Interested in AI and digital culture? Join us for this seminar on June 12th in Bergen, with interesting speakers, new research, lunch and discussion! Part of our Kime collaboration project on AI and authenticity @cdn-bergen.bsky.social @notsaved.bsky.social @lenange.bsky.social @idilg.bsky.social

There is too much news, and Hallvard Moe and I wrote a book about it. Our analysis of news saturation, doomscrolling and information overload will be published this fall with @brisunipress.bsky.social, open access supported by @unibergen.bsky.social Check out the contents and cover here! #CommSky

Too Much News

Too Much News - Understanding News Saturation; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Overwhelmed by the news? You're not alone. This book explores why news saturation is reshaping...

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God artikkel som forklarer mange av de viktige innvendingene mot streng aldersgrense i sosiale medier.

Kritiske til aldersgrense: – Altfor stort inngrep i unges liv

Eksperter tror det blir vanskelig å håndheve en ny aldersgrense for sosiale medier. Og flere frykter at norske barn vil søke mot skjulte rom uten kontroll.

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Interested in joining a vibrant hub for research on human and societal consequences of digital communication and datafication? We're hiring a new TT assistant professor at Center for Tracking & Society in Copenhagen: jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track...

Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research

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New @ijoc-usc.bsky.social CFP on Distributed Citizenship! How do we share democratic chores across platforms, networks and infrastructures? www4.uib.no/en/research/... Timeline: ✏️Abstracts: 15 Dec 2025 🏛️Workshop in Bergen (March 2026) 📝Papers: 31 May 2026 #commsky #polisky

What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? 📱👨 Book launch with John Magnus Dahl 5.Sept at @sfimediafutures.bsky.social! @britaytrearne.bsky.social @erikknudsen.bsky.social @ozlemtonnesen.bsky.social @emiliestronen.bsky.social @hildesak.bsky.social www.uib.no/en/infomedia...

Book Launch: Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices

What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? Welcome to the launch of Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices: In the Palm of Their Hands (John Magnus R. Dahl, Univer...

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We are hiring a postdoc! Looking for a scholar interested in doing qualitative research on news experiences and perceptions of AI, to join the Imagine project and Media use research group in Bergen #CommSky

Lene Angelskår@lenange.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Postdoc opportunity in Bergen! Join the IMAGINE project to explore how Norwegians experience AI in media. Qualitative case study, critical perspectives, and a great research team including @britaytrearne.bsky.social & @erikknudsen.bsky.social awaits! 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Deadl: 7.8

What does #LocalNews have to do with #parenting and raising #children? Our brand 🆕 paper from The Leverhulme Trust #news #use study shows #parents use local news as anchors ⚓️, escape 🪜, as a lens 🔭, and news use as a site of parenting labour 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒. #OpenAccess now journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Interested in vulnerability in research on datafied media experiences, digital societies & algorithms? Join our seminar on Digital Vulnerabilities on April 3rd! Organized by @janniehartley.bsky.social & @hildesak.bsky.social, host: @britaytrearne.bsky.social 's MUCS project #commsky

Digital Vulnerabilities

Welcome to an open seminar on digital vulnerabilities.

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Det er 8. mars og jeg er inne for å minne kvinner på at det pågår et arbeid for å gi deg mer arbeid. Bak ideer om "sløsing" og "effektivisering" rigges det til at du skal få deg en stadig større ubetalt deltidsjobb, der du utstyres med gaffateip og blir overlatt til å redde velferdstaten med DYI

We #standupforscience2025 at the University of Bergen! Look how many people showed up just at a couple hours notice. To our colleagues in the USA: we support you and we hope you have courage to show up for today's demonstrations for science all over the USA and the world: standupforscience2025.org

From our research on news experiences, Hallvard Moe and I have a book contract with @brisunipress.bsky.social to write "Too much news: Understanding information overload in digital society". We will discuss news in the attention economy, in the permacrisis, and in everyday life. Forthcoming in 2026.

Kjekt med positiv omtale av metodeboken vår i Norsk medietidsskrift! "Metoder for å forstå mediebruk" er tilgjengelig fra Universitetsforlaget til en ok pris, og klar for pensumlister og for store og små prosjekter.

Frisk og engasjerende om metoder for å forstå mediebruk

Idunn is Scandinavian University Press’ (Universitetsforlaget) digital publishing platform for academic journals and books.

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- Når klima gjennomsyrer «alt» kan det føles overbelastende og forvirrende, og det blir vanskelig å gripe hva saken egentlig handler om, sier min kollega Solveig om klimanyheter. Ny forskning fra MUCS-prosjektet! @britaytrearne.bsky.social @uibcet.bsky.social

Ny forskning om klimanyheter: «Noe med klima er vanskelig å sette ord på»

Nyheter om klimaendringer kan oppleves uhåndgripelige og fjerne. To nye studier avdekker hvordan vi forstår og tolker klimanyheter.

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Publication news: We analyzed how Norwegian audiences perceive climate change as a news topic, and found intangibility: Climate change is less integrated in news habits, and lacking demarcations and spatiotemporal grounding. Out now in Environmental Communication! @uibcet.bsky.social #CommSky

Climate Change Is an Intangible News Topic: A Qualitative Analysis of Audience Perceptions

In this article we examine how news audiences perceive the issue of climate change, arguing that it appears intangible compared to other major news topics people routinely encounter in everyday med...

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New article on how news experiences resonate in everyday life, from my good colleague Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus, now out in Journalism! #CommSky journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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How audiences follow news on climate change? This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Read here: https://buff.ly/4jwvTNG 7 findings in thread

‪" #DataPublics: The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies", edited by @janniehartley.bsky.social et al., is an excellent book about the ways data practices shape society and the constellations of people in it. #AskeXmas 12/24 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/datapublics

DataPublics

DataPublics - The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies; EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on empirical data from US and UK as well as the unique example...

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Congratulations to @profranjanadas.bsky.social on this brilliant book which is officially out in the world today! #CommSky

Professor Ranjana Das@profranjanadas.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s publication day!! Thrilled that my new monograph - #Parents talking #Algorithms: Navigating #Datafication and #Family life in #Digital societies is now published. Thanks to the fab testimonial writers and to BUP! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/parenting-in...

Still a few days left to apply! ✨

Brita Ytre-Arne@britaytrearne.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interested in perceptions of AI? We are hiring a PhD candidate for our new project IMAGINE, to work with @erikknudsen.bsky.social on citizen panel data. Fully funded, good working conditions and a supportive research environment in beautiful Bergen! #CommSky

The first entry in #AskeXmas: "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life. www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati... 1/24

'Tis the season to be wiser. Bringing back a tradition, I'll do an #AdventCalendar with one piece of freely available media/comm/journalism research each day until Christmas. I'll try to keep it relevant behond the academy. Hashtag (to follow or block): #AskeXmas 0/24

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We’re organising a PhD summer school at the Centre for Digital Narrative here in Bergen (@cdn-bergen.bsky.social) 10-14th June - here’s some early info, the full call for participation will be out by December 20th! www.uib.no/en/cdn/17442...

CDN Digital Narrative PhD Summer School

Save the date – 10-14 June 2025.

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Tomorrow Mehri Agai will defend her PhD thesis on digital ambivalence amongst youth. The thesis includes four papers that develop different perspectives on digital disconnection. Looking forward to listening to inspiring discussions! academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...

Disputas og prøveforelesning: Mehri S. Agai

Mehri Agai disputerer 28.11.24 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Digital Flux: The Process of Youth Disconnection in an Ambivalent Digital Modernity". Prøveforelesningen be...

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Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Why do journalists migrate from X to Bluesky? That's the research question I want to answer. Those of you who work with making news and journalism, please respond to the survey in the link below. It takes around 7 min. Everyone, please share the link. Thanks! forms.office.com/e/34znxF45rG

Reposting the starter pack of starter packs for new media scholars arriving!

Media and Communication @ University of Leeds@leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 2y ago

👉 The Media & Communication starter pack of starter packs 📺 🎞️ 📱 💬 Internet Studies: go.bsky.app/LVrPemK Internet Studies 2: go.bsky.app/KHmxfWf Internet Studies 3: go.bsky.app/9uYafGv Media Theory: go.bsky.app/RGLr16b Audience Studies: go.bsky.app/2CKVP4u

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Interested in perceptions of AI? We are hiring a PhD candidate for our new project IMAGINE, to work with @erikknudsen.bsky.social on citizen panel data. Fully funded, good working conditions and a supportive research environment in beautiful Bergen! #CommSky

PhD position in media studies - IMAGINE (270652) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD position in media studies - IMAGINE (270652), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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Many are overwhelmed by the amount of news. But when we asked 270 media leaders globally, more said that their company's focus is on maximising attention than being respectful of their audience's time. From our annual Trends and Predictions report: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...