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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
Ramsälv, Amanda; Ekstrom, Mats; Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
The epistemologies of data journalism.
18 s.
New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221150439
Steensen, Steen; Kalsnes, Bente; Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
The limits of live fact-checking: Epistemological consequences of introducing a breaking news logic to political fact-checking.
New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231151436
Belair-Gagnon, Valerie; Larsen, Rebekah; Graves, Lucas; Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
Knowledge Work in Platform Fact-Checking Partnerships.
International Journal of Communication.
Vol. 17.
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19851
Westlund, Oscar; Larsen, Rebekah; Graves, Lucas; Kavtaradze, Lasha; Steensen, Steen
(2022).
Technologies and Fact-Checking. A Sociotechnical Mapping.
Correia, Joao Carlos; Jeronimo, Pedro; Amaral, Inês (Red.).
Disinformations Studies: Perspectives from An Emerging Field. s. 193-236.
Labcom Communication & Arts.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3032844
Shin, Don; Hameleers, Michael; Park, Yong Yin; Jeong nam, kim; Triell, Daniel; Diakopolous, Nicholas; Helberger, Natali; Lewis, Seth C.; Westlund, Oscar; Baumann, Sabine
(2022).
Countering Algorithmic Bias and Disinformation and Effectively Harnessing the Power of AI in Media.
20 s.
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
Vol. 99.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221129245
Westlund, Oscar; Krøvel, Roy; Orgeret, Kristin
(2022).
Newsafety: Infrastructures, Practices and Consequences.
17 s.
Journalism Practice.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2130818
Chua, Sherwin; Westlund, Oscar
(2022).
Platform Configuration: A Longitudinal Study and Conceptualization of a Legacy News Publisher’s Platform-Related Innovation Practices.
30 s.
Online Media and Global Communication.
Vol. 1.
https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2022-0003
Steensen, Steen; Belair-Gagnon, Valerie; Graves, Lucas; Kalsnes, Bente; Westlund, Oscar
(2022).
Journalism and Source Criticism. Revised Approaches to Assessing Truth-Claims.
Journalism Studies.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2140446
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. 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.
