About
Teaches language and text related subjects within the bachelor and master programmes of journalism and media and communication. Main research interests are genre and discourse development in news media, based on rhetoric, discourse analysis or social semiotics.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Media studies and journalism Linguistics
Subject areas
Rhetorics Discourse analysis Discourse and genre theory Textology
Research groups
Research projects
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U-YouPa – Understanding Youth Participation and Media literacy in Digital Dialogue Spaces
The key goal of this project is to provide a research-based understanding of the interconnection between cultural and technological preconditions for strengthening youth participation in digital dialogue spaces.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hornmoen, Harald; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie; Fonn, Birgitte Kjos; Stuedahl, Dagny (2022). Media narratives, agonistic deliberation, and Skam An analysis of how young people communicate in digital spaces. Nordicom Review . Vol. 43.
Hågvar, Yngve Benestad (2021). Fire diskurser om korona: Autoritet, ansvar og virkelighetsbilder i helsejournalistikk om covid‑19 i VG og Dagbladet. Norsk Medietidsskrift . Vol. 28.
Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Alnæs, Jørgen (2020). Help Yourself: The Individualization of Responsibility in Current Health Journalism. Hornmoen, Harald; Fonn, Birgitte Kjos; Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad (Ed.). Media Health. The Personal in Public Stories. Chapter 2. p. 23-50. Universitetsforlaget.
Hågvar, Yngve Benestad (2020). What a Story! Interpretative Rhetoric in News Media’s Facebook Updates. Gutsche, Robert E.; Brennen, Bonnie (Ed.). Journalism Research in Practice: Perspectives on Change, Challenges, and Solutions. Chapter 16. Routledge.
Hornmoen, Harald; Fonn, Birgitte Kjos; Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad (2020). Media Health. The Personal in Public Stories. ISBN: 9788215040844. 247 p. Universitetsforlaget.
Hågvar, Yngve Benestad (2019). Derfor slutter studenter på journalistutdanningen. UNIPED . Vol. 42.
Hågvar, Yngve Benestad (2019). What a Story! Interpretative Rhetoric in News Media’s Facebook Updates. Journalism Practice . Vol. 13.
Steensen, Steen; Larsen, Anna M. Grøndahl; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Fonn, Birgitte Kjos
(2019).
What does digital journalism studies look like?.
Digital Journalism
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Vol. 7.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670...
Hågvar, Yngve Benestad
(2019).
News Media's Rhetoric on Facebook.
Journalism Practice
.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512...
Konow Lund, Maria; Hågvar, Yngve Benestad; Olsson, Eva-Karin
(2018).
Digital Innovation During Terror and Crises.
Digital Journalism
.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670...
