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fredag 11. januar 2019

Video presentations

Cultures of anarchy: Images of Russia in the narrative of Norwegian mainstream news media during the Ukraine crisis 2014

With co-author Nina Bjørge, I made this video as an abstract for an article in of the same title, in Media, War and Conflict journal,  at the editors' request. This article examines the role of the news media through a case study of the narratives about the 2014 Ukraine crisis in three major Norwegian newspapers. ‌


Diffused peace facilitation and the cosmopolitan filmmaker’s dilemma

This video is an introduction to an article published in the journal Media, War and Conflict. The article can be found on the journal's homepage  The article discusses the dilemmas documentary filmmakers face when acting upon the cosmopolitan ethos in a context of ongoing civil warfare and peace facilitation from the international society.



Forskningsdagene 2016 - Grenser og grenseløshet i internasjonal politikk

Når verden betraktes som et internasjonalt system blir fysiske grenser noe helt grunnleggende som sier at stater er de viktigste enhetene verden består av. Har denne beskrivelsen fortsatt gyldighet og hvilke utfordringer innebærer det i tilfelle? Gjennom flere korte foredrag setter dette arrangementet fokus på denne problemstillingen, ut fra ulike eksempler og vinklinger, og med bidrag fra forskere ved internasjonale studier med historie og rettsvitenskap ved Høgskolen i Lillehammer.



The Hadia Story: Digital Storytelling in Election Campaigns

This is the video presentation of an article published by Øyvind Kalnes and Eva Bakøy in the journal Seminar.net. (Volume 6 - issue 2 - 2010). The article can be downloaded from here.  The paper goes into how a particular Norwegian-Pakistani  Labour politician, Hadia Tajik, has used digital storytelling to construct her political identity, and a discussion of the consequences of her experiments with this genre. During the 2009 electoral campaign she moved from being an unknown politician to becoming a political household name and the only member of the new Parliament with a migrant background. The digital stories were instrumental in this development for numerous reasons, the most important probably being that they gave her prime time television coverage



Internasjonale relasjoner: Medier og kommunikasjon i endring

En gjennomgang av et utdrag fra kapittel 2: Global kultur & kommunikasjon i boken "Internasjonale relasjoner. En akkurat passe lang introduksjon", Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2010. 



Internasjonale relasjoner: Oljeprisen og Gulf-krigen i 1991

Ole Gunnar Austvik, som var hovedforfatter på kapittelet om Internasjonal politisk økonomi, snakker om Internasjonal politisk økonomi generelt og fokuserer deretter på oljen og oljeprisens betydning for internasjonal politikk. Han går i dybden på tilfellet Gulfkrigen i 1990/1991 hvor Irak okkuperte Kuwait, men ble kastet ut gjennom den internasjonale intervensjon kjent som Desert Storm.



Internasjonale relasjoner: Konfliktene i det tidligere Jugoslavia

Heidrun Sørlie Røhr, som var hovedforfatter på kapittelet om Krig, konflikt og konfliktløsning snakker om konfliktene i det tidligere Jugoslavia.


tirsdag 21. april 2015

Game of Thrones and political science (updated)

Been doing some background research on the HBO Series Game of Thrones for a case study in one of two chapters I wrote for a book on Media Pedagogy with several colleagues here at Lillehammer University. I also wrote a short article on the subject in the main Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten on the subject in April 2015. An older and longer version is to be found here on this blog.

It may be comforting for those spending too much time on Game of Thrones - including yours truly - that it may have some relevance as political science and IR-theory are indeed incorporated into the storytelling. See the articles - and even some books - below for comments upon the political aspects of the series. It is updated on April 21. 2015, by no means pretending to be complete. Furthermore, some of the links may be dead by now.
 

torsdag 16. oktober 2014

Climate Change

This is a guest lecture by Therese Håkonsen Karlseng held as part of the course Media and Politics in the fall semester 2013. Since completing her thesis on German Climate Policy, Therese has worked with energy and environmental issues as a strategic advisor to the Hedmark County Council, political advisor in the Norwegian Parliament, as well as having worked in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Goals of learning
  • What is a climate sceptic or - denier?
  • How is climate change communicated through the media?
  • How do you explain that substantial parts of the public opinion do not prioritize the climate change issue?
  • Why is the international political system perhaps inappropriate for handling the climate issue?

You can watch Therese presenting the county climate report here on Norwegian broadcasting or browse through her presentation from the lecture below.




Usefuk links

YouTube Playlist

tirsdag 7. oktober 2014

4.0. Conclusion

Goals of learning from this lesson

The lecture

The final lecture presentation in my course on Media & Politics at Lillehammer University College can be browsed through below. As this is more of a summing up, the title may be slightly misleading.




Literature

onsdag 1. oktober 2014

3.3. Ethnocentrism

Goals of learning from this lesson:
  • What is ethnocentrism and stereotyping?
  • How are the relation between the global and local best captured?
  • Why are mainstream media's role as nation builders challenged by migration?
  • When is it reasonable to refer to diaspora?

The lecture

Browse throught the latest lecture presentation from my course in Media & Politics at Lillehammer University College

 


The literature:
  • Chan, J. (2005). Global media and the dialectics of the global. 5p. *
  • Hodkinson, P. (2011). Media, culture and society. Chap. 10. 20p.
  • Meyrowitz, J. (2005). The rise of glocality: New senses of place and identity in the global village. 10p. *

Watch relevant videos

Edward Said On Orientalism


Nollywood: The third biggest film industry, but no cinemas


Jack Shaheen: Reel Bad Arabs (Documentary)

 
Watch more from this YouTube playlist




Useful links:

torsdag 25. september 2014

3.2. Terrorism

Goals of learning from this lesson:
  • What is terrorism?
  • How do you differentiate between "old" and "new" forms of terrorism?
  • Why is the relation between mainstream media and terrorists sometimes regarded as symbiotic?
  • What is radicalization and how can terrorist groups create their own media systems to achieve this?

The lecture

Browse through the latest lecture presentation in BA-Course at Lillehammer College.





The literature:
Seib, P. M., & Janbek, D. M. (2011). Communicating Terror. 21p. *
Hoskins, A., & O’Loughlin, B. (2010). War and media. Chap. 8. 16p.
Oates, S. (2008). Introduction to media and politics. Chap. 7. 18p.

Watch relevant videos

Aspen Ideas Festival: The Media's Role in Covering Terrorism


Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose U.S. Media's Double Standard On "Terrorism"


Terror and social media


More from the YouTube playlist


Useful links
Info on Al-Shabaab.

torsdag 18. september 2014

2.4. Empowerment

Goals of learning from this lesson
  • What is the media's role in maintaining or changing power relationships?
  • How is gender constructed through the media?
  • Why can the internet be regarded as "helpful" for political participation and protest?
  • When might the internet be harmful for democracy?

The lecture

Browse through lecture from course in Media & Politics at Lillehammer College.



The literature
  • Hodkinson, P. (2011). Media, culture and society. Chap. 11. 22p.
  • Curran, J. et al. (2012). Misunderstanding the Internet. Chap. 5-6. 45 p.
  • Oates, S. (2008). Introduction to media and politics. Chap. 9. 19p.
  • Shirky, C. (2011). The Political Power of Social Media. 13p.*

Watch relevant videos

Clay Shirky - Here Comes Everybody


Evgeny Morozov: To Save Everything Click Here


Ethan Zuckerman: Cute Cats and the Arab Spring


Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out


Watch more on the YouTube playlist



Useful links

The Internet Debate
 You might also want to have a look on classic writings:

The Arab Spring and the Media

Gender and empowerment

tirsdag 16. september 2014

2.3. Hate and conspiracy


Goals of learning from this lesson
  • What are "media templates"?
  • How are genocides pre- and post mediated?
  • How do you de recognize a genocide?
  • Why are conspiracy theories so hard to kill?
  • When is it reasonable to talk about "conspiracy cultures"?

The lecture

This lecture in my BA Course on Media & Politics at Lillehammer University College can be viewed below as a Prezi-presentation.

 


The literature: 
  • Aupers, S. (2012). “Trust No One”: Modernization, Paranoia and Conspiracy Culture. 12p. *
  • Arnold, G. B. (2008). Belief and Disbelief. 14p. *
  • Hoskins, A., & O’Loughlin, B. (2010). War and media. Chap. 5. 17p.
  • Sunstein, C. R., & Vermeule, A. (2009). Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures. 25p

Watch relevant videos

Karen Douglas On Conspiracy Theories


The Milgram Experiment


Daniel Goldhagen's "Genocide - Worse than War"



Watch more on the YouTube playlist

Useful links

torsdag 11. september 2014

2.2. The Public Sphere

Goals of learning from this lesson
  • What is a public sphere?
  • How are imagined communities - such as nations - affected by the mass media?
  • How do you explain that audiences may be transformed into pro-sumers/prod-users by internet technology?
  • Why is there a division between centripetal and centrifugal media?
  • When can the internet be regarded as contributing to centrifugality?

The lecture

This lecture in my BA Course on Media & Politics at Lillehammer University College can be viewed below as a Prezi-presentation.



The literature:
Curran, J. et al. (2012). Misunderstanding the Internet. Chap. 2, 4. 68p.
Hodkinson, P. (2011). Media, culture and society. Chapter 9. 18p.


Watch relevant videos

Habermas' Public Sphere


Yochai Benkler on Truthiness and the Networked Public Sphere


Eli Pariser - The Filter Bubble: What The Internet Is Hiding From You


Watch more on the YouTube playlist



Useful links