This book is concerned with the role of news media in an increasingly globalized society. It trie... more This book is concerned with the role of news media in an increasingly globalized society. It tries to unravel how news as an institution and a genre is both affected by globalization and itself an agent of globalization. A recurrent theme in all of the articles is the impact of globalization on information supply, public debate, and the exercise of democracy. The articles are organized around four themes: Globalization and the role of news media; New media, global news, and democracy; Regionalization and domestication of global news, and War news in global media
Journalists are important communicators of scientific research data to the general public as well... more Journalists are important communicators of scientific research data to the general public as well as public officials and private actors who directly benefit from its use. The form and content of this type of journalism has considerable influence on what information is made available to the users. Consequently, a systematic overview of the factors affecting this type of journalism is important. The objective of this project was to expand the knowledge of researchers and journalists concerning research data in the mainstream media, as well as developing ideas to facilitate communication between them. In addition, an educational program was developed for the Norwegian Journalism School. The project was conducted using a content analysis of a sample of articles concerning scientific research from daily newspapers. Researchers and journalists were then contacted and questioned about the article's content and their experience with journalistic coverage of scientific research. The res...
New digital media sets prevailing journalistic norms and conventions in front of major challenges... more New digital media sets prevailing journalistic norms and conventions in front of major challenges and affects relationships with users. A media development characterized by increased monopolization and concentration of ownership makes digitalization an important tool in the development of shared services and rationalization within the groups. The conditions within the newsrooms will change, and new editorial procedures will occur as a result of a much closer relationship with users. At the same time the danger is that journalism's integrity is threatened by the Internet technology and hypertext weakens the traditional distinctions between the editorial board and the marketing department. We can already see that young media users have new user habits, where the interactive component of media use plays a major role in the form of SMS, email and interactive television. This has also become an important commercial market where consumer technology has become a part of modern mass med...
Peder Pedersen Soelvold is one of the pioneers in the field of investigative journalism in Norway... more Peder Pedersen Soelvold is one of the pioneers in the field of investigative journalism in Norway. As editor of Statsborgeren, an oppositional mouthpiece of the 1830s', he targeted corruption in high places and abuse of power. He was dedicated to critical journalism, agitated for democratic reforms and urged farmers to use their right to vote to expand parliament's representative base. He was frequently sued for libel, and ended his life under miserable conditions as an outcast.
'Fanden ta forskningsformidling' skrev Bjørn Westlie, journalist i Dagens Næringsliv (Wes... more 'Fanden ta forskningsformidling' skrev Bjørn Westlie, journalist i Dagens Næringsliv (Westlie 1995). 'Fanden ta journalismen', repliserte Margareth B. Berntsen fra forskningstidsskriftet Apollon (Berntsen 1995). Dette dannet opptakten til den siste runden i en av mange debatter mellom forskere og journalister om premissene for forskningsjournalistikk. Denne debatten har også nådd fjernsynsjournalister som jobber med forskningsstoff. Det kan være vanskelig, men nødvendig å foreta en grenseoppgang mellom journalistikk, forskningsformidling og gratisreklame.
This article summarizes the authors ́ experience from nearly 20 years of teaching war and peace j... more This article summarizes the authors ́ experience from nearly 20 years of teaching war and peace journalism. The theoretical point of departure was Johan Galtung ́s theory of peace journalism. Through the years, the framework of the course has been developed including wider historical and cultural perspectives, including post-colonial studies, gender perspectives and journalist safety. Since this has been a course with a large proportion of international students, the authors suggest that their participation has enriched the course as well as had an impact on practicing and teaching journalism in many countries.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through content analyses of articles in The New York... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through content analyses of articles in The New York Times and the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, how these papers have reported on the legal aspects of drone strikes in international conflicts. Drones have been deployed in US military operations at least since the October 2001 air strikes in Afghanistan. Using critical discourse analysis and framing theory, selected texts were examined in which the two newspapers reported on the topic of drone strikes. Drawing on a report of an April 2010 hearing in the US House of Representatives, this paper discusses the legality of deploying drones in international conflicts. The author concludes that in their reportage on US drone strikes the newspapers failed as watchdogs for the relevant legal issues.
How is the continuing reconciliation process between the former "hereditary enemies" Ge... more How is the continuing reconciliation process between the former "hereditary enemies" Germany and France reflected in German daily newspapers between 1946 and 1970? Using quantitative content analysis, a representative sample of coverage of France and French-related topics published during this period was examined with an emphasis on a) the choice of news topics and possible deviations from the predictions of Galtung’s news-factors model and on b) how protagonists and events were portrayed in these articles. A further qualitative analysis was made of some promising journalistic attempts to achieve "constructive" coverage during the same period. This was intended a) to determine whether and how several theoretical deductions from Kempf’s conflict model of de-escalation processes are manifest in post-conflict coverage and b) to identify the stylistic "tools" journalists used – even unintentionally – to further a better understanding of the former enemy and...
This book is concerned with the role of news media in an increasingly globalized society. It trie... more This book is concerned with the role of news media in an increasingly globalized society. It tries to unravel how news as an institution and a genre is both affected by globalization and itself an agent of globalization. A recurrent theme in all of the articles is the impact of globalization on information supply, public debate, and the exercise of democracy. The articles are organized around four themes: Globalization and the role of news media; New media, global news, and democracy; Regionalization and domestication of global news, and War news in global media
Journalists are important communicators of scientific research data to the general public as well... more Journalists are important communicators of scientific research data to the general public as well as public officials and private actors who directly benefit from its use. The form and content of this type of journalism has considerable influence on what information is made available to the users. Consequently, a systematic overview of the factors affecting this type of journalism is important. The objective of this project was to expand the knowledge of researchers and journalists concerning research data in the mainstream media, as well as developing ideas to facilitate communication between them. In addition, an educational program was developed for the Norwegian Journalism School. The project was conducted using a content analysis of a sample of articles concerning scientific research from daily newspapers. Researchers and journalists were then contacted and questioned about the article's content and their experience with journalistic coverage of scientific research. The res...
New digital media sets prevailing journalistic norms and conventions in front of major challenges... more New digital media sets prevailing journalistic norms and conventions in front of major challenges and affects relationships with users. A media development characterized by increased monopolization and concentration of ownership makes digitalization an important tool in the development of shared services and rationalization within the groups. The conditions within the newsrooms will change, and new editorial procedures will occur as a result of a much closer relationship with users. At the same time the danger is that journalism's integrity is threatened by the Internet technology and hypertext weakens the traditional distinctions between the editorial board and the marketing department. We can already see that young media users have new user habits, where the interactive component of media use plays a major role in the form of SMS, email and interactive television. This has also become an important commercial market where consumer technology has become a part of modern mass med...
Peder Pedersen Soelvold is one of the pioneers in the field of investigative journalism in Norway... more Peder Pedersen Soelvold is one of the pioneers in the field of investigative journalism in Norway. As editor of Statsborgeren, an oppositional mouthpiece of the 1830s', he targeted corruption in high places and abuse of power. He was dedicated to critical journalism, agitated for democratic reforms and urged farmers to use their right to vote to expand parliament's representative base. He was frequently sued for libel, and ended his life under miserable conditions as an outcast.
'Fanden ta forskningsformidling' skrev Bjørn Westlie, journalist i Dagens Næringsliv (Wes... more 'Fanden ta forskningsformidling' skrev Bjørn Westlie, journalist i Dagens Næringsliv (Westlie 1995). 'Fanden ta journalismen', repliserte Margareth B. Berntsen fra forskningstidsskriftet Apollon (Berntsen 1995). Dette dannet opptakten til den siste runden i en av mange debatter mellom forskere og journalister om premissene for forskningsjournalistikk. Denne debatten har også nådd fjernsynsjournalister som jobber med forskningsstoff. Det kan være vanskelig, men nødvendig å foreta en grenseoppgang mellom journalistikk, forskningsformidling og gratisreklame.
This article summarizes the authors ́ experience from nearly 20 years of teaching war and peace j... more This article summarizes the authors ́ experience from nearly 20 years of teaching war and peace journalism. The theoretical point of departure was Johan Galtung ́s theory of peace journalism. Through the years, the framework of the course has been developed including wider historical and cultural perspectives, including post-colonial studies, gender perspectives and journalist safety. Since this has been a course with a large proportion of international students, the authors suggest that their participation has enriched the course as well as had an impact on practicing and teaching journalism in many countries.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through content analyses of articles in The New York... more The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through content analyses of articles in The New York Times and the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, how these papers have reported on the legal aspects of drone strikes in international conflicts. Drones have been deployed in US military operations at least since the October 2001 air strikes in Afghanistan. Using critical discourse analysis and framing theory, selected texts were examined in which the two newspapers reported on the topic of drone strikes. Drawing on a report of an April 2010 hearing in the US House of Representatives, this paper discusses the legality of deploying drones in international conflicts. The author concludes that in their reportage on US drone strikes the newspapers failed as watchdogs for the relevant legal issues.
How is the continuing reconciliation process between the former "hereditary enemies" Ge... more How is the continuing reconciliation process between the former "hereditary enemies" Germany and France reflected in German daily newspapers between 1946 and 1970? Using quantitative content analysis, a representative sample of coverage of France and French-related topics published during this period was examined with an emphasis on a) the choice of news topics and possible deviations from the predictions of Galtung’s news-factors model and on b) how protagonists and events were portrayed in these articles. A further qualitative analysis was made of some promising journalistic attempts to achieve "constructive" coverage during the same period. This was intended a) to determine whether and how several theoretical deductions from Kempf’s conflict model of de-escalation processes are manifest in post-conflict coverage and b) to identify the stylistic "tools" journalists used – even unintentionally – to further a better understanding of the former enemy and...
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