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.
Fagområder
Vitenskapsdisipliner
Biblioteks- og informasjonsvitenskap Medievitenskap og journalistikk
Forskningsgrupper
Forskningsprosjekter
Avsluttede 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
Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy ; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (2024). Journalism and Safety. An Introduction to the Field. ISBN: 9781032705750. Taylor & Francis.
Westlund, Oscar
; Merja, Myllylahti; Chua, Sherwin
(2024).
Platform Business Poses Risks for News Publishers.
Eldridge, Scott A.; Cheruiyot, David; Banjac, Sandra; Swart, Joëlle (Red.).
The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. s. 216-225.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/9781003334774
Orgeret, Kristin Skare; Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy (2024). Journalism and Safety Digital Threats, Professional Fragilities, and Safety Cultures. ISBN: 9781032881942. 324 s. Taylor & Francis.
Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (2024). Journalism and Safety: An Introduction to the Field. ISBN: 9781032702940. 324 s. Taylor & Francis.
Linden, Carl-Gustav; Villi, Mikko;
Westlund, Oscar
(2024).
The (mobile) news ecosystem milestone.
Pavlik, John (Red.).
Milestones in digital journalism. s. 89-107.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003316152-6
Westlund, Oscar
; Belair-Gagnon, Valerie; Graves, Lucas; Larsen, Rebekah;
Steensen, Steen
(2024).
What Is the Problem with Misinformation? Fact-checking as a Sociotechnical and Problem-Solving Practice.
20 s.
Journalism Studies.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2357316
Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine
; Tenenboim, Ori; Hess, Kristy;
Westlund, Oscar
; Linden, Carl-Gustav; Broersma, Marcel
(2024).
Platform paradoxes and public service media legitimacy: a cross-national study.
Information, Communication & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2353783
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
Bélair-Gagnon, Valérie; Larsen, Rebekah; Graves, Lucas; Westlund, Oscar (2023). Knowledge Work in Platform Fact-Checking Partnerships. 20 s. International Journal of Communication. Vol. 17.
