Institutt for kommunikasjon

Forskningsprosjekter

• Algoritmiske redaktører og mediemangfold

  Dette prosjektet vil undersøke hvorvidt, og eventuelt hvordan, plattformselskapenes algoritmiske redaktørledd begrenser mangfoldet av nyheter som nordmenn blir eksponert for i sosiale medier. Gjennom innholdsanalyser av hva et utvalg norske medier publiserer i sosiale medier, intervjuer med 15-20 sosiale medier-redaktører, samt observasjon i to redaksjoner, vil prosjektet synliggjøre både mangfoldet i hva som faktisk publiseres og de erfaringer redaksjonene har medplattformenes modereringsalg...

• Risk Communication and Community Engagement

  • Engelsk

  The Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is a project aimed at improving the public's ability to take self and community-protective behaviors in future crises ranging from health to disaster. Director General of the WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, used the term infodemic to describe an overabundance of information – some accurate, some not – that spreads alongside a disease outbreak. Infodemics amplify public risk during crises by creating mental noise and affecting how the public...

• DigiLove

  • Engelsk

  The DigiLove project focuses on dating platforms and dating apps, and users of these technologies. Digital dating is a large industry which has had a crucial impact on how people form romantic relationships, especially young adults. The number of involuntary singles has been rising significantly in industrialized societies, and dating technologies is the main way couples meet today. Dating practices and dating rituals in one focal point of this project. The project also aims to explore to wha...

• Scandinavian Political Communication During the Pandemic

  • Engelsk

  Leadership is practiced in several ways and through several channels of communication. Indeed, leaders such as political party leaders, heads of state or directors of government agencies increasingly depend on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to communicate with their respective stakeholders and citizens. Such leadership communication efforts are especially important in times of crisis - such as during the covid-19 pandemic. For research, recent years have seen a rise in t...