Associated Professor and MEKK member, Elsebeth Frey has contributed as coauthor to the article “Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations.” The article explores central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using social media (SoMe) for collecting and validating newsworthy content; and investigates how practices… Continue reading Journalistic challenges and practices when using Social Media
Month: May 2017
Journalism and matters of fact in the post-truth era
Professor and head of MEKK, Kristin Skare Orgeret gave the introduction speech at PRIO´s (Peace Research Institute of Oslo) research seminar on risk communication in Oslo 18 May 2018. The topic was communicating risk and threat in the age of fake news and information overload, and Orgeret spoke about Journalism and matters of fact, cyber… Continue reading Journalism and matters of fact in the post-truth era
Was the threat of terror in 2014 exaggerated?
In the summer of 2014, police chief executive in Norway, Odd Reidar Humlegård, held a press conference where he announced that Norway was under a specific threat from terrorist. Armed police were seen patrolling the streets, and Norwegian border control was strengthened. A week later, the terrorist threat was called off. Nothing had taken place.… Continue reading Was the threat of terror in 2014 exaggerated?
The importance of protecting journalism
“The Assault on Journalism” -new publication from Nordicom
Global celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta
PhD candidate and MEKK member, Marte Høiby, participated at the global celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta. The event was organized in cooperation between UNESCO, the government of Indonesia and the Indonesian Press Council. Marte joined two workshops, one on Human Rights and Safety of Journalists, and another one on Fact-checking & Social Verification,… Continue reading Global celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta