• Sexual Violence against Journalists in Conflict Zones - Gendered Practices and Cultures in the Newsroom 

      Høiby, Marte Havikbotn (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016)
      While sexual violence is a threat to both men and women in war and conflict, cases con- cerning male victims are largely absent from public discussion and women’s vulnerability regularly assumed. This paper suggests ...
    • The Shaping of an Online Feature Journalist 

      Steensen, Steen (Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism;10 (5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-11)
      This paper explores the professional role and normative demands of online feature journalists. Through a longitudinal ethnographic case study of the work practice of feature journalists in the Norwegian online newspaper ...
    • Sharing Knowledge, Transforming Societies: The Norhed Programme 2013-2020 

      Krøvel, Roy; Halvorsen, Tor; Orgeret, Kristin (Sharing Knowledge, Transforming Societies: The Norhed Programme 2013-2020;, Book; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-19)
      In June 2016, the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (Norhed) hosted a conference on the theme of ‘knowledge for development’ in an attempt to shift the focus of ...
    • Should I Stay or Should I Code? Of Collaboration and Do-It-Yourself Programming in Investigative Journalism 

      Strømme, Espen Sørmo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      For journalists, numerous digital tools such as spreadsheets or web application are readily available for easy implementation. however, using programming to build or modify scripts has been an unex- plored option for ...
    • The Significance of Nordicom and the NordMedia Conference to Nordic Media and Communication Research 

      Ottosen, Rune (Nordicom Review;35, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Size, ownership and innovation in newspapers 

      Krumsvik, Arne H.; Skogerbø, Eli; Storsul, Tanja (Chapter, 2013)
      This chapter analyses the relationship between the size and ownership of newspapers and their approaches to the challenges from the tablet market, e.g. the iPad. Which newspapers were inclined to innovate by launching iPad ...
    • Social Media and Situation Awareness during Terrorist Attacks: Recommendations for Crisis Communication 

      Steensen, Steen; Frey, Elsebeth; Hornmoen, Harald; Ottosen, Rune; Konow-Lund, Maria Theresa (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This chapter summarises the findings of a case study on social media activity during the 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway. Based on these findings and on theories and previous research on the role of social media ...
    • Social media as a political backchannel: Twitter use during televised election debates in Norway 

      Kalsnes, Bente; Krumsvik, Arne H.; Storsul, Tanja (ASLIB Proceedings;66(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04)
      Purpose - This study aims to explore how Twitter is used as a political backchannel and potential agenda setter during two televised political debates during the Norwegian election in 2011. The article engages with current ...
    • Social Media Communication During Disease Outbreaks: Findings and Recommendations 

      Hornmoen, Harald; McInnes, Colin John (Social Media Use in Crisis and Risk Communication: Emergencies, Concerns and Awareness;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-13)
      The chapter provides recommendations for key communicators’ social media use during pandemic threats. Recommendations are based on findings from two sets of case studies during the 2014–2015 outbreak of Ebola in West Africa: ...
    • Social Media in Management of the Terror Crisis in Norway: Experiences and Lessons Learned 

      Hornmoen, Harald; Måseide, Per Helge (Social Media Use in Crisis and Risk Communication: Emergencies, Concerns and Awareness;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-13)
      The chapter addresses the question of how crisis and emergency communicators in the justice (police) and health sector in Norway reflect on their use – or lack of use – of social media during the terror crisis on 22 July ...
    • Social media in Uganda: revitalising news journalism? 

      Orgeret, Kristin; Selnes, Florence Namasinga (Media, Culture and Society;Volume: 42, issue: 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-22)
      The article discusses the role of social media in relation to the traditional journalistic sphere in Uganda. Through an analysis of how journalists in three Ugandan newspapers use social media in their daily work, the ...
    • Social Media Use in Crises and Risks: an introduction to the collection 

      Hornmoen, Harald; Backholm, Klas (Social Media Use in Crisis and Risk Communication: Emergencies, Concerns and Awareness;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-13)
      This book is about how different communicators – whether professionals, such as crisis managers, first responders and journalists, or private citizens and disaster victims – have used social media to communicate about risks ...
    • ‘Someone should have looked after us’: the boundary work of mental health disclosure on TV 

      Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti; Blehr Lånkan, Kjersti (Media, Culture and Society;Volume 44, Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-11)
      This article investigates the boundary work of young people who disclose personal experiences of mental health illness and trauma in a reality TV series. The programme in focus features group therapy sessions led by a ...
    • Sports Journalism, Interns and #MeToo – did anything change? 

      Røsok-Dahl, Heidi; Orgeret, Kristin (Journalistica;No 1 (2020): Kritiske Perspektiver på #MeToo i Norden: Journalistikken, debatten og bevægelsen, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-17)
      Norwegian news media were central actors in the dissemination of information about the #MeToo movement. Simultaneously, the media are made up of institutions and workplaces that are at times characterized by asymmetrical ...
    • Stability in Times of Change - Trends in Newspaper Executives Attitudes towards Digital Media 

      Krumsvik, Arne H. (Nordicom Review;35 special issue, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Five biennial surveys from 2005 to 2013 reveal a high degree of stability in Norwegian news - paper executives’ attitudes towards digital media, despite a high turnover in the executive ranks. Editors and managers do ...
    • Strategic essentialism and ethnification : hand in glove? 

      Eide, Elisabeth (Nordicom Review;31 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      The present article sets out to explore certain aspects of how individuals with an ethnic minority background experience the journalistic media. It is derived from a project based on in-depth interviews aimed at mapping ...
    • Subjectivity as a Journalistic Ideal 

      Steensen, Steen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This chapter discusses different notions of subjectivity as an ideal in journalism and relates them to epistemological philosophy from Descartes to Foucault. The chapter argues that subjectivity – once a dominant ideal in ...
    • The Surface and the Soul: Purpose and Politics of the Terrorist Mugshot 

      Simonsen, Anne Hege (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      When terror strikes, the terrorist is more often than not portrayed in a mugshot, an ID-like photograph with references to police mugshots as well as the passport ID. This has developed into the common iconography where ...
    • A symbiotic relationship : Norwegian diplomacy and Norwegian journalism on war and peace in Guatemala 

      Krøvel, Roy (Conflict & communication online;10 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der norwegischen Berichterstattung über den Bürgerkrieg in Guatemala und den Friedensprozess in der Zeit von 1990 bis 1997. Der Autor hat alle Dokumente im Archiv des norwegischen ...
    • The European Media Cloud Campus Project 

      Rinsdorf, Lars; Kirklar, Alper; Nina, Nusta; Christensen, Nikolaj; Vaagan, Robert Wallace (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Five partner institutions have received Erasmus + financing 2015-2017 to create a European Media Cloud Campus (EMCC). This is an innovative, cloud- based learning environment for cross-media content production based on ...