Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Far-right Politics Online and Societal Resilience (FREXO)
The FREXO project investigates how online media affect the mobilizing capacity and the broader societal and political impact of far right politics.
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Unpacking the Modern Working Class: Life Chances, Social Cohesion and Recognition in an Age of Migration
The project raises four crucial question that seek to describe the contemporary working class, its political orientation, lived experience and their media representations
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
;
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea
(2025).
Conceptualizations, Contentions and Systemic Conditions: A Response to Competing for Cultural Authority.
Journalism Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2025.2454336
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea
;
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
(2025).
Alternative media and political campaigning.
Lilleker, Darren G.; Jackson, Daniel; Kalsnes, Bente; Mellado, Claudia; Trevisan, Filippo; Veneti, Anastasia (Ed.).
The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning .
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003333326-24
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea
;
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
(2024).
Challengers in the journalistic field – A study of alternative media and their relations to incumbents, governance units, the state, and each other.
Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241309848
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea ; Figenschou, Tine Ustad ; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine (2024). Norway: Media Welfare in a Small Nation. Schapals, Aljosha Karim; Pentzold, Christian (Ed.). Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes. p. 106-119. Wiley-Blackwell.
Pedersen, Leif;
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea
;
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
; Mayerhöffer, Eva
(2024).
Boundary Work in the Nordic Media Model: Metajournalistic Discourse on Alternative Media in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Journalism Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2385925
Frischlich, Lena; Eldridge, Scott;
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
;
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea
; Holt, Kristoffer; Cushion, Stephen
(2023).
Contesting the Mainstream: Towards an Audience-Centered Agenda of Alternative News Research.
Digital Journalism.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2214791
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea
;
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
(2023).
Journalism as a Strategic Action Field: How to Study Contestations and Power Dynamics between Professional Journalism and Its Challengers.
Digital Journalism.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2214901
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.
18 p.
Digital Journalism.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2180406
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti
(2023).
Interpretive communities of resistance: Emerging counterpublics of immigration alarmism on social media.
New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231198790
Larsen, Anna Grøndahl
;
Figenschou, Tine Ustad
; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti
(2022).
Når saken tas i mediene: mediedramaturgi og handlingsrom i lokale helsekonflikter.
Norsk Medietidsskrift.
Vol. 29.
https://doi.org/10.18261/nmt.29.1.2