• 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 ...
    • Serving the Media Ministers: A Mixed Methods Study on the Personalization of Ministerial Communication 

      Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Karlsen, Rune; Kolltveit, Kristoffer; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The personalization of politics has received much attention in both the political science and political communication literature, but the focus has almost entirely been on party leaders and prime ministers. This study ...