• 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 ...
    • ‘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 ...