New book out!
Karen Donders and I have edited a book published by Nordicom about public value tests: a new regulatory scheme introduced across Europe to measure the public worth and possible market impact of planned publicly funded media services.Collecting short essays from academics, regulators, public broadcasters and private media representatives, the book is a topical intervention in the debate about the future of our media systems. More info
Latest activities
New projects
In the late-2011 round of research grants from the Norwegian Research Council, two projects I'm involved in got funded: One on accessing and analysing the blogosphere, lead by Dag Elgesem, and one about social media and election campaigns, lead by Gunn Enli.
In the late-2011 round of research grants from the Norwegian Research Council, two projects I'm involved in got funded: One on accessing and analysing the blogosphere, lead by Dag Elgesem, and one about social media and election campaigns, lead by Gunn Enli.
Hilde Van Den Bulck in Bergen
During April 2012, Hilde Van Den Bulck will be Visiting Scholar in my department. We’ll continue our collaborative analyses of public service media policy.See all activities
Latest publication
with Helle Sjøvaag and Eirik Stavelin "Public Service News On The Web: A Large-Scale Content Analysis of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s Online News". Journalism Studies, 13(1):90-106.
Forthcoming publication
with Anders Olof Larsson "Studying Political Microblogging. Twitter Users in the 2010 Swedish Election Campaign". To be published in New Media & Society.See all publications
Latest presentation
with Kari Karppinen "A Critique of 'Media Governance'". Paper presented at the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Workshop Communication and Media Policy in the Era of the Internet and Digitization, March 16-17 (München, Germany).
Upcoming presentation
with Anders Olof Larsson "More important than ever or outdated relics? Research Ethics Committees and Big Data Research". Paper to be presented at the 2012 ICA conference, May 24-28 (Phoenix, USA).See all presentations