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Oscar Westlund

Oscar Westlund

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 48, 0167 Oslo
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 38 836
E-mail
  • oscar.westlund@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

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.

Research groups

Research projects

Completed research projects

  • The Epistemologies of Digital News Production

    The project studies journalists’ concrete judgments, handling of sources and data, and their overall knowledge-producing activities in distinct stages of the news production process that ultimately lead to news publishing.

  • The Source Criticism And Mediated Disinformation (SCAM)

    The SCAM project will identify the main challenges related to the ways in which technology and platforms affect the distribution of disinformation in public spheres and ways to detect and counter it.

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine ; Westlund, Oscar ; Chua, Sherwin; Tenenboim, Ori; Broersma, Marcel; Hess, Kristy; Linden, Carl-Gustav (2026). Platform configurations and isomorphism: An analytical framework for longitudinal and comparative research of public service media. Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565261456907

Hess, Kristy; Westlund, Oscar ; Tandoc, Edson; Saldaña, Magdalena (2025). Striving for excellence is striving for diversity. Badr, Hanan; Wilkins, Karin G. (Ed.). Critical Communication Research with Global Inclusivity. p. 171-180. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003583073-16

Westlund, Oscar ; Carlson, Matt; Hamada, Basyouni; Helberger, Natali; Lecheler, Sophie; Lewis, Seth C.; Quandt, Thorsten; Reese, Stephen D.; Salaverría, Ramón; Saldaña, Magdalena; Thomson, T. J.; Wahl-Jorgensen, Karin; Wu, Shangyuan (2025). Public Knowledge and Expertise Under Authoritarian Siege: A Defense of Academic Freedom from <i>Digital Journalism Studies</i>. Digital Journalism. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2527997

Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy ; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (2024). Journalism and Safety. An Introduction to the Field. ISBN: 9781032705750. Taylor & Francis.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032705750

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. Journalism Studies. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2357316

Westlund, Oscar ; Merja, Myllylahti; Chua, Sherwin (2024). Platform Business Poses Risks for News Publishers. Eldridge, Scott A.; Cheruiyot, David; Banjac, Sandra; Swart, Joëlle (Ed.). The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. p. 216-225. Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5194365

Orgeret, Kristin Skare; Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy (2024). Journalism and Safety Digital Threats, Professional Fragilities, and Safety Cultures. ISBN: 9781032881942. 324 p. Taylor & Francis.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3994107

Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (2024). Journalism and Safety: An Introduction to the Field. ISBN: 9781032702940. 324 p. Taylor & Francis.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4923496

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

Linden, Carl-Gustav; Villi, Mikko; Westlund, Oscar (2024). The (mobile) news ecosystem milestone. Pavlik, John (Ed.). Milestones in digital journalism. p. 89-107. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003316152-6



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Research reports

Westlund, Oscar (2018). "Sweden" Reuters Institute Digital News Report. 140 p. Reuters Institute Digital News Report.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3897142

Andreasson, Torbjörn; Ghersetti, Marina; Pettersson, Jesper; Rolandsson, Bertil; Røsæg, Erling; Westlund, Johan Oscar Andreas (2017). Tolv trender i ett digitalt samhälle - SOMCRISC rapport 1. 125 p. Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4882839

Andreasson, Torbjörn; Ghersetti, Marina; Pettersson, Jesper; Rolandsson, Bertil; Røsæg, Erling; Westlund, Johan Oscar Andreas (2017). Fyra samhällsscenarier för framtida kriskommunikation - SOMCRISC rapport 2. 77 p. Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4881139



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Dissemination

Westlund, Oscar (2025). Fighting Disinformation - Norway’s Proactive Approach. American Educator. Vol. 49.
https://doi.org/https://www.aft.org/sites/default/

Ekström, Mats; Ramsälv, Amanda; Westlund, Oscar (2025). Etnografiska observationer. Ekström, Mats; Johansson, Bengt Erik (Ed.). p. 31-58. Studentlitteratur AB.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5368345

Westlund, Oscar ; Boyles, Jan Lauren; Guo, Lei; Saldaña, Magdalena; Salaverría, Ramón; Thomson, T.J.; Wu, Shangyuan (2025). Digital Journalism (Studies): An Agenda for the Future. Digital Journalism.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2474530

Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy ; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (2024). Introduction to the Practice and State of Journalism amid Dangerous Times. Westlund, Oscar; Krøvel, Roy; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (Ed.). Journalism and Safety. An Introduction to the Field. Taylor & Francis.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032705750

Westlund, Oscar ; Saldaña, Magdalena (2024). A Transforming Digital Journalism Editorial Team Calls for a Tribute and a Welcome. Digital Journalism. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2024.2309090

Frantsvåg, Jan Erik; Westlund, Oscar ; Aaen-Stockdale, Craig (2023). Vi har forlatt redaksjonsrådet i Publications. Khrono.no.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/28896

Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine ; Tenenboim, Ori; Hess, Kristy; Westlund, Oscar ; Linden, Carl-Gustav; Broersma, Marcel (2023). Embracing paradoxes: Platform discourses and legitimacy building in public service media - A cross-national study. Stavanger - Münster Group meeting 29-30 November 2023. University of Münster and University of Stavanger.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5160603

Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine ; Tenenboim, Ori; Westlund, Oscar ; Hess, Kristy; Linden, Carl-Gustav; Broersma, Marcel (2023). Conflicts of Interests: A Cross-National Study of Public Service Media institutions’ Discourse Constructions About Platforms. 73rd Annual ICA Conference. International Communication Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3512837

Bélair-Gagnon, Valérie; Graves, Lucas; Kalsnes, Bente; Steensen, Steen ; Westlund, Oscar (2022). Considering Interinstitutional Visibilities in Combating Misinformation. Digital Journalism. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2072923

Duffy, Andrew; Westlund, Oscar (2022). Mobility, Smartphones and News. Allan, Stuart (Ed.). The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism. p. 170-178. Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4870300



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