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Oscar Westlund (PhD) is Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, where he co- leads the OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group. He holds secondary appointment at University of Gothenburg. Westlund specializes in digital journalism, fact-checking, platforms, media management, news consumption, and mobile media. Westlund is the Editor-in-Chief of Digital Journalism, and has also guest edited special issues for numerous other leading international journals. He is currently involved in several research projects focusing on misinformation.
Fagområder
Vitenskapsdisipliner
Biblioteks- og informasjonsvitenskap Medievitenskap og journalistikk
Forskningsgrupper
Forskningsprosjekter
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The Source Criticism And Mediated Disinformation (SCAM)
Forskningsprosjektet vil utvikle ny kunnskap og metoder som er egnet til å oppdage og motvirke spredning av desinformasjon i demokratiske samfunn.
Publikasjoner og forskningsresultater
Vitenskapelige publikasjoner
Westlund, Oscar
; Belair-Gagnon, Valerie; Graves, Lucas;
Larsen, Rebekah
;
Steensen, Steen
(2024).
What Is the Problem with Misinformation? Fact-checking as a Sociotechnical and Problem-Solving Practice.
20 s.
Journalism Studies.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2357316
Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine
; Tenenboim, Ori; Hess, Kristy;
Westlund, Oscar
; Linden, Carl-Gustav; Broersma, Marcel
(2024).
Platform paradoxes and public service media legitimacy: a cross-national study.
Information, Communication & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2353783
Westlund, Oscar
;
Krøvel, Roy
;
Orgeret, Kristin Skare
(2024).
Introduction to the Practice and State of Journalism amid Dangerous Times.
Westlund, Oscar; Krøvel, Roy; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (Red.).
Journalism and Safety. An Introduction to the Field.
Taylor & Francis.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032705750
Westlund, Oscar ; Krøvel, Roy ; Orgeret, Kristin Skare (2024). Journalism and Safety. An Introduction to the Field. ISBN: 9781032705750. Taylor & Francis.
Ramsälv, Amanda; Ekstrom, Mats;
Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
The epistemologies of data journalism.
18 s.
New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221150439
Steensen, Steen
;
Kalsnes, Bente
;
Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
The limits of live fact-checking: Epistemological consequences of introducing a breaking news logic to political fact-checking.
New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231151436
Bélair-Gagnon, Valérie; Larsen, Rebekah ; Graves, Lucas; Westlund, Oscar (2023). Knowledge Work in Platform Fact-Checking Partnerships. 20 s. International Journal of Communication. Vol. 17.
Silva-Rodríguez, Alba; Sixto-García, José; Rodríguez-Vázquez, Ana-Isabel;
Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
Models for Mobile Communication and Effects on the Boundaries of Journalism.
Negreira-Rey, María-Cruz; Vázquez-Herrero, Jorge; Sixto-García, José; López-García, Xosé (Red.).
Blurring Boundaries of Journalism in Digital Media
New Actors, Models and Practices. s. 201-213.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43926-1_14
Belair-Gagnon, Valerie;
Larsen, Rebekah
; Graves, Lucas;
Westlund, Oscar
(2023).
Knowledge Work in Platform Fact-Checking Partnerships.
International Journal of Communication.
Vol. 17.
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19851
Steensen, Steen
; Belair-Gagnon, Valerie; Graves, Lucas;
Kalsnes, Bente
;
Westlund, Oscar
(2022).
Journalism and Source Criticism. Revised Approaches to Assessing Truth-Claims.
Journalism Studies.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2140446
