Results from the Scam-project are published in scientific publications and presented at academic conferences and seminars. Results will also be presented to industry and to the broader public. This page will be updated with new dissemination outputs throughout the project period.

Project publications

• Westlund, O., Belair-Gagnon, V., Graves, L., Larsen, R., & Steensen, S. (2024). What Is the Problem with Misinformation? Fact-checking as a Sociotechnical and Problem-Solving Practice. Journalism Studies, 25(8), 898–918. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2357316
• Kalsnes, Bente (2023) Introducing Digital Source Criticism: A method for tackling fake news and disinformation, in Stefania M. Maci, Massimiliano Demata, Mark McGlashan, Philip Seargeant (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation, London: Routledge, 52-63

• Reidun J. Samuelsen, Bente Kalsnes & Steen Steensen (2023) The Relevance of Technology to Information Verification: Insights from Norwegian Journalism During a National Election, Journalism Practice, DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2023.2280676
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Rebekah Larsen, Lucas Graves, & Oscar Westlund (2023) Knowledge Work in Platform Fact-Checking Partnerships, International Journal of Communication
• Steen Steensen, Bente Kalsnes, & Oscar Westlund (2023) The limits of live fact-checking: Epistemological consequences of introducing a breaking news logic to political fact-checking, New Media and Society, DOI: 10.1177/14614448231151436
• Lucas Graves, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Rebekah Larsen (2023) From Public Reason to Public Health: Professional Implications of the “Debunking Turn” in the Global Fact-Checking Field, Digital Journalism
• Steen Steensen (2023) Dealing with Covid-19 in Casual Democracies. Media and Communication, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6807
• Rebekah Larsen (2022). ‘Information Pressures’ and the Facebook Files: Navigating Questions around Leaked Platform Data. Digital Journalism.
• Oscar Westlund, Rebekah Larsen, Lucas Graves, Lasha Kavtaradze, and Steen Steensen. “Technologies and Fact Checking: A Sociotechnical Mapping”. Correia, J.C., Jerónimo, P., and Amaral, I. (Eds.) (2022). Disinformation Studies: Perspectives from An Emerging Field. Covilhã, Portugal: LabCom Books.
• Steen Steensen, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Lucas Graves, Bente Kalsnes & Oscar Westlund (2022) Journalism and Source Criticism. Revised Approaches to Assessing Truth-Claims, Journalism Studies, DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2022.2140446
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Bente Kalsnes, Lucas Graves, Oscar Westlund (2020). Coordination: A prerequisite for an effective fight against misinformation. In News and Information Disorder in the 2020 Presidential Election. Miami, Florida: Knight Foundation. Cross-published on the Balkinization blog (19 December 2020).

Other relevant publications

• Oscar Westlund (2021). Advancing Research into Dark Participation. Media & Communication, Volume 9, Issue 1, pages 209–214. DOI: 10.17645/mac.v9i1.1770
• Bente Kalsnes (2020). Korona og falske nyheiter: Ein infodemi. Hvor Hender Det – NUPI, nr. 6 2020.
• Bente Kalsnes (2020). Maktmisbruk under dekke av falske nyheter. Agenda magasin.
• Bente Kalsnes & Karoline Ihlebæk (2020). Hiding hate speech: political moderation on Facebook. Media, Culture and Society, Volume 43, Issue 2. DOI:10.1177/0163443720957562
• Bente Kalsnes & Karoline Ihlebæk (2020). The fight against fake news and electoral disinformation. Oxford University Press’ blog.
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Bente Kalsnes, Lucas Graves, Oscar Westlund (2020). Platform transparency in the fight against disinformation. U.S. Election Analysis 2020: Media, Voters and the Campaign, Center for Comparative Politics and Media Research.

Project presentations

• Lucas Graves (23/06/2020) The elephant in the room: Fact-checking vs. verification, Global Fact 7 Virtual conference.
• Steen Steensen (24/06/2020). Fakes, misinformation and fact-checking: Current research (part 1), Global Fact 7 Virtual conference.
• Bente Kalsnes (24/06/2020). Fakes, misinformation and fact-checking: Current research (part 2), Global Fact 7 Virtual conference.
• Lucas Graves (24/06/2020). Keynote panel: Lessons of the Infodemic, Global Fact 7 Virtual conference.
• Steen Steensen (19/08/2020). Source Criticism and Mediated Disinformation, Roskilde University.
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (02/12/2020). Coordination: A prerequisite for an effective fight against misinformation. “News and Information Disorder in the 2020 US Presidential Election.” Yale Information Society Project.
• Bente Kalsnes (11/02/2021). “Nordis Symposium on Online Disinformation – An Integrated View, Uppsala.
• Bente Kalsnes (16/02/2021). Fakespeak – the language of fake news. Start-up workshop, Oslo/Zoom.
• Bente Kalsnes (21/04/2021). ‘Countering disinformation: strategies, policies, research’, Aarhus/Zoom.
• Oscar Westlund (18/08/2021). The role of technology in fact-checking practices addressing misinformation problems. NordMedia conference (Iceland/online).
• Oscar Westlund (15/09/2021). Journalism, fact-checking and platforms amid information disorders. Invited keynote – NORDIS Aarhus.
• Steen Steensen (22/09/2021). “Journalism and Source Criticism: New Norms for Assessing Truth-Claims”. Future of Journalism 2021 (Cardiff, Wales).
• Rebekah Larsen (23/09/2021). “Approaching a Pressured Press in Context: Research Insights from Differing Journalistic Responses to Media Controversies”. Future of Journalism 2021 (Cardiff, Wales). 
• Oscar Westlund (28/09/2021). “The role of technology in fact-checking practices addressing misinformation problems.” OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group Paper seminar – with external participants.
• Oscar Westlund (05/10/2021). “Fighting misinformation: Technologies and Fact-checking practices”. Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Invited speaker – Topical seminar organized by the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (28/10/2021). “Sustainability in cross-sector partnerships in the fight against misinformation between the logics of control, empowerment, and pluralism”. European Media Management Conference.
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (15/01/2022). “There is Cap: Platforms and Fact-Checkers Cross Sector Partnerships”. ECREA, Aarhus.
• Steen Steensen, Bente Kalsnes, and Oscar Westlund (27/05/2022). “The Limits of Live Fact-Checking: Epistemological consequences of introducing a breaking news logic to political fact-checking”. 72nd Annual ICA Conference, Paris, France.
• Lasha Kavtaradze (27/05/2022). “Factiverse’s journey towards Automated Fact-Checking and Back”. 72nd Annual ICA Conference, Paris, France.
• Steen Steensen (22/06/2022). “Findings from ongoing and finished research projects: The SCAM project”. Global Fact 9, Oslo Metropolitan University.
• Steen Steensen (23/06/2022). “Journalism and Source Criticism: New Norms for Assessing Truth-Claims”. Global Fact 9, Oslo Metropolitan University.
• Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (23/06/2022). “There is Cap: Platforms and Fact-Checkers Cross Sector Partnerships”. Global Fact 9, Oslo Metropolitan University.
  • Also presented at ECREA 2022 (20/10/2022)
• Oscar Westlund (21/10/2022). “What is the Problem with Misinformation? Fact-checking as a problem-solving practice”. ECREA 2022 (Aarhus, Denmark).

Other relevant presentations

• Bente Kalsnes (09/10/2020). Fake News og konspirasjonsteorier: hvordan påvirker det ungdom og deres engasjement? Ungdata, OsloMet.
• Bente Kalsnes (21/10/2020). Falske nyheter, desinformasjon og valgkamp. Nasjonalt nettverk for kritisk medieforståelse.
• Steen Steensen (22/10/2020). Becoming a Citizen. Navigating information networks in local communities, Roskilde University.
• Lucas Graves (20/01/2021). The fight against ‘fake news’: Lessons from an extraordinary year, Journalism et platforms 2nd ed.: Information, infomediation and ‘fake news’” conference, Aix Marseille University, Marseilles (virtual).
• Lucas Graves (08/02/2021). Is deplatforming a solution for disinformation?, IFCN Talks, Poynter Institute (virtual).
• Lucas Graves (23/02/2021). House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee inquiry into freedom of expression online, House of Lords, UK (virtual).
• Steen Steensen (26/05/2021). Dealing with Covid in news deserts: How pandemic-related news and (mis)information flow in local communities left behind by journalism, Bournemouth University, Science, Health, & Data Comms Research Group seminar series.
• Steen Steensen (29/05/2021). News from the Desert. Informed citizenship and public connectivity in local communities left behind by journalism, 71st Annual ICA Conference.
• Oscar Westlund (24/09/2021). Publishers & platforms The past and the present: and calling for future research. Invited keynote – JOLT-CICOM Conference Harnessing Data and Technology for Journalism Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, 22-24 September 2021).
• Bente Kalsnes (24/09/2021). Den offentlige samtalen under stress. KS Innlandet (Ordførersamling), Lillehammer.
• Oscar Westlund (28/09/2021). From the Fringes to the Mainstream: How COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Spread across Social and Mainstream Media. SCAM initiated focus seminar with invited speaker: Axel Bruns (speaker), Oscar Westlund (host).
• Oscar Westlund (20/10/2021). Bad journalism’ and the rise of digital media criticism. SCAM initiated focus seminar with invited speaker: David Cheruiyot (speaker), Oscar Westlund (host).
• Oscar Westlund (17/11/2021). Debunking misinformation: How to make corrective information work. SCAM initiated focus seminar with invited speaker: Eun-Ju Lee, (speaker), Oscar Westlund (host).
• Bente Kalsnes (and Karoline Ihlebæk) (18/11/2021). Desinformasjon. Ytringsfrihetskommisjonen. Invited speaker and member of the commission. https://www.ykom.no/moter/

Media appearances

• Steen Steensen (29/06/2021). “Fake News” og alternative medier, Podcasten ‘Viten og snakkis’, OsloMet.