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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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FBA Professor of English Literature, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Communication Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Lecturer, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
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Professor, Director: C2L Scientific Consulting, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer of Mass Communications, Uganda Christian University
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Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor, University of Kinshasa
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Senior lecturer, University of Basel
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Anthropology and International Development, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University
