given for the fourth time Fall/Winter 2019/20.

• Social journalists and a new social news media logic when social media is adopted in journalism

  [26 Aug 2019] Long time journalist (daily local and regional news) Ulrika Hedman defends her thesis "#InFlux. Journalists' adoption of social media and journalists' social roles" at University of Gothenburg on 6 September 2019.

• In the mind of a party strategist: exclusive seminar series at JMG

  [10 Jun 2019] This autumn, the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) will host a series of lectures on political communication. "Strategists from all Riksdag parties will give our students a unique insight into what happens behind the scenes in politics", says Director of Studies Marie Grusell.

• Complex relationship between the media and politics

  [28 Jan 2019] In a new study from Nordicom, researchers examine how close, or far apart, media and political power are from each other in four different countries. The complex relationship between media and politics has consequences with regard to shaping the public image of politics and individual politicians.

• Exclusive lecture about political communication during the presidential campaign in the US

  [24 Jan 2019] Recently, Scott Milburn visited JMG and gave an excklusive lecture on the communication work when Governor Kasich challenged Donald Trump as presidential candidate 2016.

• Post doctoral fellow (1-2) to the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication and the Department of Political Science

  [16 Jan 2019] The research program Knowledge Resistance: Causes, Consequenecs and Cures (KR) is searching for 1-2 post doctoral fellows who are expected to conduct research within the framework of two of the work packages of the research program headed by Professor Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson and (The Department of Political Science) and Professor Jesper Strömbäck Department of Journalism, Media and Communication).

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