SOSIALE MEDIER: Du har ikke glemt bildet av den lille, døde gutten på stranda – han med de små skoene, den blå shortsen og den røde trøya? (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about new research about how the image of Aylan Kurdi spread in social media). Hva: Rapporten «The iconic image on social media: A rapid … Continue reading
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Mer makt til opinionslederne
Sosiale medier: Facebook forsterker opinionsledernes rolle i samfunnet. (Article for the weekly newspaper Morgenbladet about opion leaders’ role in social media, based on an article by Rune Karlsen). Hva: Artikkelen «Followers are opionon leaders: The role of people in the flow of political communication on and beyond social networking sites» i European Journal of Communication. Hvem: Rune … Continue reading
Portvakt Zuckerberg
DIGITALE MEDIER: Smarttelefonenes forstyrrende rolle, distribusjonskraft i sosiale medier og folks manglende betalingsvilje. Det er noen av hovedsporene i den nye rapporten om digitale medier fra Reuters Institute. (Article for the weekly newspaper Morgenbladet about Reuters’ report on digital news, social distributions and payment for news.) Hva: Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 Hvem: New Newman, David … Continue reading
Kampen mot IS på Twitter
SOSIALE MEDIER: Hjelper det å stenge Twitter-kontoene til IS? En ny rapport avdekker ekstremistenes Twitter-mønstre. (Article for the weekly newspaper Morgenbladet about IS’ use of Twitter, based on a report by J.M. Berger and Jonathon Morgan) Hva: Ny studie av IS’ sosiale nettverk på Twitter. Hvem: J.M. Berger og Jonathon Morgan, analytikere tilknyttet Brookings Institute. Betydning: … Continue reading
De nye portvaktene
SOSIALE MEDIER: Journalister og redaktører er ikke lenger de eneste portvaktene til de viktigste nyhetene. Og det har sine fordeler. (Article for the weekly newspaper Morgenbladet about news media’s decreasing role as gatekeepers, based on an article by Jane B. Singer). Hva: Forskning på sosial deling av journalistikk og hvordan mediene tilrettelegger for det. Hvem: … Continue reading
Twitter – ikke for folket
I amerikansk valgkamp brukes Twitter primært for å påvirke medienes dagsorden, ikke for å nå «vanlige» velgere. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about an article written by Daniel Kleiss, «Seizing the moment: The presidental campaigns’ use of Twitter during the 2012 electoral cycle») Hva: Forskning på presidentkandidatenes strategiske bruk av Twitter under valgkampen i 2012. … Continue reading
Stor datapolitikk
DATALAGRING Vi vet ennå ikke om Hillary Clinton stiller som kandidat i presidentvalget i 2016. Men vi vet at den amerikanske valgkampen blir datatung. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about the computational politics, presented in an article by Zeynep Tufekci) Hva: Artikkelen om hvordan nye datametoder forandrer amerikansk politikk og offentlighet. Hvem: Zeynep Tufekci, University of … Continue reading
Sosiale revolusjoner?
INTERNETT Sosiale medier kommer i annen rekke. Fattigdom, undertrykkelse og korrupsjon er nøkkelen til å forstå den arabiske våren. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about the social media’s role in the arabic spring, based on the article by Wolfsfeld, Segev and Sheafer) Hva: Forskning på sosiale mediers rolle i den arabiske våren. Hvem: Gadi Wolfsfeld, Elad Segev … Continue reading
Det store bildet
MEDIEVANER Tv, nettaviser, papiraviser og søkemotorer er fremdeles viktigere enn sosiale medier for folks nyhetsvaner. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about an extensive media usage study presented in an article by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen og Kim Christian Schrøder) Hva: Undersøkelse fra åtte land om hvordan sosiale medier påvirker folks tilgang til og engasjement med nyheter. Hvem: … Continue reading
Nettopprørets begrensning
Internett-aktivismen fungerer best til å stoppe andres forslag fremfor å sette egne saker på agendaen. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about the online debate about net neutrality and shortcomings of online mobilization based on the article by Herman and Kim) Hva: Studie av debatten om nettnøytralitet på internett og hvem som dominerer den. Hvem: Bill D. … Continue reading
Big data, big questions
Big data can potentially solve most of our problems, from diseases, traffic jams to environmental challenges. However, we also need to ask some hard difficult questions before we turn the big data hose on. I’ve written an article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about an academic article written by danah boyd and Kate Crawford, Critical Questions … Continue reading
Young voters, social media and political engagement
How are new media habits impacting political engagement among young voters? I’ve written (in Norwegian) about a Swedish research article with some interesting findings regarding political interest and engagement for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet Hva: En ny, ambisiøs svensk studie ser på hvordan alder og medievaner påvirker politisk engasjement. Hvem: Ungdommers politiske interesse blir positivt påvirket av sosiale … Continue reading
ABC of video memes
Curious about memes? I’ve written a column for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about memes, inspired by the fascinating article: An anatomy of a YouTube meme by Limor Shifman, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (The article in Morgenbladet – yes, in Norwegian) Hva: Mangelfull maskulinitet, humor og populærkultur er viktige ingredienser i de meste vellykkede Youtube-memene. Hvem: Limor Shifman, førsteamanuensis ved Hebrew … Continue reading
Norwegian researchers on social media
“Do you know if anyone has collected Norwegian research on social media?” That was a question I received on Twitter yesterday via a friend, and I’ve made a list to help. For someone outside academia, it is hard to keep track of the research that exist, both because it is time-consuming to keep updated as … Continue reading
Our new book is out – Norwegian book about social collaboration
Finally, it is now possible to read our book (in Norwegian) about social collaboration and Enterprise 2.0, with lots of Norwegian cases and examples. I’ve written a chapter about engagement and mobilization online, using examples from Norwegian politics (mainly the Labour Party), Origo, online media, individual bloggers and of course Girl Geeks Dinners! You will … Continue reading
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize – the social media reactions from Norway
This year’s selection of the Nobel Peace Prize started an online outcry the second it was announced. For many people, including the recipient himself, is was a shock that hear that president Barack Obama was awarded. And Norwegians were among those who reacted most strongly against the decision from the Norwegian Nobel committee. Not because … Continue reading
Velgerne vant årets digitale valgkamp
Det er mye vi kan si om politikernes internettinnsats, men la oss glemme det nå. (Denne artikkelen står på trykk i dagens utgave av Morgenbladet. Fordi man ikke kan diskutere på Morgenbladets sider, legger jeg den ut for kommentarer her. Apology to my international readers, this is an article I’ve written for the weekly Morgenbladet … Continue reading
A tribute to the good tech people in Brussels
My head has been stuck in boxes for several days after my family’s move from Brussels, Belgium to Oslo, Norway, so not much time for blogging lately. But as I’m taking a break from the moving chaos, I wanted to give a huge tribute to some of the great people with an online presence that … Continue reading
The European Parliament’s experience with social media – a post election reflection
As the night was approaching and the last votes were counted on June 7, the final day of the European Parliament ( EP) election, you could read Twitter updates in 22 different languages from EP’s official Twitter accounts. Or debate the outcome with people from all over Europe on EPs Facebook page. (This text is … Continue reading
98 days before the Norwegian election – some social media tendencies
Social media is the big buzz word in the Norwegian election campaign. 2005 was the election year when the parties competed on having the coolest, flashiest website, 2009 is the year when the parties are competing about being everywhere (blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Nettby, Origo, etc), communicating. We’ve seen it on TV, read about … Continue reading