• Communal News Work: COVID-19 Calls for Collective Funding of Journalism 

      Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine; Pickard, Victor; Westlund, Oscar (Digital Journalism;Volume 8, Issue 5, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-28)
      It is widely held that journalism, journalists and news all play important roles for democracy and an informed citizenry. News publishers have journalistic authority and are oftentimes seen as one of the most important ...
    • Digital Innovation During Terror and Crises 

      Konow Lund, Maria; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Olsson, Eva-Karin (Digital Journalism;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-25)
      Terror attacks are moments of chaos and destabilization. From a journalistic perspective, terror attacks disrupt everyday news work where journalists find themselves struggling to restore order and report the event at hand ...
    • Discussing emotions in digital journalism 

      Orgeret, Kristin (Digital Journalism;Volume 8, 2020 - Issue 2: Digital Journalism and Emotions, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-09)
      Until recently, the notion of emotion in media studies and commu- nication research was mostly examined through the lens of cultural studies, media effects, and visuals. Research on emotion in journal- ism has been slow ...
    • Discussing Emotions in Digital Journalism 

      Orgeret, Kristin (Digital Journalism;Volume 8, 2020 - Issue 2: Digital Journalism and Emotions, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-09)
      Until recently, the notion of emotion in media studies and communication research was mostly examined through the lens of cultural studies, media effects, and visuals. Research on emotion in journal- ism has been slow to ...
    • From Public Reason to Public Health: Professional Implications of the “Debunking Turn” in the Global Fact-Checking Field 

      Graves, Lucas; Bélair-Gagnon, Valérie; Larsen, Rebekah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The global field of fact-checking organizations has experienced a dramatic shift in focus since 2016, from checking claims by poli- ticians and other public figures to policing viral misinformation on social networks. ...
    • “I thought You Are Beautiful”: Uganda Women Journalists’ Tales of Mob Violence on Social Media 

      Walulya, Gerald; Selnes, Florence Namasinga (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article contributes to our understanding of the notion of mob censorship from the Ugandan context by examining the nature and consequences of harassment targeting women jour- nalists on social media. Drawing on ...
    • 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 ...
    • Navigating the Scholarly Terrain: Introducing the Digital Journalism Studies Compass 

      Eldridge II, Scott A.; Hess, Kristy; Tandoc, Edson C.; Westlund, Oscar (Digital Journalism; Volume 7, 2019 - Issue 3: Defining Digital Journalism (Studies), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This article by the Digital Journalism Editorial Team surfaces with the explicit ambition to reassess the field of Digital Journalism Studies and map a future editorial agenda for Digital Journalism. The article dissects ...
    • News Flows, Inter-Media Connectivity and Societal Resilience in Times of Crisis 

      Steensen, Steen; Eide, Tine (Digital Journalism;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-23)
      This article analyzes how inter-media connections and news flows can establish societal resilience in times of crisis. The article is framed by understandings of the discursive practice of news as polyvocal and networked, ...
    • Playing the mainstream game: A language-game analysis of “mainstream” as a possible boundary object in journalism studies 

      Steensen, Steen; Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      “Mainstream media” and “mainstream journalism” have become significant concepts in political, popular, and academic discourse in recent years. They are key in how media, communication, and journalism scholars have been, ...
    • Should I Stay or Should I Code? Of Collaboration and Do-It-Yourself Programming in Investigative Journalism 

      Strømme, Espen Sørmo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      For journalists, numerous digital tools such as spreadsheets or web application are readily available for easy implementation. however, using programming to build or modify scripts has been an unex- plored option for ...
    • Understanding Alternative News Media and Its Contribution to Diversity 

      Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea; Figenschou, Tine Ustad; Eldridge, Scott; Frischlich, Lena; Cushion, Stephen; Holt, Kristoffer (Digital Journalism;Volume 10, 2022 - Issue 8: Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding Alternative News Media, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-08)
      In this introduction to the special issue Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding Alternative News Media, we discuss how and to what extent alternative news media contribute to news diversity. We elaborate on the concept ...
    • The Value of Local News in the Digital Realm–Introducing the Integrated Value Creation Model 

      Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine (Digital Journalism;Volume 9, 2021 - Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-18)
      Taking the failing two-sided market model of commercial news media as its point of departure, this article introduces a value creation model that unpacks the dynamics of local newspapers’ value creation from a business, ...
    • 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 ...