• The Return of the “Humble I”: The Bookseller of Kabul and contemporary norwegian literary journalism 

      Steensen, Steen (Literary Journalism Studies;5(1), Academic article, 2013)
      Åsne Seierstad’s The Bookseller of Kabul prompted controversy in Norway, a controversy that influences the practice of literary journalism in that country to this day
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 Intimization of Journalism 

      Steensen, Steen (Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2016)
    • Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age. An exploration and Introduction 

      Steensen, Steen; Ahva, Laura (Journalism Practice;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-10)
      This special issue introductory article investigates contemporary notions of theory in journalism studies. Many scholars have argued that we need better ways of conceptualising what journalism is and how it develops in a ...
    • Tweeting Terror: An Analysis of the Norwegian Twitter-sphere during and in the Aftermath of the 22 July 2011 Terrorist Attack 

      Steensen, Steen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This chapter analyses the Norwegian Twitter-sphere during and in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Norway on 22 July 2011. Based on a collection of 2.2 million tweets representing the Twitter-sphere during the period ...
    • What does digital journalism studies look like? 

      Steensen, Steen; Larsen, Anna M. Grøndahl; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Fonn, Birgitte Kjos (Digital Journalism;Volume 7, 2019 - Issue 3: Defining Digital Journalism (Studies), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-08)
      This article analyses the characteristics of digital journalism studies through an empirical investigation of all articles published in the journal Digital Journalism, from its launch in 2013 to issue 6, 2018. The aim of ...
    • What is Digital Journalism Studies? 

      Steensen, Steen; Westlund, Oscar (Book; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-22)
      What is Digital Journalism Studies? delves into the technologies, platforms, and audience relations that constitute digital journalism studies' central objects of study, outlining its principal theories, the research methods ...
    • What is the matter with newsroom culture? A sociomaterial analysis of professional knowledge creation in the newsroom 

      Steensen, Steen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07-08)
      This article presents a study of what affects professional knowledge creation when journalism students have their periods of internship in legacy, yet highly digitized newsrooms. A total of 16 Norwegian j-students are ...
    • What's stopping them? : towards a grounded theory of online journalism 

      Steensen, Steen (Journalism Studies;10 (6), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-12)
      Findings in recent research suggest that online journalism is much less innovative than many researchers and scholars predicted a decade ago. Research into online journalism has, however, been biased towards a focus on ...