Steffen Krüger

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Besøksadresse Gaustadalléen 21 Forskningsparken 0349 Oslo
Postadresse Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo
Andre tilknytninger Institutt for pedagogikk (Student)

Academic interests

I am co-heading the Screen Cultures research project and Master's programme, one of the prioritized research areas at the Faculty of Humanities (2019-2023). Together with our students, our team of researchers delve into various aspects of our screen lives, exploring their historical, technological, aesthetic and political dimensions, as well as their formative cultural effects. I am specifically interested in the political aspects of digitalisation, which I approach from a (symbolic) interactional perspective, inquiring into the ways habitual, relational practices are forming both the individual and the socio-cultural.

My former research project, "Online Interaction Forms", financed by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR), has looked specifically at the affective dimension of interacting in various online environments. My approach has primarily been abductive, departing from the exemplary and symptomatic. It is derived from Alfred Lorenzer’s (1970, 1986) "scenic understanding", a psychosocial method of cultural analysis with a psychoanalytic orientation. Developing this method further, my work seeks to triangulate its psychosocial orientation by critically inquiring into the role of media and mediation in the always incomplete and imperfect processes of subjectification and socialisation.

My interests extend to the following fields within media and cultural studies:

- media & communication theory.
- psychosocial & psychoanalytic theory.

- critical theory.
- qualitative methodology (scenic understanding, discourse analysis, media-aesthetic analysis).
- screen culture: online platforms, social networking sites, critical approaches to participation and convergence cultures as well as user-generated content.
- affect, emotion and feeling in media communication and interaction.
- the roles, functions and meanings of aggression, mourning, humor and other mental states in media communication.

Courses taught

  • Internet, Self & Society (MEVIT 4616)
  • Methods in Media Studies (MEVIT 4834)
  • Courses under the Screen Cultures umbrella (MEVIT 4700 etc.)

Tags: digital culture, media and communication, psychosocial studies

Emneord: Screen Cultures, Sosiale medier, Medieestetikk

Publikasjoner

  • Krüger, Steffen & Spilde, Ane Charlotte (2019), “Judging books by their cover - Tinder interface, usage and sociocultural implications”, Information, Communication and Society.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2019), "The authoritarian dimension in digital self-tracking: containment, commodification, subjugation”, in: Vera King, Hartmut Rosa and Benigna Gerisch (eds.), ‘Lost in Perfection’. Impacts of Optimization on Culture and Psyche, London and New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • Krüger, Steffen; Figlio, Karl & Richards, Barry (2018), Fomenting Political Violence – Fantasy, Language, Media, Action, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2018), "Facing Fanon: Examining Neocolonial Aspects in Grand Theft Auto V through the Prism of the Machinima Film Finding Fanon II”, Open Library of Humanities, 4(1): 12, 2018, pp. 1–31.
  • Krüger, Steffen and Gry Rustad (2017), “Coping with shame in a media-saturated society – The Norwegian web-series Skam as transitional object”, Television and New Media, published online: 22/11/2017.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2017), “‘Barbarous Hordes, Brutal Elites’ – The Traumatic Structure of Right-Wing Populism”, e-flux, #83, summer 2017.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2017), “Dropping Depth Hermeneutics into Psychosocial Studies – a Lorenzerian perspective”, The Journal of Psychosocial Studies, 10/1, 47-66.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2017), “Unable to mourn again? Media(ted) responses to Neo-Nazi terror in Germany”, in: Auestad, L., Shared Traumas, Silent Loss – Public and Private Mourning, Karnac, 2017, pp. 59–76.

  • Krüger, Steffen and Jacob Johanssen (2016), “Thinking (with) the Unconscious in Media and Communication Studies”, CM: Journal of Communication and Media, 11(38), 2016, 5–40, http://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/comman/issue/current/showToc.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2016), “Understanding Affective Labor Online – a depth-hermeneutic reading of the My 22nd of July webpage”, Ephemera – theory and politics in organisation, special issue: Karppi et al., Affective Capitalism, 16(4), 185-208, http://www.ephemerajournal.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/contribution/16-4kruger.pdf.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2015), “Pseudonyms in Online Discussion Forums: A Psychosocial Approach”, Seachange – Art, Communication, Technology, 2015, 23–50, http://www.seachangejournal.ca/PDF/2015_Naming/2015_Nommer-Naming-2015.pdf.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2014). The legend of the artist: Family romance and Führer Myth. American Imago.  ISSN 0065-860X.  71(1), s 29- 51 . doi: 10.1353/aim.2014.0006.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2014). Tiefenhermeneutische Zugänge zur digitalen Moderne, I: Elisabeth Rohr (red.), Inszenierungen des Unbewussten in der Moderne.  Marburg: Tectum.  ISBN 978-3-205-78896-6.  Kapittel 5.  s 73 - 100.

  • Krüger, Steffen & Johanssen, Jacob (2014). "Alienation and Digital Labour - A Depth-Hermeneutic Inquiry into Online Commodification and the Unconscious", tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique.  ISSN 1726-670X.  12(2), s 632- 647.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2013). "How far can I make my fingers stretch? – A response to Vivian Sobchack". Free Associations.  ISSN 0267-0887.  (64), s 104- 131.

  • Krüger, Steffen (2012). Fresh Brains: Jacques Lacan’s Critique of Ernst Kris’s Psychoanalytic Method in the Context of Kris’s Theoretical Writings. American Imago.  ISSN 0065-860X.  69(4), s 507- 542

  • Krüger, Steffen (2023). “‘Have your cake and feed it forward, too’ – YouTube, Oral Cravings and the Persistent Question of Media Addiction. First Monday. ISSN 1396-0466. 28(11). doi: 10.5210/fm.v28i8.12917. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Finch, Matthew; Ní Bhroin, Niamh & Krüger, Steffen (2023). Unlearning, relearning, staying with the trouble: Scenarios and the future of education. Prospect: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education. ISSN 0033-1538. doi: 10.1007/s11125-023-09664-7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Aarseth, Helene; Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum & Krüger, Steffen (2023). Freedom, Resonance, Interaction. Critical Theory and Creative Relations Between the Psyche and the Social. I Frosh, Stephen; Walsh, Julie & Vyrgioti, Marita (Red.), The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-61510-9. s. 1–20. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2023). Media Studies and the Psychosocial Subject. I Frosh, Stephen; Walsh, Julie & Vyrgioti, Marita (Red.), The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-61510-9. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_4-1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2022). Arrested Hermeneutics – Reassessing Alfred Lorenzer’s conceptions of cultural analysis and psychoanalysis. I Rothe, Katharina; Krüger, Steffen & Rosengart, Daniel (Red.), Cultural Analysis Now! Alfred Lorenzer and the in-depth hermeneutics of culture and society. UiT Norges arktiske universitet. ISSN 978-1-942254-19-5. s. 207–239.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Degel, Alexander (2022). The fall of the East German trickster: A comparative cultural analysis of East and West German jokes before and after reunification. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. ISSN 1088-0763. 27, s. 181–200. doi: 10.1057/s41282-022-00280-6. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen & Wilson, Christopher Ben (2022). The problem with trust: on the discursive commodification of trust in AI. AI & Society: The Journal of Human-Centred Systems and Machine Intelligence. ISSN 0951-5666. doi: 10.1007/s00146-022-01401-6. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen & Busch, Katarina (2021). "Für jede Art von Freiheit": Thesen zu Rechtspopulismus und sozialen Medien. WestEnd Neue Zeitschrift fur Sozialforschung. ISSN 1860-2177. 2021(1), s. 127–140.
  • Krüger, Steffen; Wilson, Christopher Ben & Tungodden, Kayla (2021). Trust for sale - A critical reading of the Norwegian National Strategy for AI . Norsk Medietidsskrift. ISSN 0804-8452. 28(2-2021), s. 1–6. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.0805-9535-2021-02-07. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • 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. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen & Ni Bhroin, Niamh (2020). Vital Signs: Innovations in Self-Tracking Health Insurance and Social Change. The Journal of Media Innovations. ISSN 1894-5562. 6(1), s. 93–108. doi: 10.5617/jomi.7836. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen & Spilde, Ane Charlotte (2019). Judging books by their covers – Tinder interface, usage and sociocultural implications. Information, Communication & Society. ISSN 1369-118X. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2019.1572771. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2019). The authoritarian dimension in digital self-tracking: containment, commodification, subjugation. I King, Vera; Gerisch, Benigna & Rosa, Hartmut (Red.), Lost in Perfection - Impact of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche. Routledge. ISSN 978-1-138-89436-5. s. 85–104. doi: 10.4324/9781315179964-7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Rustad, Gry Cecilie & Krüger, Steffen (2019). Coping with Shame in a Media-saturated Society: Norwegian Web-series Skam as Transitional Object. Television & New Media. ISSN 1527-4764. 20(1), s. 72–95. doi: 10.1177/1527476417741379.
  • Krüger, Steffen; Figlio, Karl & Richards, Barry (2018). Fomenting Political Violence - An Introduction. I Krüger, Steffen; Figlio, Karl & Richards, Barry (Red.), Fomenting Political Violence - Fantasy, Language, Media, Action. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-97504-7. s. 1–16. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-97505-4_1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2018). Violence and the Virtual. I Krüger, Steffen; Figlio, Karl & Richards, Barry (Red.), Fomenting Political Violence - Fantasy, Language, Media, Action. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-97504-7. s. 75–102. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2018). Facing Fanon: Examining Neocolonial Aspects in Grand Theft Auto V through the Prism of the Machinima Film Finding Fanon II. Open Library of Humanities. ISSN 2056-6700. 4(1), s. 1–31. doi: 10.16995/olh.177. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2017). Dropping Depth Hermeneutics into Psychosocial Studies – a Lorenzerian perspective. Journal of Psychosocial Studies. ISSN 1478-6737. 10(1), s. 47–66. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Krüger, Steffen (2017). Unable to mourn again? Media(ted) Reactions to German Neo-Nazi Terrorism. I Auestad, Lene (Red.), Shared Traumas, Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning. Karnac Books. ISSN 1780491611. s. 59–76. doi: 10.4324/9780429480126-5.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2016). Virtuelle Gewalt – „Nein zum Heim“ Facebook-Seiten und die Entstehung politischer Gewalt. PSYCHOANALYSE · Texte zur Sozialforschung. ISSN 1615-8393. 2016(2), s. 147–167.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Johanssen, Jacob (2016). Thinking (with) the Unconscious in Media and Communication Studies. CM: Communication and Media. ISSN 2466-541X. 11(38), s. 2–35. doi: 10.5937/comman11-13131.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2016). Understanding affective labor online: a depth-hermeneutic reading of the My 22nd of July webpage. Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization. ISSN 2052-1499. 16(4), s. 185–208.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2015). Pseudonyms in Online Discussion Forums: A Psychosocial Approach. Seachange: Art, Communication, Technology. ISSN 1923-3582. 2015(1), s. 23–50.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2015). Abschied mit Humor – die Rolle des Komischen im Trauern. I Haarmann, Hermann; Bormuth, Matthias & Schmieder, Falko (Red.), "Um Abschied geht es ja nun." Exil und kein Ende. Tectum. ISSN 3828835279. s. 23–40.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2014). Tiefenhermeneutische Zugänge zur digitalen Moderne. I Rohr, Elisabeth (Red.), Inszenierungen des Unbewussten in der Moderne. Tectum. ISSN 978-3-205-78896-6. s. 73–100.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2014). The legend of the artist: Family romance and Führer Myth. American Imago. ISSN 0065-860X. 71(1), s. 29–51. doi: 10.1353/aim.2014.0006.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Johanssen, Jacob (2014). Alienation and Digital Labour - A Depth-Hermeneutic Inquiry into Online Commodification and the Unconscious. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. ISSN 1726-670X. 12(2), s. 632–647. doi: 10.31269/triplec.v12i2.548.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2013). Die "Legende vom Künstler" als Propagandastrategie. I Krüger, Steffen & Röske, Thomas (Red.), Im Dienste des Ich. Ernst Kris heute. Böhlau. ISSN 978-3-205-78896-6. s. 99–117. doi: 10.30965/9783846752425_013.
  • Krüger, Steffen; Davidoff, Jonathan & Auestad, Lene (2013). “Introducing Psychoanalysis and Politics – a conversation with Lene Auestad and Jonathan Davidoff”. Journal of Psychosocial Studies. ISSN 1478-6737. 7(1), s. 31–53.

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  • Johanssen, Jacob & Krüger, Steffen (2022). Media and Psychoanalysis – a critical introduction. Karnac Books. ISBN 978-1-9134945-7-5. 309 s.
  • Rothe, Katharina; Krüger, Steffen & Rosengart, Daniel (2022). Cultural Analysis Now! Alfred Lorenzer and the in-depth hermeneutics of culture and society. UiT Norges arktiske universitet. ISBN 978-1-942254-19-5. 254 s.
  • Krüger, Steffen; Figlio, Karl & Richards, Barry (2018). Fomenting Political Violence - Fantasy, Language, Media, Action. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-97504-7. 260 s.

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  • Krüger, Steffen (2021). «There is no sexual relatonship» - I’m your man – Ich bin Dein Mensch (Schrader 2021) and the question of desire. Kateksis : Bulleteng for Norsk psykoanalytisk forening. 2021(2), s. 34–43.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2021). Die autoritäre Dimension digitaler Selbstvermessung: Containment, Kommodifizierung, Unterordnung. I King, Vera; Gerisch, Benigna & Rosa, Hartmut (Red.), Lost in Perfection - Zur Optimierung von Gesellschaft und Psyche. Suhrkamp. ISSN 978-3-518-29955-5. s. 178–209.
  • Finch, Matthew; Ní Bhroin, Niamh & Krüger, Steffen (2021). Learning from futures you didn’t see coming? Scenario planning, education and the (post)pandemic world. [Internett]. CO:RE Children Online: Research and Evidence.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Finch, Matthew (2020). 2050 was last year. Times of COVID-19 Blog.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2019). Goatse & tubgirl - mannlige online-subkulturer og deres hatobjekter. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2019). It's over / It never began - Aggressive Akte der Selbst- und Fremdstigmatisierung in männlichen Internet-Subkulturen. Psyche - Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse und ihre Anwendungen. ISSN 0033-2623. doi: 10.21706/ps-73-9-771.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Ni Bhroin, Niamh (2019). Your Health is Our Wealth: Self-tracking health insurance deals, privacy and the erosion of solidarity. I Fieschi, Catherine & Grabbe, Heather (Red.), The European Way of Digital: How to make tech work for Open Societies in Europe. European Policy Institute. ISSN 9781999961121. s. 51–60.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Ni Bhroin, Niamh (2019). Vital Signs: Datafication and Inequality in Self-Tracking Health Insurance Deals.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2018). Plattformede Steder. Plan: Tidsskrift for samfunnsplanlegging, byplan og regional utvikling. ISSN 0805-083X.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2017). Social Media Abyss by Geert Lovink, 2016. Information, Communication & Society. ISSN 1369-118X.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2017). Critical theory of communication by Christian Fuchs, 2016. Information, Communication & Society. ISSN 1369-118X.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2017). Barbarous Hordes, Brutal Elites’ – The Traumatic Structure of Right-Wing Populism. E-flux Journal. ISSN 2164-1625.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2017). Social Science Methods for Psychodynamic Inquiry: The Unconscious on the World Scene. William R. Meyers. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015. 253 pp. American Imago. ISSN 0065-860X. 74(2), s. 248–257.
  • Krüger, Steffen (2016). Respect, Plurality, and Prejudice. A psychoanalytical and philosophical enquiry into the dynamics of social exclusion and discrimination av Lene Auestad, Steffen Krüger. Matrix. ISSN 0109-646X. 33(2), s. 95–98.
  • Krüger, Steffen & Röske, Thomas (2013). Einleitung. I Krüger, Steffen & Röske, Thomas (Red.), Im Dienste des Ich. Ernst Kris heute. Böhlau. ISSN 978-3-205-78896-6. s. 13–18.
  • Nicholas, Hanna Marie & Krüger, Steffen (2021). #Wearadamnmask: A Textual Analysis of Citizen-Led Surveillance and Digitally Mediated Shaming During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Universitetet i Oslo.

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