From literary scholar to media scientist
36 of the 43 essential skills of a media scientist are already essential for a literary scholar — about 84% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from literary scholar in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 36
- skills carry over
- 7
- would be new
- 84%
- of the target job covered
- 43
- essential skills of a media scientist
What a media scientist does
Media scientists research the role and impact that media has on the society. They observe and document the usage of different kinds of media such as newspapers, radio and TV and the response from society.
What carries over
36 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- literature
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform background research on writing subject
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- read books
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
What would be new
7 skillsEssential for a media scientist and not for a literary scholar. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from literary scholar
2 roles- linguist33 skills in common
- educational researcher32 skills in common
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How far are you from being a media scientist?
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