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Heidi Røsok-Dahl

Heidi Røsok-Dahl

Job title
  • Assistant Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 48, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: S462
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 908 27 129
  • Office: +47 672 38 420
E-mail
  • heidi.rosok-dahl@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Assistant professor at OsloMet, research concentrating on how news media work to reach young audiences with news. Ethnographic fieldwork at public broadcaster NRK in the fall/winter of 2022. Fields of interest include Gatekeeping, platform power, social media, audience engagement, news avoidance, constructive journalism, ethnography, practice theory. Former videojournalist in NTB and reporter in TV 2. Have been teaching journalism at all levels, especially focusing on videojournalism at OsloMet from 2015-2022, before embarking on the PhD-journey. Part of the Digital Journalism research group at OsloMet and DIGIT research school. 

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2025). Unpacking the Practices of Constructive Journalism to Reach Young People with News. Journalism Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2537815

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi ; Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea (2024). Young People and News: A Systematic Literature Review. Journalism Studies. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2372425

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi ; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine (2024). Snapping the news: Dynamic gatekeeping in a public service media newsroom reaching young people with news on Snapchat. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241255701

Eide, Elisabeth ; Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2023). Brobyggere med båt: "Skamløse jenters" identitetsnavigering. Alghasi, Sharam; Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (Ed.). Flerkulturelle scenarioer: Mur, bro eller båt?. p. 182-206. Cappelen Damm AS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5189932

Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine ; Olsen, Gunhild Ring; Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2022). Unpacking Value Creation Dynamics in Journalism Education. A Covid-19 Case Study. Journalism Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2043767

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi ; Orgeret, Kristin (2020). Sports Journalism, Interns and #MeToo – did anything change?. Journalistica.
https://doi.org/10.7146/journalistica.v14i1.123511

Eide, Elisabeth ; Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2019). Strategically Shameless Voices? Young Women Speak for Themselves. Moy, Patricia; Matheson, Donald (Ed.). Voices Exploring the Shifting Contours of Communication. Peter Lang Publishing Group.
https://doi.org/10.3726/b14771



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Textbooks

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi ; Nordås, Frode Nesbø ; Simonsen, Anne Hege ; Gossner, Ellen Lande ; Høydal, Steinar (2021). Levende bilder - lær av de beste. ISBN: 9788202700621. 336 p. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4255201



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Research reports

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2026). Adapting the News to Reach Young People: An Ethnographic Study of NRK UNG within the Norwegian Public Service Media NRK. ISBN: 9788283647419. 208 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5480902



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Dissemination

Steinsland, Karianne ; Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2025). Hva er en fjerde statsmakt verdt, hvis ingen lytter?.
https://doi.org/https://www.m24.no/debatt-konstruk

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2025). Youth Values - a conceptual framework. Research presentation. SDU / Syddansk Universitet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4601695

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi ; Olsen, Ragnhild (2025). Å nå unge med (lokale) nyheter. Nettverkstreff - Medier och Demokrati . Medier och Demokrati og Södertörn Högskola .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3482672

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2025). Seven dimensions of adapting news to young people. PhD prekonferanse Nordmedia. Nordmedia.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3750071

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2024). Barn og unge droppar nettavisa.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4086154

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2024). Reaching young people with news: An ethnographic study at Public Service Broadcaster NRK in Norway. PhD Seminar. City University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4273626

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2024). Snapping the news: Dynamic gatekeeping in a public service media newsroom reaching young people with news on Snapchat. Foredrag. City University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5079803

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2024). "Public service media and the gatekeeping power of Snapchat”. Foredrag. Digital Journalism Research Group .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4820072

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2024). SLIK NÅR NRK DE UNGE PÅ SNAPCHAT. Foredrag. Kantar Media.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3660298

Røsok-Dahl, Heidi (2024). Snapping the news: The dynamic gatekeeping of a public broadcaster reaching youth on Snapchat. ECREA 2024. ECREA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3665988



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