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Conversations with my Robot
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Telescopic Philanthropy, Emancipation and Development Communication Theory
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)Development communication theory can be framed as the rescue mission of the global north to save the global south from itself. It is in view of this that this paper asks: what does it mean to found the emancipation of ... -
Building an Agenda for Media and Communication Research in Africa
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)This article lays down a number of points that need to be reflected upon in building a research agenda for media and communication research in Africa. It resurrects some old questions about the identity of the field. It ... -
From an Echo of the West to a Voice of Its Own? Sub-Saharan African Research under the Loophole
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Media and the Global Divide A Bottom-up and Citizen Perspective
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)When addressing media and global divides, the focus of the problem is often on the overall global trends in media and cultural production – identifying current developments in different regions of the worlds, and illustrating ... -
Dead Ground Fallacies of Understanding Global Divides, Policy-Making and Communication
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)This chapter addresses cultural production and global divides from a media geographer’s point of view by introducing ‘dead ground’ as its central concept. This concept is borrowed from strategic thinking, originally a ... -
Maps and Mandalas, Division and Multiplication Media and Global Divides
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)In this plenary talk delivered to the IAMCR conference on “Global Divides” in Stockholm, July 2008, I explore a range of issues triggered by the very phrase “global divides”. I ask whether the world is divided and, if ... -
Alumnuppföljningar. Hur arbetar Göteborgs universitet med uppföljningar av tidigare studenter? En nulägesbeskrivning.
(Göteborgs universitet, 2009-10)Högskoleverket konstaterade 2004 i rapporten ”Uppföljning av studenter” att det genomförts en mängd alumnundersökningar vid Göteborgs universitet men att arbetet hade brister i systematik, samordning och återkoppling. Sedan ... -
Targeting the Player. Computer Games as Propaganda for the Military-Industrial Complex
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The historical roots of the technology and design of computer games can be found in Pentagon-supported research in 1960s. Many computer games had their origin as simulators and training equipment for the armed forces. ... -
Playful Persuasion. The Rhetorical Potential of Advergames
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The use of video games for advertising purposes is persuasive communication which directly involves the recipient in the construction of an argument. This form is becoming increasingly common, and the present article ... -
Self-Reflection. Beyond Conventional Fiction Film Engagement
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)Idiosyncratic responses are more strictly personal responses to fiction film that vary across individual spectators. In philosophy of film, idiosyncratic responses are often deemed inappropriate, unwarranted and unintended ... -
New Narrative Depths? Spectacle and Narrative in Blockbuster Cinema Revisited
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The article aims to tease out an implicit, possibly even instinctive, assumption about why big-budget blockbuster storylines come up short compared to other kinds of culturally sanctioned narratives. Briefly, the assumption ... -
Sweetening the Deal To what Extent can Public Funding Attract Private Film Investors?
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)Various forms of public funding are used to encourage national film production, and one important quality of such funding is its ability to attract complementary private financing and thus maximize the resources available ... -
Media in Post-Communist Mongolia. Challenges and Opportunities in the Democratization Process
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The introduction of a liberal media model built on freedom of expression, non-regulation, and free market in Post-Communist Mongolia has lead to a plethora of new media outlets. In a context of external pluralism, the ... -
“Teenagers Get Undressed on the Internet”. Young People’s Exposure of Bodies in a Swedish Internet Community
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)During recent years, Swedish media have paid attention to young people’s presentations of self in Internet communities, claiming that these presentations are often sexually provocative. The present study aims at investigating ... -
Mega-Sporting Events and the Media in Attention Economies. National and International Press Coverage of the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki 2005
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The present article examines the IAAF World Championships as a commercialized mega- sporting event and an expression of the contemporary experience industry. The focus of the empirical analysis is on the national and ... -
Introverted Locals or World Citizens? A Quantitative Study of Interest in Local and Foreign News in Traditional Media and on the Internet
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)Claiming that interest in local vs. foreign news is one way of measuring orientation towards local and greater society, this paper utilizes a Norwegian survey with questions about interest in news to identify groups with ... -
Children’s Electronic Gaming Content Preferences and Psychosocial Factors. Is there a Connection?
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The gaming industry has dramatically increased the range of choices for different game genres and content. Despite this, research on psychosocial factors in children and electronic gaming has primarily focused on time ... -
Normative Media Research. Moving from the Ivory Tower to the Control Tower
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)The article enquires about the role of researchers in an era of increasingly competitive innovation in the media industry. I argue that research-driven change in the mass media is possible, and that there should be more ... -
Postdoc-anställningar. Utvärdering av 2007 års strategiska stasning på postdoc-anställningar.
(Göteborgs universitet, 2010-03)