• Helse, medier og makt: Kommunikasjonsregimer i mediene 

      Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti; Figenschou, Tine Ustad (Research report, 2021)
      Helse og sykdom angår oss alle og omtales i alle slags formater i nyhetsmedier og i sosiale medier. I de siste tiårene har den personlige erfaringen med sykdom vokst fram i helsejournalistikken. Legene, forskerne, ...
    • Interpretive communities of resistance: Emerging counterpublics of immigration alarmism on social media 

      Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Debates over immigration have become a defining political cleavage closely related to moral values, perceptions of threat, and the rise of online anti-immigration networks and agitation. Based on in-depth interviews with ...
    • Når saken tas i mediene: mediedramaturgi og handlingsrom i lokale helsekonflikter 

      Larsen, Anna Grøndahl; Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (Norsk Medietidsskrift;Årgang 29, nr. 1-2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-18)
      Nyhetssaker om at mennesker som trenger hjelp, ikke får den omsorgen eller helsetilbudet de har krav på, starter ofte nært dem det gjelder – i lokalmediene eller på sosiale medier. Denne artikkelen belyser ulike kilders ...
    • 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 ...
    • ‘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 ...
    • TV Inside the Psychiatric Hospital: Patient Experiences 

      Lånkan, Kjersti; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (International Journal of Communication;Vol 16 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This study investigates patients’ experiences with participating in a television (TV) documentary series filmed within psychiatric hospital wards. The study relies on interviews with patients, health staff, and TV producers, ...
    • Whose stories are told and who is made responsible? Human-interest framing in health journalism in Norway, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. 

      Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti; Hallin, Daniel C. (Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-25)
      Human-interest narratives are journalistic tools to captivate and engage the audience, influence public opinion and bring revenue to media organizations. This paper analyses how human-interest narratives are used in ...
    • YS Arbeidslivsbarometer: Norsk arbeidsliv 2009 

      Halrynjo, Sigtona; Steen, Arild Henrik; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (AFI FoU-resultat 2009, Report, 2009)
      YS Arbeidslivsbarometer måler trykket i norsk arbeidsliv. YS Arbeidslivsbarometer er en årlig analyse som beskriver tilstanden og utviklingen i norsk arbeidsliv på sentrale områder. Ofte stilles omfattende diagnoser om ...