• The Double Meaning Making of the Term Cultural Diversity in Teacher Educator Discourses 

      Fylkesnes, Sandra; Mausethagen, Sølvi; Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education;Vol. 2 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Cultural diversity is assumed to be a central component of Western education and even though it has been extensively investigated in international research on teacher education, little knowledge exists about its usage and ...
    • The European Far Right and Islamist Extremism on Twitter: From Radicalisation to Political Participation 

      Paton, Nathalie; Nilsen, Anne Birgitta; Dechesne, Mark; Salord, Tristan; Sakellariou, Alexandros; Helm, Grant (Essachess - Journal for Communication Studies;Vol 15, No 2 (30) (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This article explores the results of a study on media participation on Twitter in 2018/2019 perceived as contributing to far right and Islamist radical ideologies, in 7 European countries. By combining online ethnography ...
    • European Female Supporters of the Islamic State: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of their Facebook Profiles 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Nordic Journal of Religion and Society;Volume 33, No.1-2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-26)
      This article presents multimodal discourse analyses of Facebook profiles set up by European women who support the Islamic State (ISIS). The research question guiding the analyses is: What types of discourses, modes and ...
    • Exploring Semiotic Resources in Sight Translation 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta; Felberg Radanovic, Tatjana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In this article, we present a pilot study with data from exploratory video-recorded experiments of sight translation, and subsequent focus group interviews. Our theoretical perspective is interactionist, ...
    • Getting in touch: communication in physical therapy practice and the multiple functions of language 

      Ahlsen, Birgitte; Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences;3:882099, Academic article, 2022-08-04)
      In physical therapy, communication that actively involves the patient is seen as the foundation of patient-centered treatment. Research on communication in physical therapy highlights how patients’ opportunity to actively ...
    • Hate speech in Intercultural Encounters. Introduction 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta; Pirtskhalava, Ekaterine; Ekaterine, Basialaia (FLEKS - Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and practice;Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020): Hate speech in intercultural encounters, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-15)
      The issue of hate speech has been a topic of international debate—most frequently in the domains of law, philosophy and language. Different issues linked to changes in society, ranging from the proliferation of social ...
    • Interpreted communication with young children in public sector service 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Translation & Interpreting;7(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Many areas of the public sector, including, for example, healthcare and social services, are experiencing a growing need for interpreters in order to enable or facilitate communication. Although public service interpreters ...
    • Kartlegging av omfanget av hatefulle ytringer og diskriminerende ytringer mot muslimer 

      Kasahara, Yuri; Liodden, Tone; Yazidi, Anis; Lid, Stian; Upreti, Ramesh; Abolpour Mofrad, Asieh; Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Research report, 2022-04)
      I denne rapporten presenterer vi en studie hvor vi har kartlagt innholdet i og omfanget av ytringer av hatefull og diskriminerende karakter mot muslimer på norske sosiale medier. Studien er gjort på oppdrag fra Barne-, ...
    • Kommunikativ bevissthet. Et lingvistisk bidrag til gestaltterapien 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Norsk Gestalttidsskrift;Årgang 18, hefte 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Det er en nær forbindelse mellom begrepet kommunikativ bevissthet og det gestaltterapeutiske begrepet varhet. I denne artikkelen vil jeg derfor fremme kommunikativ bevissthet som et redskap for terapeuter. I en slik ...
    • The linguistics in othering: Teacher educators’ talk about cultural diversity 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta; Fylkesnes, Sandra; Mausethagen, Sølvi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      ‘Othering’ can be conceptually defined as the manner in which social group dichotomies are represented in language via binary oppositions of ‘us’ and ‘them’. The article aims to contribute to a methodological approach for ...
    • Reading skills for sight translation in public-sector services 

      Nilsen, Anne Birgitta; Monsrud, May-Britt (Translation & Interpreting;7(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Interpreters in public-sector services in Norway report that they sight translate almost every day; a mode of translation that requires well-developed reading skills. Nevertheless, in interpreter training programs and ...
    • Sight translation – Safe translation? Exploring meaning-making and interaction from a multimodal perspective 

      Havnen, Randi (OsloMet Avhandling 2021;Nr 12, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This thesis consists of three articles and a comprehensive introduction to the work. The overarching aim is to contribute to the understanding of sight translation, i.e. translation from writing into speech, in terms of ...