Blar i Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap på tidsskrift "Digital Journalism"
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Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Exogenous shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic unleashes multiple fundamental questions about society beyond public health. Based on the classical concept of ‘need for orientation’ and the literature on the role of the media ... -
From News Softening to Social News Softening: Comparing Patterns of Political News Coverage on Different (Social) Media Channels in Germany and Switzerland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Many news media publish content on social media where it must meet the success factors of algorithmic selection in order to attract attention. One possible strategy for that is news softening. However, it is not clear which ... -
Loopholes in the Echo Chambers: How the Echo Chamber Metaphor Oversimplifies the Effects of Information Gateways on Opinion Expression
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Social media (SM) are often regarded drivers of personalized echo chambers in which only ideas resonante that individuals already hold, leading to more extreme opinions and intensified opinion expression. However, recent ... -
Social Media and Trust in News: An Experimental Study of the Effect of Facebook on News Story Credibility
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)People increasingly turn to social media to get their daily news updates. Still, we are only beginning to understand how this development affects people’s perceptions of consumed news stories. The article reports on an ... -
Uneasy Bedfellows - Comparing the Diversity of German Public Service News on Television and on Facebook
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)News consumption has shifted increasingly to new platforms and gateways such as social network sites (SNS) with Facebook leading the way. Accordingly, journalists must cope with this “uneasy bedfellow” and provide news on ... -
User Perspectives on the News Personalisation Process: Agency, Trust and Utility as Building Blocks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)With the increasing use of algorithms in news distribution, commentators warn about its possible impacts on the changing relationship between the news media and news readers. To understand the meaning of news personalisation ...