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Steen Steensen

Steen Steensen

Job title
  • Vice Dean research and development, professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 48, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: S454
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 909 19 977
  • Office: +47 672 38 318
E-mail
  • steen.steensen@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Steen Steensen is Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences and professor of journalism at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. His research interests are related to the developments of journalism as a social institution, professional field, and text in digital times. He has chaired several research project funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Mdia Authority. Steensen holds a PhD in media studies from the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo and an MA in European journalism studies from the University of Cardiff, Wales. He has a background as a journalist for Norwegian newspapers. From 2018 to 2020 Steensen was associate editor of Journalism Practice, and from 2013 to 2016 he was editor-in-chief of the Norwegian journal of media studies (Norsk medietidsskrift). From 2016 to 2020 he was the Head of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at OsloMet. Steensen is a visiting professor at Bournemouth University in the UK (2021-2026) and professor 2 at Kristiania University College (2023-2025).

Field of study

Local democracy   Media and communication   Feature journalism   Journalism   Public sphere   Source criticism   Social media   Fact-checking   Disinformation

Administrative field of work

Research quality   Research strategy

Research groups

Research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Steensen, Steen (2026). Casual Democracy. News, Participation, and Deliberation in Local Communities Dominated by Social Media. ISBN: 9783032069887. 315 p. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06989-4

Kiberg, Håvard; Olsen, Gunhild Ring; Krumsvik, Arne H.; Kalsnes, Bente; Kavtaradze, Lasha; Steensen, Steen (2025). Navigating Platform Dependency: Four Strategic Approaches for Social Media News Publishing. Journalism Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2025.2608960

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

Steensen, Steen ; Figenschou, Tine Ustad ; Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea (2023). Playing the Mainstream Game. A Language-Game Analysis of “Mainstream” as a Possible Boundary Object in Journalism Studies. Digital Journalism. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2180406

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

Samuelsen, Reidun; Kalsnes, Bente; Steensen, Steen (2023). The Relevance of Technology to Information Verification: Insights from Norwegian Journalism During a National Election. Journalism Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2280676

Steensen, Steen (2023). Dealing With Covid-19 in Casual Democracies. Media and Communication. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.17645/MAC.V11I3.6807

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

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 (Ed.). Disinformations Studies: Perspectives from An Emerging Field. p. 193-236. Labcom Communication & Arts.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3032844

Hornmoen, Harald ; Steensen, Steen (2021). Journalistikkens filosofi. ISBN: 9788215052908. 226 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4178185



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Textbooks

Handgaard, Brynjulf; Simonsen, Anne Hege ; Steensen, Steen (2013). Journalistikk. ISBN: 9788205430044. 363 p. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4287035

Steensen, Steen (2006). Beboerne. En dokumentar om livet på Lille Tøyen sykehjem. ISBN: 9788243003781. 273 p. Spartacus.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4203643



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Research reports

Steensen, Steen ; Olsen, Gunhild Ring; Kalsnes, Bente; Kiberg, Håvard; Kavtaradze, Lasha (2025). Nyhetsmangfold i plattformenes tid: En analyse av hva norske redaksjoner publiserer på ulike plattformer og hvilke strategier som ligger bak. ISBN: 9788293953050. 50 p. Høyskolen Kristiania.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4067975

Steensen, Steen ; Hanem, Guri Ellen; Bjerke, Paul (2013). Norsk medietidsskrifts overgang til digital publisering og Open Access. 33 p. Norsk medieforskerlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3742099

Steensen, Steen (2010). Back to the Feature Online Journalism as Innovation, Transformation and Practice. 242 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3376236



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Dissemination

Steensen, Steen ; Kalsnes, Bente; Olsen, Gunhild Ring (2025). Hva skjer når algoritmene blir redaktører?.
https://doi.org/https://www.kristiania.no/om-krist

Steensen, Steen (2025). (+) Forsket på 22 norske aviser: Disse temaene dominerer i sosiale medier.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4966386

Steensen, Steen (2025). (+) Omdømme-eksperter: – Hvordan skal Dagbladet igjen bli viktig?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4961736

Steensen, Steen (2025). Er det sant? Ja, Instagram sier det jo!.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5082352

Steensen, Steen (2025). Dealing with Crime in News Deserts. Future of Journalism. Cardiff University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4022303

Steensen, Steen (2025). Casual Democracy.News, participation, and deliberation in local communities dominated by platforms.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4063947

Steensen, Steen ; Kiberg, Håvard; Kalsnes, Bente; Olsen, Gunhild Ring; Kavtaradze, Lasha (2025). News Diversity and the Platform effect. Topical diversity across outlets and platforms in the Norwegian news media market. Nordmedia. Syd-Dansk Universitet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3496236

Steensen, Steen ; Kalsnes, Bente; Kiberg, Håvard; Olsen, Gunhild Ring; Kavtaradze, Lasha (2025). News Diversity Across Platforms. A Large-Scale Analysis of the Norwegian News Media Market. 75th Annual ICA Conference. International Communication Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5217395

Steensen, Steen (2024). Krigen i Midtøsten: – Kampen om sannheten er hard.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3513057

Steensen, Steen (2024). Professor om anonyme kilder: – Uryddig felt i deler av den politiske journalistikken.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3747782



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