Kort om
Oscar Westlund (PhD) is Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, where he co- leads the OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group. He holds secondary appointment at University of Gothenburg. Westlund specializes in digital journalism, fact-checking, platforms, media management, news consumption, and mobile media. Westlund is the Editor-in-Chief of Digital Journalism, and has also guest edited special issues for numerous other leading international journals. He is currently involved in several research projects focusing on misinformation.
Forskningsgrupper
Forskningsprosjekter
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The Source Criticism And Mediated Disinformation (SCAM)
Forskningsprosjektet vil utvikle ny kunnskap og metoder som er egnet til å oppdage og motvirke spredning av desinformasjon i demokratiske samfunn.
Publikasjoner og forskningsresultater
Vitenskapelige publikasjoner
Ekström, Mats; Ramsälv, Amanda; Westlund, Oscar (2021). Data-driven news work culture: Reconciling tensions in epistemic values and practices of news journalism. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism .
Westlund, Oscar; Ekström, Mats (2021). Critical Moments of Coordination in Newswork. Journalism Practice . Vol. 15.
Westlund, Oscar; Hermida, Alfred (2021). Data Journalism and Misinformation. Tumber, Howard; Waisbord, Silvio (Red.). The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. 13. s. 142-150. Routledge.
Ekström, Mats; Waldenstrom, Amanda; Westlund, Oscar (2021). The Epistemologies of Breaking News. Journalism Studies . Vol. 22.
Thomas, Ryan J.; Tandoc JR, Edson; Westlund, Oscar; Jenkins, Joy (2021). Critical Incidents in Journalism: Conceptualization, Characteristics, Communities, and Consequences. Tandoc, Edson C.; Jenkins, Joy; Thomas, Ryan J.; Westlund, Oscar (Red.). Critical Incidents in Journalism. Pivotal Moments Reshaping Journalism Around the World. Final chapter. Routledge.
Jenkins, Joy; Tandoc JR, Edson; Thomas, Ryan J.; Westlund, Oscar (2021). Introduction: Theorizing Critical Incidents in Journalism across the Globe. Tandoc, Edson C.; Jenkins, Joy; Thomas, Ryan J.; Westlund, Oscar (Red.). Critical Incidents in Journalism. Pivotal Moments Reshaping Journalism Around the World. chapter one. Routledge.
Duffy, Andrew; Kim, Nuri; Ling, Rich; Tandoc JR, Edson; Westlund, Oscar (2021). Mobile News Journalism’s Shift from Fixed to Fluid. ISBN: 978-0-367-56635-7. 92 s. Routledge.
Tandoc, Edson C.; Jenkins, Joy; Thomas, Ryan J.; Westlund, Oscar (2021). Critical Incidents in Journalism. Pivotal Moments Reshaping Journalism Around the World. ISBN: 9781003019688. 282 s. Routledge.
Eldridge II, Scott A.; Hess, Kristy; Tandoc JR, Edson; Westlund, Oscar (2021). Definitions of Digital Journalism (Studies). ISBN: 978-0-367-86007-3. 92 s. Routledge.
Ekström, Mats; Lewis, Seth C.; Westlund, Oscar (2020). Epistemologies of digital journalism and the study of misinformation. New Media & Society . Vol. 22.
