• Critical Moments of Coordination in Newswork 

      Westlund, Oscar; Ekström, Mats (Journalism Practice;Volume 15, 2021 - Issue 6: Future of Journalism, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-08)
      This article focuses on journalistic practices and coordination, more specifically how journalists coordinate when producing Online Live Broadcasts (OLB). An analytical framework that lends from the Knowledge-Based View ...
    • Data-driven news work culture: Reconciling tensions in epistemic values and practices of news journalism 

      Ekström, Mats; Ramsälv, Amanda; Westlund, Oscar (Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-21)
      This study investigates the epistemological implications of the appropriation of audience analytics in a data-driven news culture. Focussing on two central aspects of epistemology, epistemic value and epistemic practices, ...
    • The Dislocation of News Journalism: A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Epistemologies of Digital Journalism 

      Ekström, Mats; Westlund, Oscar (Media and Communication;Volume 7, Issue 1 (2019): Journalism and Social Media: Redistribution of Power?, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-11)
      This article focuses on news journalism, social media platforms and power, and key implications for epistemology. The conceptual framework presented is intended to inspire and guide future studies relating to the emerging ...
    • The Epistemologies of Breaking News 

      Ekström, Mats; Waldenstrom, Amanda; Westlund, Oscar (Journalism Studies;Volume 22, 2021 - Issue 2: Future on Journalism, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-28)
      The study analyses the epistemologies of online breaking news, focusing on the distinctive epistemic practices and challenges in the production of continuous news updates and online live broadcast. The analytical framework ...
    • EPISTEMOLOGIES OF DIGITAL JOURNALISM AND MISINFORMATION 

      Ekström, Mats; Lewis, Seth C.; Westlund, Oscar (Academic article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09)
      Verified, fact-based information is presumed to be an important feature in society, for citizens individually and for democratic governance as a whole. During much the 20th century, legacy news media enjoyed a prominent ...
    • Epistemology and Journalism 

      Ekström, Mats; Westlund, Oscar (In Oxford Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Oxford University Press;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-02)
      Epistemology is a central issue in journalism research. Journalism is among the most influential knowledge-producing institutions in modern society, associated with high claims of providing relevant, accurate, and verified ...
    • Four conceptual lenses for journalism amidst big data: Towards an emphasis on epistemological challenges 

      Westlund, Oscar; Lewis, Seth C. (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Th e social world is increasingly quantifi ed, rendered as digital trace information – geolocation, web metrics, self-tracking, social graphs, likes and shares, and much more. Such data may be collected and analysed at ...
    • Journalism and source criticism: Revised approaches to assessing truth-claims 

      Steensen, Steen; Belair-Gagnon, Valerie; Graves, Lucas; Kalsnes, Bente; Westlund, Oscar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This article presents a hermeneutical epistemology for the assessment and production of truth-claims in journalism. This epistemology is based on Gadamer’s functional hermeneutics, and it advances the concept of source ...
    • News: Mobiles, Mobilities and Their Meeting Points 

      Duffy, Andrew; Ling, Rich; Kim, Nuri; Tandoc JR, Edson; Westlund, Oscar (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-29)
      In the field of quantum mechanics (at least in its more accessible and demotic form), Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle states that the more precisely the position of a particle can be established, the less possible it ...