Publications

• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae; Skjuve, Marita; Dysthe, Kim Kristoffer & Følstad, Asbjørn (2021). When the Social Becomes Non-Human: Young People’s Perception of Social Support in Chatbots, In Yoshifumi Kitamura (ed.),  CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.  Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).  ISBN 978-1-4503-8096-6.  Article No.: 257.  s 1 - 13 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Although social support is important for health and well-being, many young people are hesitant to reach out for support. The emerging uptake of chatbots for social and emotional purposes entails opportunities and concerns regarding non-human agents as sources of social support. To explore this, we invited 16 participants (16–21 years) to use and refect on chatbots as sources of social support. Our participants frst interacted with a chatbot for mental health (Woebot) for two weeks. Next, they participated in individual in-depth interviews. As part of the interview session, they were presented with a chatbot prototype providing information to young people. Two months later, the participants reported on their continued use of Woebot. Our fndings provide in-depth knowledge about how young people may experience various types of social support—appraisal, informational, emotional, and instrumental support—from chatbots. We summarize implications for theory, practice, and future research.

• Pashevich, Ekaterina (2021). Can communication with social robots influence how children develop empathy? Best-evidence synthesis. AI & Society: The Journal of Human-Centred Systems and Machine Intelligence.  ISSN 0951-5666. . doi: 10.1007/s00146-021-01214-z Show summary

  Social robots are gradually entering children’s lives in a period when children learn about social relationships and exercise prosocial behaviors with parents, peers, and teachers. Designed for long-term emotional engagement and to take the roles of friends, teachers, and babysitters, such robots have the potential to influence how children develop empathy. This article presents a review of the literature (2010–2020) in the fields of human–robot interaction (HRI), psychology, neuropsychology, and roboethics, discussing the potential impact of communication with social robots on children’s social and emotional development. The critical analysis of evidence behind these discussions shows that, although robots theoretically have high chances of influencing the development of empathy in children, depending on their design, intensity, and context of use, there is no certainty about the kind of effect they might have. Most of the analyzed studies, which showed the ability of robots to improve empathy levels in children, were not longitudinal, while the studies observing and arguing for the negative effect of robots on children’s empathy were either purely theoretical or dependent on the specific design of the robot and the situation. Therefore, there is a need for studies investigating the effects on children’s social and emotional development of long-term regular and consistent communication with robots of various designs and in different situations.

• Ni Bhroin, Niamh (2021). Barneliv foran, bak og i skjermen — Utvalg for beskyttelse av barn og unge mot skadelig medieinnhold – med særlig vekt på pornografisk og seksualisert innhold. NOU - Norges offentlige utredninger.  ISSN 0333-2306.
• Lüders, Marika & Sundet, Vilde Schanke (2021). Conceptualizing the Experiential Affordances of Watching Online TV. Television & New Media.  ISSN 1527-4764.  s 1- 17 . doi: 10.1177/15274764211010943 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  This article investigates the experiential affordances of watching online TV as outcomes of the material underpinnings of online TV and the actions taken by viewers. Potential experiential changes derive from how online TV services can be considered libraries of content affording self-scheduling action possibilities. Such changes need to be situated in the slow-to-change conditions of television viewing. We draw on a qualitative study of how viewers respond to the action possibilities and constraints of online TV services. We argue that potentials for individualized viewing are counterbalanced by television viewing as a social activity. Next, self-scheduling ties in with viewing as a deliberate action, appropriated to create experiences where attentiveness is tailored to what is narratively required. Finally, flow schedules are replaced with programed paths constraining the agency of viewers.

• Ní Bhroin, Niamh & Folstad, Siri Hausland (2021). Skadelig medieeffekter knyttet til barn og unges mediebruk: Litteraturgjennomgang, I: Utvalg for beskyttelse av barn Medieskadelighetsutvalget (red.),  Barneliv foran bak og i skjermen.  Kulturdepartementet.  Litteraturgjennomgang.  s 119 - 221 Show summary

  Denne rapporten kartlegger og samenstiller nyere forskning på skadelige medieeffekter knyttet til barn og unges mediebruk. Forskningen inkluderer internasjonal og nasjonale studier på dette området publisert mellom 2007 og 2020.

• Brun, Elisabeth (2021). Ørnemetoden. Norsk Medietidsskrift.  ISSN 0804-8452. . doi: 10.18261/ISSN.0805-9535-2021-01-05
• Josefsen, Eva & Skogerbø, Eli (2021). Indigenous political communication in the Nordic countries, I: Eli Skogerbø; Øyvind Ihlen; Nete Nergaard Kristensen & Lars W. Nord (red.),  Power, communication, and politics in the Nordic countries.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-88855-28-2.  10.  s 197 - 217
• Lüders, Marika; Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Colbjørnsen, Terje (2021). Towards streaming as a dominant mode of media use? A user typology approach to music and television streaming. Nordicom Review.  ISSN 1403-1108.  42(1), s 35- 57 . doi: 10.2478/nor-2021-0011
• Brun, Elisabeth (2021). Thinking Through Form. Screenworks. . doi: 10.37186/swrks/11.1/5
• Heath, Robert L.; Waymer, Damion & Ihlen, Øyvind (2021). Rhetorical theory of public relations, In Chiara Valentini (ed.),  Handbook of public relations.  De Gruyter Mouton.  ISBN 3110552299.  13.  s 361 - 380
• Skjuve, Marita; Følstad, Asbjørn; Fostervold, Knut Inge & Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). My chatbot companion – a study of human-chatbot relationships. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.  ISSN 1071-5819.  149:102601, s 1- 14 . doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2021.102601 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  There has been a recent surge of interest in social chatbots, and human–chatbot relationships (HCRs) are becoming more prevalent, but little knowledge exists on how HCRs develop and may impact the broader social context of the users. Guided by Social Penetration Theory, we interviewed 18 participants, all of whom had developed a friendship with a social chatbot named Replika, to understand the HCR development process. We find that at the outset, HCRs typically have a superficial character motivated by the users' curiosity. The evolving HCRs are characterised by substantial affective exploration and engagement as the users' trust and engagement in self-disclosure increase. As the relationship evolves to a stable state, the frequency of interactions may decrease, but the relationship can still be seen as having substantial affective and social value. The relationship with the social chatbot was found to be rewarding to its users, positively impacting the participants' perceived wellbeing. Key chatbot characteristics facilitating relationship development included the chatbot being seen as accepting, understanding and non-judgmental. The perceived impact on the users' broader social context was mixed, and a sense of stigma associated with HCRs was reported. We propose an initial model representing the HCR development identified in this study and suggest avenues for future research.

• Hopmann, David Nicolas & Karlsen, Rune (2021). Elections and political communication in the Nordic countries, In Eli Skogerbø; Øyvind Ihlen; Nete Nergaard Kristensen & Lars W. Nord (ed.),  Power, communication, and politics in the Nordic countries.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-88855-28-2.  11.  s 219 - 240
• Skogerbø, Eli & Karlsen, Rune (2021). Media and politics in Norway, In Eli Skogerbø; Øyvind Ihlen; Nete Nergaard Kristensen & Lars W. Nord (ed.),  Power, communication, and politics in the Nordic countries.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-88855-28-2.  5.  s 91 - 111
• Allern, Sigurd; Blach-Ørsten, Mark; Kantola, Anu & Pollack, Ester (2021). Development trends and challenges in Nordic political journalism, In Eli Skogerbø; Øyvind Ihlen; Nete Nergaard Kristensen & Lars W. Nord (ed.),  Power, communication, and politics in the Nordic countries.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-88855-28-2.  7.  s 135 - 154 Full text in Research Archive.
• Ihlen, Øyvind; Binderkrantz, Anne & Öberg, Perola (2021). Lobbying in Scandinavia, In Eli Skogerbø; Øyvind Ihlen; Nete Nergaard Kristensen & Lars W. Nord (ed.),  Power, communication, and politics in the Nordic countries.  Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-88855-28-2.  15.  s 305-323
• Allern, Sigurd & Pollack, Ester (2021). Svängdörrarnas förlovade land. Lobbyismens betydelse för klassamhällets eliter, I: Daniel Suhonen; Göran Therborn & Jesper Weithz (red.),  Klass i Sverige: Ojämlikheten, makten och politiken i det 21:a århundradet.  Arkiv Förlag.  ISBN 9789179243487.  Kapitel 24.  s 589 - 613
• Allern, Sigurd (2021). Mediekapitalet. Ägarskap, kontroll och ideologisk hegemoni i svenska nyhetsmedier, I: Daniel Suhonen; Göran Therborn & Jesper Weithz (red.),  Klass i Sverige: Ojämlikheten, makten och politiken i det 21:a århundradet.  Arkiv Förlag.  ISBN 9789179243487.  Kapitel 17.  s 411 - 439
• Haugsgjerd, Atle; Hesstvedt, Stine & Karlsen, Rune (2021). Increased media choice and political knowledge gaps: A comparative longitudinal study of 18 established democracies 1995-2015. Political Communication.  ISSN 1058-4609.  s 1- 20 . doi: 10.1080/10584609.2020.1868633
• Ess, Charles Melvin (2021). Internet Research Ethics and Social Media, In Ron Iphofen (ed.),  Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity.  Springer Publishing Company.  ISBN 978-3-030-16758-5.  chapter.  s 1 - 21 Show summary

  Internet research ethics (IRE) is introduced via a historical overview of its development by the Association of Internet Researchers’ ethics committees (2002, 2012, 2020) and the Norwegian Research Ethics Committees (2003, 2006, [2018] 2019). These overlapping but importantly distinctive guidelines foreground key norms and principles (starting with human autonomy and dignity), ethical frameworks (utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, feminist ethics, care ethics), and prevailing, especially question-oriented approaches to identifying and resolving representative ethical challenges in internet research. Comparing and contrasting these (and other relevant) guidelines further introduce us to additional central elements of assumptions regarding personhood and moral agency (individual vis-à-vis relational); respecting and incorporating diverse national/cultural ethical traditions and norms by way of an ethical pluralism; the role of dialogical, process approaches and reflective ethical judgment (phronēsis); interweaving ethics and methods; and considering ethical challenges characteristic of distinct stages of research. Two challenges evoked by Big Data research techniques are examined, beginning with the possibilities and limitations of informed consent and researchers’ possible use of “gray data” (personal information that is hacked and thus made public and available to researchers). Current and future challenges cluster about protecting both researchers’ and subjects’ privacy – specifically, privacy as now reconceptualized in terms of contextual integrity as appropriate to the more relational selves facilitated especially by social media – in an emerging Internet of Things (IoT).

• Bucher, Taina (2021). Data and algorithms, In Leah Lievrouw & Brian Loader (ed.),  Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Communication in Society.  Routledge.  ISBN 1138672092.  Chapter.
• Folstad, Siri H.; Carney, Rebekah; Imran, Shermin; Law, Heather & Parker, Sophie (2020). Evaluation of the physical health of adolescent in-patients in generic and secure services: retrospective case-note review. BJPsych bulletin.  ISSN 2056-4694. . doi: 10.1192/bjb.2019.68
• Ytreberg, Espen & Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (2020). Agencies and Experiences of the “Good Participant” : The Long-Term Trajectories of Patients Turned Media Participants. International Journal of Communication.  ISSN 1932-8036.  14, s 6182- 6198 Show summary

  As a prominent case of media participants with a high moral status, medical patients have become central across media and platforms, particularly because journalists need them as exemplars. On the basis of in-depth interviews with 18 Norwegian patient-participants, this article investigates the agencies and experiences involved in longer spans of participation across mass and social media. The article shows that although communicating illness enables affirmative and meaningful forms of openness and sharing for patient-participants, over time stresses and conflicts also appear as participants negotiate the terms and limits of their self-disclosure in an effort to exercise agency over their illness stories. In general terms, the article argues for an approach to media participation that takes into account high-status forms of participation, multiple media, and participation trajectories over longer spans of time.

• Nørskov, Sladjana; Damholdt, Malene F.; Ulhøi, John P.; Jensen, Morten B.; Ess, Charles Melvin & Seibt, Johanna (2020). Applicant Fairness Perceptions of a Robot-Mediated Job Interview: A Video Vignette-Based Experimental Survey. Frontiers in Robotics and AI.  ISSN 2296-9144.  7, s 1- 18 . doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.586263
• Nørgård, Rikke Toft; Bengtsen, Søren S. E. & Ess, Charles Melvin (2020). The university of we: Value-sensitive design for an ethical university. Knowledge Cultures.  ISSN 2327-5731.  8(1), s 48- 63 . doi: 10.22381/KC8120204
• Jansson, André; Bengtsson, Stina; Fast, Karin & Lindell, Johan (2020). Mediatization from Within: A Plea for Emic Approaches to Media-Related Social Change. Communication Theory.  ISSN 1050-3293. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtaa021 Full text in Research Archive.
• Rønning, Helge (2020). What is a full life? reflections on ibsen and literary biography, and on Sverre Mørkhagen’s Ibsen: … “Den Mærkelige Mand”. Ibsen Studies.  ISSN 1502-1866.  20(2), s 269- 282 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15021866.2020.1823627
• Rønning, Helge (2020). Constitutional referendums and the media in Africa: Reporting the aborted referendum in Tanzania ‐ 2015. Journal of African Media Studies.  ISSN 2040-199X.  12(3), s 301- 317 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams_00026_1
• Hausken, Liv (2020). Photographic Passport Biometry. PUBLIC.  ISSN 0845-4450.  30(60), s 51- 59
• Archetti, Cristina (2020). Research, methods, and the Zen art of questioning what you know. Norsk Medietidsskrift.  ISSN 0804-8452.  27(2), s 1- 7 . doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN.0805-9535-2020-02-06 Full text in Research Archive.
• Ess, Charles Melvin (2020). Viewpoint: At the ethical intersections: information, computing, internet research.. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society.  ISSN 1477-996X.  18(1), s 1- 9 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-01-2020-0001 Full text in Research Archive.
• Ess, Charles Melvin (2020). Between Luther and Buddhism: Scandinavian Creation Theology and Robophilosophy, In Marco Nørskov; Johanna Seibt & Oliver Quick (ed.),  Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics: Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2020..  IOS Press.  ISBN 978-1-64368-154-2.  3.1.  s 611 - 616 Full text in Research Archive.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger; Hansen, Julie Marie & Lorentzen, Jenny Kathrine (2020). Hopes and misguided expectations: How policy documents frame gender in efforts at preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Politics, Religion & Ideology.  ISSN 2156-7689.  21(4), s 469- 486 . doi: 10.1080/21567689.2020.1851873
• De Winter, Lieven; Karlsen, Rune & Schmitt, Hermann (2020). Conclusion and perspectives, In Lieven De Winter; Rune Karlsen & Hermann Schmitt (ed.),  Parliamentary Candidates Between Voters and Parties: A Comparative Perspective.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0-367-24851-2.  10.  s 217 - 225
• De Winter, Lieven; Karlsen, Rune & Schmitt, Hermann (2020). Introduction. Candidates, parties and voters in representative democracies, In Lieven De Winter; Rune Karlsen & Hermann Schmitt (ed.),  Parliamentary Candidates Between Voters and Parties: A Comparative Perspective.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0-367-24851-2.  1.  s 1-30
• Bucher, Taina (2020). Nothing to disconnect from? Being singular plural in an age of machine learning. Media, Culture and Society.  ISSN 0163-4437.  42(4), s 610- 617 . doi: 10.1177/0163443720914028 Full text in Research Archive.
• Skogerbø, Eli (2020). A history of local media in Norway, In Agnes Gulyas & David Baines (ed.),  The Routledge Companion to Local Media and Journalism.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0-8153-7536-4.  kapittel 4.  s 54 - 62
• Krüger, Steffen & Degel, Alexander (2020). Der Untergang des ostdeutschen Tricksters – Eine vergleichende Kulturanalyse ost- und westdeutscher Witze vor und nach dem Mauerfall. Psychologie und Gesellschaftskritik.  ISSN 0170-0537.  2020-3/4(175+176)
• Krüger, Steffen (2020). Anal sexuality and male subcultures online: The politics of self-deprecation in the deep vernacular web. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society.  ISSN 1088-0763. . doi: 10.1057/s41282-020-00207-z Full text in Research Archive.
• Wilson, Christopher (2020). The socialization of civic participation norms in government?: Assessing the effect of the Open Government Partnership on countries' e-participation. Government Information Quarterly: an international journal of information technology management, policies, and practices.  ISSN 0740-624X.  37(4), s 1- 8 . doi: 10.1016/j.giq.2020.101476 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a prominent international initiative promoting open and responsive government. This includes efforts to socialize norms for civic participation in government institutions. Noting the close alignment of discourses on open government and e-participation, this analysis considers whether comparative data on countries’ e-participation performance provides evidence of socialization by OGP. Comparative analysis suggests that OGP membership is correlated with higher e-participation scores, that this is not solely attributable to national political factors, but that alignment of national traditions and structures with civic participation norms has a positive moderating effect on OGP’s relationship to e-participation. OGP’s effect on collaborative e-decision-making is consistently more pronounced than OGP’s effect on e-participation generally. This supports the assertion that OGP membership socializes participation norms in government institutions, and that this socialization effect is more pronounced in more democratic countries and in regard to more advanced participation norms.

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• Lundby, Knut (2021). Religion i medienes grep. Medialisering i Norge. Universitetsforlaget.  ISBN 978-82-15-04760-7.  269 s.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke (2021). Television Drama in the Age of Streaming: Transnational Strategies and Digital Production Cultures at the NRK. Palgrave Pivot.  ISBN 978-3-030-66417-6.  147 s. Show summary

  This book examines television drama in the age of streaming—a time when television has been reshaped for national and international consumption via both linear ‘flow’ and on-demand user modes. It builds on an in-depth study of the Norwegian public service broadcaster (NRK) and some of its game-changing drama productions (Lilyhammer, SKAM, blank). The book portrays the formative first decade of television streaming (2010-2019), how new streaming services and incumbent television providers intersect and act in a new drama landscape, and how streaming impacts existing television production cultures, publishing models and industry-audience relations. The analysis draws on insight gained through more than a hundred interviews with television experts and fans, hundreds of hours of observations, and unique access to industry conferences, meetings, working documents, and ratings. The book combines perspectives from production studies, media industry studies, and fan studies to inform its analysis.

• Skogerbø, Eli; Ihlen, Øyvind; Kristensen, Nete Nergaard & Nord, Lars W. (ed.) (2021). Power, communication, and politics in the Nordic countries. Nordicom.  ISBN 978-91-88855-28-2.  396 s.
• Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2020). Ambitious Literary Policies: International Perspectives. International Publishers Association. Den norske forleggerforening.  ISBN 978-82-692022-0-5.  87 s.
• Archetti, Cristina (2020). Childlessness in the Age of Communication: Deconstructing Silence. Routledge.  ISBN 9780367409944.  284 s.

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• Solum, Ove (2023). Norwegian Film History, University of Bergen 2020..
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Algoritmene er her - Når offentligheten og du styres av intelligente maskiner!.
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Hvor er de moderate stemmene i en polarisert tidsalder?.
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Digital innovasjon på guttas og teknologenes premisser..
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Algoritmer og “the rise of the toxic internet”. Nettverksmøte om kritisk medieforståelse..
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Hvordan benyttes persondata og algoritmer til å påvirke vår atferd?.
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Fører fremveksten av sosiale medier og algoritmer til psykisk uhelse blant barn og unge?.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke; Dæhlen, Marte & Bergstrøm, Ida Irene (2021, 27. april). Competition from streaming has made Norwegian TV better than ever. [Internett].  Sciencenorway.no. Show summary

  Norwegian television is experiencing a new golden age, thanks to the competition from streaming services like Netflix, says researcher.

• Sundet, Vilde Schanke; Simonsen, Marie & Delebekk, Nicolai (2021, 27. april). Mindre boklesning, mer strømming. [Internett].  Podkast: Rett på. Show summary

  Vi konsumerer nyheter og strømmer som aldri før. Corona og nedstengning har gitt oss enda mer tid foran skjermen og med lyd på øret, viser SSBs mediebrukundersøkelse. Har pandemien skutt fart i en varslet endring av medievanene våre? Vi spurte medieforsker Vilde Schanke Sundet ved Universitetet i Oslo.

• Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Dæhlen, Marte (2021, 26. april). Strømming har skapt en gullalder for norsk TV. [Internett].  Forskning.no.
• Elvestad, Eiri; Staksrud, Elisabeth & Ólafsson, Kjartan (2021). Digitalt foreldreskap i Norge.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Hirsti, Kristine (2021, 30. mars). Eksplosjon av kjendisprogram: – Dei same ansikta som går igjen heile tida. [Internett].  NRK.no.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Anne Jetlund, Hansen (2021, 30. mars). Kjendisprogrammer har tatt av. [Radio].  NRK Nyhetsmorgen.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Strøm, Tarjei (2021, 06. mars). Reality-TV. [Radio].  NRK P1. Show summary

  Kunne du vært med i reality-TV? Hvem slipper inn gjennom nåløyet? Og hvorfor er det så populært å se på? I dag er det reality-lørdag i Lørdagsliv.

• Ní Bhroin, Niamh (2021, 07. februar). Se opp for TikTok foreldrene!.  Aftenposten.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Svendsen, Maiken (2021, 16. februar). Disney-topp om det norske markedet: – Fantastisk mange tilbud. [Internett].  E24.
• Sundet, Vilde Schanke (2021). Talk to the hand! Or, why I want to talk television with global platform representatives. Show summary

  Why is it so hard to get interviews with representatives from global media platforms, and what does the lack of access do to our research and scholarly debate?

• Lobe, Bojana; Velicu, Anca; Staksrud, Elisabeth; Chaudron, Stephane & Rosanna, Di Gioia (2021). How children (10-18) experienced online risks during the Covid-19 lockdown - Spring 2020: Key findings from surveying families in 11 European countries. Full text in Research Archive.
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2021). Big Tech tyranniet som målbinder egen president kan få ubehagelige konsekvenser. Medier24.
• Kjus, Yngvar; Hagen, Anja Nylund; Torvund, Olav & Maasø, Arnt (2021). Musikk, opphavsrett og internett. Show summary

  Vi ønsker deg velkommen til avslutningsseminaret til forskningsprosjektet Music on demand: Økonomi og opphavsrett i en digitalisert kultursektor (MUSEC) på torsdag 28. januar, kl. 09.00-10.30. På seminaret vil vi presentere våre undersøkelser og funn knyttet til musikk, opphavsrett og strømmetjenester. Vi har også invitert andre forskere til å presentere sine perspektiver på opphavsrettslige utfordringer, samt erfarne bransjefolk som vil være med å diskutere musikkbransjens utvikling i overgangen fra 2010-tallet til 2020-tallet. Siden vi må arrangere seminaret via Zoom har vi gjort programmet kort og effektivt. Derfor begynner vi nøyaktig kl. 9.00 og det er derfor fint om du logger på et par minutter før start (du kommer da til et venterom inntil seminaret starter). Du finner Zoom-invitasjonen nedenfor, under programmet til arrangementet. Vi ber om at lenken til seminaret ikke spres åpent på internett (deriblant på Facebook-vegger) av hensyn til faren for Zoom-bombing, men deling direkte til andre via f.eks. epost er helt fint. Dersom du får problemer med innlogging, ta kontakt med royaja@student.sv.uio.no. Seminarprogrammet: Del 1: Funn fra MUSEC-prosjektet: Musikk, opphavsrett og internett (9.00-9.30) Velkommen og kort presentasjon av seminaret og prosjektet - Forhandlinger om opphavsrett, Yngvar Kjus - Norsk musikk i verden (og verdens musikk i Norge), Anja Nylund Hagen - Opphavsrettslige utfordringer, Olav Torvund Del 2: Nordisk musikkbransje i et internasjonalt perspektiv (9.30-10.00) Keynotes: - Sebastian Felix Schwemer (Københavns Universitet): A Digital Single Market for creative works in the 21st Century: quo vadis? - Veronique Pouillard (Universitetet i Oslo): Intellectual property rights and music in the history project Creative IPR Del 3: Panelsamtale: Musikkbransjen i overgangen fra 2010-tallet til 2020-tallet (10.00-1030) Moderator: Arnt Maasø (Universitetet i Oslo) Panel: - Kathrine Synnes Finnskog (Music Norway) - Ole Henrik Antonsen (NOPA) - Erik Brataas (Arctic Rights, Amplify:Creatives) Vel møtt!

• Sundet, Vilde Schanke & Feiring, Ådne (2021, 02. februar). Lar deg bestille en kjendis.  Klassekampen.
• Sunnercrantz, Liv; Ahrne, Göran; Alfonsson, Johan; Allern, Sigurd; Andersson, Hampus; Bäckman, Olof; Broström, Lovisa; Börjesson, Mattias; Gerin, Enna; Felipe, Estrada Dörner; Hogstedt, Christer; Jakobsson, Peter; Jordansson, Birgitta; Kallifatides, Markus; Lane, Linda; Nergaard, Anders; Nilsson, Magnus; Nyberg, Mikael; Odeberg, Elinor; Olofsson, Gunnar; Pollack, Ester; Romhed, Rune; Skyrman, Viktor; Sjöberg, Stefan; Stiernstedt, Fredrik; Stigendal, Mikael; Suhonen, Daniel; Svensson, Lotta; Therborn, Göran; Vallström, Mikael; Weithz, Jesper; Wingborg, Mats & Östergren, Per-Olof (2021). Ojämlikheten fördjupas i det svenska klassamhället. Dagens nyheter.  ISSN 1101-2447.
• Letnes, Mari-Ann; Veelo, Nicole Christine; Stänicke, Line Indrevoll; Ní Bhroin, Niamh & Rasmussen, Ingvill (2021). Kids' Digital Lives During COVID-19 Times Digital practices, safety and well-being of 6- to 12-year-olds – a qualitative study. Full text in Research Archive.
• Ervik, Andreas Nilsen (2020). Diversions. Playful, Stupid, Cute and Funny Evolution. Show summary

  Diversions are the aspects of contemporary screen-bound life, which attract us to procrastinate. Rather than basing my research in regular responses to these as distractions to be critiqued, this thesis examines how they actually function: What makes digital games, mindless webbrowsing, cute animal clips and political mockery such attractive media forms? The thesis develops a method of modelling production and engagement with diversions, to explore why something diverts. Diversions are conceptualized as unintended consequences from the meeting between populations of users, producers and media forms. Digital development is thus neither entirely intentional, nor fully random. The thesis argues that our inclination to divert our attention results from a common trait of human cognition. This is shown through rendering cognition as a system with three central tendencies: it can crystallize into clear purposeorientation or destabilize into open-ended sensory intensity, but mostly it stays in-between these extremes, flowing together with whatever offers playful, stupid, cute and funny possibilities. The emergence of diversions is traced from contemporary digital culture and the uniquely human, reconfigured as dynamic behavior shared with microbes, vegetation, fungi, animals and hunter-gatherers. Diversions are shown to be influential for evolution by retaining innovation with stability, which increases rapidity and possibilities of change, with the likelihood of this change being advantageous. More than any other species we have tapped into and differentiated the evolutionary intensifiers of diversions. Our current preoccupation with diversions is indicative of how vital diversions have been for our success in dominating the planet, and diversifying our own possibilities here.

• Sandberg, Linn Anne Cecilia (2020). POLITICS AS (UN)USUAL? RELATIONAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND DISCURSIVE DIMENSIONS OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Show summary

  This dissertation examines the opportunities provided by social media for previously disadvantaged political actors and perspectives. Against the broader normalization theoretical framework, which argues that new technologies normalizes into, rather than challenges, existing power structures, the empirical studies test previously overlooked aspects of how politicians use social media and how these platforms shape political communication. Given the characteristics of the medium itself, the opportunity structure of social media is expected to form differently depending on political actor and vary by platform. Two types of political actors are examined more closely in the dissertation, politicians of populist parties and female candidates. The empirical studies support the idea that social media provides several opportunities for populist parties to strengthen their position relative to other parties. Populist parties’ evoke engagement and succeed in politicizing their followers’ feelings of indignation on social media. Through social media, they also maintain a strong adversarial position towards mainstream media. Female candidates’ on the other hand are more likely to utilize interactive opportunities of social media and they view social media as more important than male candidates do. Furthermore, the results show the importance of distinguishing between different social-media platforms; both in terms of how they are used by political actors and in terms of discursive opportunities they provide. Parties’ perceived competence over issues by voters were largely mediated through discussions on Twitter rather than forming an alternative issue agenda, indicating that the platform architecture of Twitter is more conducive to a normalized pattern of communication. News content shared on Facebook on the other hand, indicate a substantial influence of right-wing alternative media on this platform, pointing to a reinforcement of previously marginalized voices on Facebook.

• Kampen Kristensen, Linn-Birgit (2020). Digital or physical, streaming or turning pages? Digitization, diffusion and diversity in the book industry. A Norwegian case. Show summary

  This thesis concerns digitization and diffusion in the Norwegian book industry. The diffusion of innovations theory from Everett Rogers is central, alongside the cultural policy goal of diversity. This dissertation is part of the “Digitization and Diversity”-project at BI Centre for Creative industries, and funded by the Norwegian Research Council program KULMEDIA. The aim of the dissertation is to connect the diffusion of innovations theory to diversity, and look at how digitzation affects both diffusion and diversity in the Norwegian book industry. By utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods, this thesis explores the usage of digital and physical book services, and the diversity in distribution and users. I find that the usage of digital book services varies a lot depending on other factors than purely demographic traits. The thesis contributes to closing the gap in research on format choices for leisure reading, users and non-users of book streaming services, lack of comparing studies for traditionally paper-based industries and influencer marketing in the launch of cultural products. The conclusion is that digital book services creates more options for the users, and the combination of digital and non-digital book services creates more diversity than either one or the other

• Segers, Iris Beau (2020). ‘Not in my backyard’: A story-based local approach to anti-asylum-seekers’ centre mobilization in the Netherlands. Show summary

  This thesis seeks to explain why certain communities in the Netherlands mobilized against asylum seekers’ centres (‘AZCs’) in the aftermath of the European refugee crisis. It presents a study of one case of protest that occurred in late 2015, in a relatively deprived, multi-ethnic neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city of Rotterdam. The existing literature predominantly focuses on macro-level factors such as material and/or cultural grievances, and institutional and/or discursive political opportunity structures, in explaining anti-immigration attitudes and/or mobilization among European citizens. Although these theories all provide partial answers as to why large numbers of European citizens are increasingly skeptical towards (non-Western) immigration, they fail to explain why only some communities actively mobilize against the establishment of an AZC in their area, whereas most do not. In response to the current limitations of the existing literature, this thesis provides a supplementary explanation that integrates the significance of local storytelling with existing theories. Based on a multimethod, qualitative approach that combines the analysis of interviews, mainstream media and social media, this thesis studies if and how local stories at the community level contributed to anti-AZC mobilization. In doing so, it recognizes that anti-AZC mobilization is inherently a meso-level phenomenon, contrary to dominant mobilization literature that emphasize macro-level mobilization factors. This thesis presents a theoretical model that suggests that macro-level mobilization factors such as grievances and opportunities may apply to local cases of anti-AZC mobilization, but only when these issues become relevant to the community, through local storytelling. Overall, it argues that anti-AZC mobilization at the local level is shaped by interactions between individual perspectives, storytelling, and broader ‘objective’ material, cultural, and political conditions.

• Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine (2020). The value of local news. Unpacking dynamics of local newspapers’ value creation for audiences and society. Show summary

  This dissertation examines how local news organizations aim to create and capture value in their two-sided market, how audiences perceive the value of the local newspaper product, and how these dynamics of supply and demand affect the value that local newspapers create for society. Using the implementation of online paywalls as a catalyst, which exposes the strength of the audience-newspaper relationship, I examine local newspapers’ value creation from a social responsibility, a business and an audience gratification perspective and identify areas of overlap and conflict between the different value perspectives. I investigate these areas empirically using a mixed method research design combining interview data, survey data and web site traffic data. Based on the empirical finding in the dissertation’s five articles (Part 2) combined with the theoretical perspectives discussed in the dissertation’s introduction chapters (Part 1) I develop an analytical model capturing value flows and value flow gaps between local newspaper organizations, audiences and society. Based on the empirical findings, I argue that local newspapers maintain an important role as information sources, as integrators in local communities and as arenas for local public discourse. However, challenges of pluralism, payment and personal interests among audiences stimulate detachment from local journalism, particularly among younger audiences and people with lower income and education. The findings encourage more research emphasis on understanding what makes local journalism valuable for people rather than what should make it valuable from a normative standpoint. They challenge the industry to bridge the gap between value proposed and value perceived among audiences to sustain a business increasingly dependent on user payment. For media policy, findings suggest that supply measures alone might not be enough to stimulate actual use of local journalism in a high-choice media landscape.

• Rønning, Helge (2020). Pesten i Bergamo. Om I.P. Jacobsens novelle. Dag og Tid.  ISSN 0803-334X.
• Rønning, Helge (2020). Filmskaper fanga i mytar. Fedrico Fellini var ein folkeleg filmskaper som ikke gjekk av vegen for å drite ut autoritetane.. Dag og Tid.  ISSN 0803-334X.
• Rønning, Helge (2020). Hva ligger bak den nye opprørskrigen i Nord-Mosambik?. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201.
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• Rønning, Helge & Orre, Aslak Jangård (2020). Et luksushotell i Mosambik. Er det bærekraftig utvikling, Norfund?. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201.
• Orre, Aslak Jangård & Rønning, Helge (2020). Hvem feilinformerer om Norfund og Mosambik?. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201.
• Rønning, Helge (2020). En brysom mann. Journalisten Carlos Cardosos kamp mot korrupsjon lever videre. Klassekampen.  ISSN 0805-3839.
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• Barbovschi, Monica & Staksrud, Elisabeth (2020). The experiences of Norwegian youth (aged 9-17) with sexual content online. EU Kids Online and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/projects/eu-Kids-online-IV/publications/2020/.
• Barbovschi, Monica; Jereissati, Tatiana & Macaya, Javiera (2020). Parental Anxieties and Double Standards in Their Discussion of Young People’s Use of Social Media: Perspectives from a Qualitative Project in Sao Paulo, Brazil, In Liza Tsaliki & Despina Chronaki (ed.),  Discourses of Anxiety over Childhood and Youth across Cultures.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-030-46435-6.  15.  s 347 - 372
• Grøtan, Tor Olav & Brandtzæg, Petter Bae (2020). Polarisering i sosiale medier - ikke så farlig likevel?. Adressavisen.
• Brandtzæg, Petter Bae & Grøtan, Tor Olav (2020). Blir angrepet en vekker? Informasjonskrig er enklere, billigere og mer effektfull enn militære operasjoner. Dagsavisen.  ISSN 1503-2892.
• Grøtan, Tor Olav; Brandtzæg, Petter Bae; Fiskvik, Jannicke & Haro, Peter Halland (2020). Ny rapport: Påvirket utenlandske aktører det norske valget?. Agenda Magasin.
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• Wilkins, Kim (2020). Indie Courtship: Pursuing the American New Wave.
• Wilkins, Kim (2020). Review of Rob Stone's "Before the End" Video Essay. [in]Transition.  7(3) Full text in Research Archive.
• Ayllón, Sara; Barbovschi, Monica; Casamassima, Gianna; Drossel, Kerstin; Eickelmann, Birgit; Ghețău, Cosmin; Haragus, Teo Paul; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Hyggen, Christer; Kapella, Olaf; Karatzogianni, Athina; Lado, Samuel; Levine, Diane; Lorenz, Theresa; Mifsud, Louise; Parsanoglo, Dimitris; Port, Sonja; Sisask, Merike; Symeonaki, Maria & Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha (2020). ICT usage across Europe: A literature review and an overview of existing data. Full text in Research Archive.
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