TV Inside the Psychiatric Hospital: Patient Experiences

This study investigates patients’ experiences with participating in a television (TV) documentary series filmed within psychiatric hospital wards. The study relies on interviews with patients, health staff, and TV producers, and asks how access is negotiated and how patients experience different phases of the production process. Based on a discussion of health ethics versus journalistic ethics, and the particular relations of power asymmetry and dependence within a health institution, the study concludes that a discourse emphasizing the benefits of openness worked to overshadow the need for extra sensitivity and care for the most vulnerable patients. Most patients appreciated the opportunity to share their experiences of illness and hospital treatment, but the increased strain on patients who were negatively affected by exposure calls for renewed attention to what informed consent and autonomy imply when media professionals enter health institutions.TV Inside the Psychiatric Hospital: Patient ExperiencespublishedVersio

‘Someone should have looked after us’: the boundary work of mental health disclosure on TV

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Interpretive communities of resistance: Emerging counterpublics of immigration alarmism on social media

Debates over immigration have become a defining political cleavage closely related to moral values, perceptions of threat, and the rise of online anti-immigration networks and agitation. Based on in-depth interviews with immigration alarmists, this article discusses how the participants’ anti-immigration position is sanctioned in their everyday social networks and how they find alternative networks online for information, community, and support. This online community takes the form of an emerging counterpublic, characterized by active curation and different levels of participation aimed at optimizing the trade-offs between gaining visibility (moderation and mobilization) and creating an alternative moral community (a “safe space” for peers). Combining notions of interpretative communities of resistance with the theory of counterpublics, the study provides insight into the internal life and values of emerging anti-immigration online communities.Interpretive communities of resistance: Emerging counterpublics of immigration alarmism on social mediapublishedVersio

Med media som 7. sans. Norsk politikk som ekstremt case

Taktskiftene er raske, avbestillinger og ââ¬Ârebookingerââ¬Â fra de mektige redaksjonene hyppige (Thorbjørnsrud 2008). Tilgjengelighet er stikkordet, og evnen til å ââ¬Âtune innââ¬Â, å skru på engasjementet og å ââ¬Âby på seg selvââ¬Â er påkrevd i en tid da det personlige budskapet fremelskes (Krogstad 2004, Skjeie 2001, Thorbjørnsrud 2009). En digital revolusjon, nye medieplattformer, sosiale medier og 24 timers nyhetsdøgn har snarere forsterket enn fundamentalt endret politikkens elastisitet i forhold til mediene. Journalister som produserer stoff for ulike medieplattformer får sin bit, sin egen inngang til saken, sitt intervju etter pressekonferansen, sitt opptak til videoen som legges ut på nettavisenes sider. Det var iøynefallende under siste valgkamp (2009): toppoliítikerne, ikke minst statsministeren som suverent toppet fjernsynets ti på topp1, var overalt: i tv-debatt etter tv-debatt, løpende fra studio til studio, mens de twitret og sendte ut budskap på Facebook i ââ¬Âpauseneââ¬Â for så å bli intervjuet i pressen om at de gjorde akkurat dét. ..

Ideological biases in research evaluations? The case of research on majority–minority relations

Social science researchers tend to express left-liberal political attitudes. The ideological skew might influence research evaluations, but empirical evidence is limited. We conducted a survey experiment where Norwegian researchers evaluated fictitious research on majority–minority relations. Within this field, social contact and conflict theories emphasize different aspects of majority–minority relations, where the former has a left-liberal leaning in its assumptions and implications. We randomized the conclusion of the research they evaluated so that the research supported one of the two perspectives. Although the research designs are the same, those receiving the social contact conclusion evaluate the quality and relevance of the design more favorably. We do not find similar differences in evaluations of a study on a nonpoliticized topic.Ideological biases in research evaluations? The case of research on majority–minority relationspublishedVersio

Norge etter 22. juli

"At the time of this book’s publication, almost seven years have passed since the dramatic and brutal terror attacks at Norway’s Government Headquarters in Oslo and the island of Utøya on 22 July 2011. How have we coped during this time? Which values have been important? Have we managed to protect the ideals of democracy, openness and humanity? And not least: Who is this ""we"" that we are referring to? This scholarly anthology includes articles from researchers associated with the project NECORE (Negotiating Values: Collective Identities and Resilience after 22 July) and other researchers whose work is closely associated with the project. They give us insights, opinions and sharp perspectives on not just 22 July, but also about Norway today, about values, identities and resilience in Norwegian society in the wake of the terror attacks. An important backdrop for the book and the project is the assertion that, as the events themselves recede into the past, it is even more important to focus on what the terror events have led to and how we can learn from them. In a world where terrorism has become an all too common part of political reality, it is crucial that we understand how we ought to think about terror, and how we as a society encounter it.

The Autonomy of Scandinavian Public Service Broadcasters During Election Campaign Periods Principles and Practices

This comparative case study explores the formal and informal principles governing election formats produced by the public service broadcasters in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The focus is on external regulation vs. journalistic autonomy and on principles of balance and access. The conclusion is that the Scandinavian broadcasters, to a larger extent than broadcasters in other Western countries, independently control the form and content of their election formats. This journalistic autonomy, however, has brought about election formats governed by different principles of access. The Danish and Swedish formats are based on a moderate stopwatch logic, whereas the election formats in Norway center on criteria of audience appeal, resulting in a model of access disproportionately favoring certain political parties. The high degree of journalistic control of election formats in Scandinavia, paired with the low control of political parties encourage a discussion of some of the central premises in the Democratic Corporatist Model

Politiske nyhetsjournalister: Aktører uten intensjoner?

Vinteren 2002 var streng for Det norske Arbeiderparti: Meningsmålingene nådde stadig nye bunnoteringer, og maktkampen i partiet foregikk for åpen mediescene. Partimedlem sto mot partimedlem i beste sendetid, avisene flommet over av nyheter om Thorbjørn Jaglands kamp for å beholde makten i partiet Konfrontasjonene ble tatt under regi av journalister som bestemte spørsmålsstillinger og hvem som fikk komme til orde med hva. Både partilederen selv, hans venner og fiender, høy og lav i partiet, stilte opp med sin skittentøyvask

TV Inside the Psychiatric Hospital: Patient Experiences

This study investigates patients’ experiences with participating in a television (TV) documentary series filmed within psychiatric hospital wards. The study relies on interviews with patients, health staff, and TV producers, and asks how access is negotiated and how patients experience different phases of the production process. Based on a discussion of health ethics versus journalistic ethics, and the particular relations of power asymmetry and dependence within a health institution, the study concludes that a discourse emphasizing the benefits of openness worked to overshadow the need for extra sensitivity and care for the most vulnerable patients. Most patients appreciated the opportunity to share their experiences of illness and hospital treatment, but the increased strain on patients who were negatively affected by exposure calls for renewed attention to what informed consent and autonomy imply when media professionals enter health institutions

Disruptive Media Events: Managing mediated dissent in the aftermath of terror

Terror attacks force democratic societies to mobilize, reinforce and rethink core values, including media freedom and freedom of speech. The present article analyzes how one traumatic event—the 2011 Oslo terror—challenged editorial practices related to editorial control and open debate in major Norwegian media organizations. Meeting the call for more research on disruptive media events in a hybrid media landscape, it illuminates how professional media balance critical debate with strategies for societal recovery in contemporary post-crisis contexts. Based on in-depth interviews with debate editors, the article documents how terror profoundly challenges editorial practices, routines and norms in media organizations with debates in multiple formats and platforms. In their online comment sections, the media organizations all moved towards a more interventionist policy introducing multiple new control measures. In the traditional op-ed formats, however, they selectively expanded the range of voices and included actors deemed too extreme prior to the attacks. Theoretically the article contributes to the literature on disruptive (key) events, editorial strategies during crisis, editorial control in contemporary media systems and editorial approaches to mediated deviance.acceptedVersio