Gøril Borgen-Eide will defend her thesis for the PhD in Social Sciences, specialization Journalism and Media Studies with "Rich pasts and risky futures: Norwegian media narratives of climate and oil in liminal times".
The trial lecture will last from 12:00-12:45. The title is:
"Climate Journalism During Crisis Moments: Media Narratives and Public Discourse in Transitional Times".
The candidate will defend her thesis at 13:30.
The public defence and trial lecture will also be streamed (oslomet.zoom.com).
Webinar ID: 642 8591 0058
Passcode: 0625
The committee is:
Leader of the public defence is Vice Dean Nathalie Hyde-Clarke, Oslo Metropolitan University.
Main supervisor is Professor Andreas Ytterstad, Oslo Metropolitan University.
Co-supervisor is Professor Erika Gubrium, Oslo Metropolitan University.
The dissertation is available in The Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA).
Over the past five to ten years, climate change has evolved from a public debate topic to a pervasive societal dimension. Nonetheless, the link between climate change and the Norwegian oil and gas industry is seldom explicitly stated. Discussions about a green shift are often framed in national economic terms rather than global ecological ones.
This project examines factors contributing to this disconnect, focusing on journalistic norms, routines, and responsibilities. It also introduces a new conceptual framework for studying climate change in the media, capturing how narrators connect or disconnect climate and oil, and how new narratives emerge.
Key findings reveal that journalism's ability to highlight the climate-oil connection in Norway is limited due to oil industry hegemony and journalistic norms and routines. Nonetheless, there is potential in journalistic storytelling that explores diverse futures and pasts, moving beyond the "Norwegian oil adventure" narrative.