• 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 ...
    • Introduction 

      Krøvel, Roy; Thowsen, Mona (Making Transparency Possible: an interdisciplinary dialogue;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-13)
      Each year local and national economies throughout the world lose billions of dollars through so-called illicit financial flows. Conservative estimates indicate that over a billion dollars are diverted illegitimately out ...
    • Introduction: Research, Education, and Self-Determination in Sámi and Indigenous Journalism. 

      Sara, Inker-Anni; Krøvel, Roy; Jensen, Ellen Marie; Fridman, Marina; Eira, Nils Johan (Journal of Global Indigeneity (JGI);, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article advances the critical importance of Indigenous journalism – both as a field and practice – for Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination. The co-authors demonstrate this through discussions of education, ...
    • Investigations of a journalistic blind spot: Class, constructors, and carers in Norwegian media 

      Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Eide, Elisabeth; Einervoll Nilsen, Ruth (Nordicom Review;Volume 42 (2021): Issue s3 (April 2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-07)
      Recent studies argue that the contemporary working class has largely disappeared from the news media. Another strand of literature demonstrates that the traditional labour beat has lost newsroom prestige due to changes in ...
    • Invisible Locative Media: Key Considerations at the Nexus of Place and Digital Journalism 

      Erdal, Ivar John; Øie, Kjetil Vaage; Westlund, Oscar; Oppegaard, Brett (Media and Communication;Vol 7, No 1, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-19)
      Mobility and location awareness are pervasive and foundational elements of contemporary communication systems, and a descriptive term to synthesize them, “locative media”, has gained wide spread use throughout mobile media ...
    • Is Peace a Smiling Woman? Femininities and Masculinities in Conflict and Peace Coverage 

      Orgeret, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016)
      The chapter studies how concepts of gender, w ar and peace are understood and applied in the coverage of international strategies for c onflict and peace in examples from Norwegian newspapers. The theoretical backdrop ...
    • Islamske terrorister eller norsk ekstremist? 

      Ottosen, Rune (Pressehistorisk tidsskrift;(24), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-15)
    • “It’s New to Us”: Exploring Authentic Innovation in Local News Settings 

      Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine; Hess, Kristy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Many local newsrooms across the globe have been forced to re‐assess (and re‐assert) their value and function during a period of intense digital disruption. “Innovate or die” has become an accepted mantra as governments, ...
    • Jernhælen i redaksjonen : pressen i det okkuperte Norge 

      Ottosen, Rune (Pressehistorisk tidsskrift;(13), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-06)
      9. april 40 veltet om på det norske avislandskapet og forandret hverdagen for landets pressefolk og avisutgivere. Okkupantmakten trengte informasjonskanaler, men ville selv styre dem - og de norske presseorganisasjonene ...
    • 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 ...
    • Journalism as a Strategic Action Field: How to Study Contestations and Power Dynamics between Professional Journalism and Its Challengers 

      Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea; Figenschou, Tine Ustad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper argues the benefits of approaching the ongoing con- tentions and power dynamics in journalism as a strategic action field (JSAF). This meso-level, actor-centered analytical framework offers insights into how ...
    • Journalism theory 

      Steensen, Steen; Ahva, Laura (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-06)
      Journalism studies is a multidisciplinary field of academic inquiry. As such, it employs theory from a wide range of academic disciplines and traditions, and – as its object of study changes – is in constant search of new ...
    • Journalism under pressure in conflict zones: A study of journalists and editors in seven countries 

      Høiby, Marte; Ottosen, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Through interviews with 100 journalists and editors in seven countries, the authors examine safety as the main challenge for journalists covering war and conflict in both local and international contexts. The article places ...
    • Journalism’s epistemic crisis and its solution: Disinformation, datafication and source criticism 

      Steensen, Steen (Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism;Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-10)
      Journalism in many cultures is today in an epistemic crisis. The mains drivers of this crisis are discourses of disinformation and the general datafication of society, which combined render dubious the ways in which ...
    • Journalistic Narratives of Success and Failure at the Bali Climate Change Conference in 2007 

      Krøvel, Roy (Intercultural Communication Studies;20 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This article investigates how journalists employed pre-defined culturally grounded meta-narratives and genres in journalistic communication of climate change at the Bali summit in 2007. The journalists investigated in this ...
    • Journalistisk langtidsvarsel: Narrativ analyse av framtidsfortellinger i norske nyhetsmedier 

      Hornmoen, Harald; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Alnæs, Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Journalistiske fortellinger om framtiden preger både norske og internasjonale nyhetsmedier. Men hvilke teknikker bruker journalistene til å fortelle sannferdig om noe som ennå ikke har skjedd? Artikkelen diskuterer hvordan ...
    • Kan medieforskningen bidra til å løse den globale klimakrisen? Forskere som motkrefter til ”alternative fakta” 

      Ytterstad, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Hva kan medieforskningen gjøre for å løse den globale klimakrisen, når selv garvede klimaforskere annonserer at verden ikke kan reddes? Medieforskningen har tross alt ikke naturens tålegrenser som sitt forskningsobjekt, ...
    • Key Communicators’ Perspectives on the Use of Social Media in Risks and Crises 

      Hornmoen, Harald; Backholm, Klas; Frey, Elsebeth; Ottosen, Rune; Reimerth, Gudrun; Steensen, Steen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-14)
      This chapter examines how key communicators understand and evaluate opportunities and challenges of using social media in risk and crisis situations. We have conducted semi-structured interviews with several risk and crisis ...
    • Kjendisaktivisme - er det til gagn? 

      Krøvel, Roy (Internasjonal Politikk;71(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Fenomenet kjendisaktivisme veks grenselaust intern asjonalt, skriv Tsaliki, Frangonikolopoulos og Huliaras i ein antologi om fenomenet (Tsaliki, Frango- nikolopoulos & Huliaras 2011b: 29). Likevel, legg dei til, er ...
    • Klimakrisen utfordrer objektivitetsidealet i norsk journalistikk 

      Ytterstad, Andreas (Norsk Medietidsskrift;18 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Norsk klimajournalistikk er et område der vi bare for noen få år siden så en dreining vekk fra en objektivt rapporterende journalistikk. Norske journalister spurte seg selv om det var deres jobb å redde verden. I denne ...