Department of Journalism and Media Studies

The department educates professionals in journalism, photojournalism and media and communication through three bachelor’s programmes and one master's programme. Our study programmes are closely connected with the department’s research activities, which are internationally oriented and cover topics such as media, war and conflict; digital journalism; media innovation, entrepreneurship and design; media, environment and society; and individual exposure in journalism.

The department in numbers

Students (2022)

505

Employees

Bachelor's programmes

Master's programmes

Research and development

Publications

Publications by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in Cristin database (cristin.no).

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Upcoming events

08 November
Public defence: Lukas Mozdeika
- Pilestredet Campus
- Faculty of Social Sciences / Department of Journalism and Media Studies
- PhD defences

News

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Journalism, media and communication

How do political parties stop hate speech on Facebook?

A study shows that political parties tend to hide hate speech on Facebook rather than deleting it. This is unfortunate, according to journalism professor Karoline Andrea Ihlbæk.