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
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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
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
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
; 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
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.
Steensen, Steen ; Ahva, Laura (2020). Journalism Theory. Wahl-Jørgensen, Karin; Hanitzsch, Thomas (Ed.). Handbook of Journalism Studies, 2. ed. p. 38-54. Routledge.
Steensen, Steen
; Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Peters, Chris
(2020).
(Against a) Theory of Audience Engagement with News.
Journalism Studies.
Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1788414
