• The Democratisation of Eastern Europe 1989-2004. A closer look at how Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria have handled the challenges of economic development, good governance, nationalism and xenophobia 

  Knutsen, Terje (Doctoral thesis, 2009-06-23)

  In the period since the fall of communism in 1989-1991, Eastern Europe has gone through massive societal turmoil. This dissertation takes a closer look at how five East European countries, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary ...

• Janus-faced discourse in contemporary Norwegian policy framing for tackling educational inequality? A critical analysis of contemporary tensions and contradictions 

  Jensen, Joakim; Skrobanek, Jan; Jobst, Solvejg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This paper focuses on contemporary tensions and contradictions in current Norwegian educational policy discourse. Based on critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Norwegian governmental white papers our analysis reveals that ...

• Finding middle grounds for incoherent horn expressions: the moral machine case 

  Ozaki Rivera Castillo, Ana Helena; Rehman, Anum; Slavkovik, Marija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Smart devices that operate in a shared environment with people need to be aligned with their values and requirements. We study the problem of multiple stakeholders informing the same device on what the right thing to do ...

• Audience Experience Design for Film 

  Gallo, Cody (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  The digital era has had a transformative impact on the film industry. The industry grapples with three major disruptions: the marginalization of independent film in theatrical markets, rapid technological advancements, and ...

• Life and the Road. Vehicle Dwellers and the American Dream 

  Olsen, Marte Bruem (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  This thesis is an ethnographic study of ‘vehicle dwellers’, more typically known as ‘vanlifers’, living on the road full-time in the southwest of the United States of America. The empirical material of this thesis is based ...

• Mediert politiker i kortformat En retorisk analyse av Simen Velles kommunikasjon på sosiale medier. 

  Sundsbak, Nils Petter Gaarden (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  I en tid der sosiale medier fundamentalt endrer betingelsene for politisk kommunikasjon, representerer FpU-leder Simen Velle en ny generasjon politikere som har vokst opp med - og mestrer - digitale plattformer. Denne ...

• A Sense of Place in a Placeless Non-place 

  Rodval, Robin Sebastian (Master thesis, 2024-12-06)

  The purpose of this thesis is to research a digital sense of place as experienced by roleplayers in World of Warcraft. This is done in an effort to gain a deeper understanding on why people decide to spend a considerable ...

• Wizards, Controversy, and Cancel Culture Dynamics: Player Decisions, Community Shifts, and the Impact of Cancel Culture on Content Creation During the Release of the Video Game Hogwarts Legacy 

  Heggholmen, Mariana Gabriela Delgado (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  This thesis examines how “cancel culture” affects online communities, specifically within gaming and content creation spaces, using the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy as a case study. By using a mixed method ...

• A Speleological Study and Cave Value Assessment of Kristoffergrotta, a Karst Cave in Rana, Northern Norway 

  Vetaas, Frida Lotte (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  SAMMENDRAG Karstlandskap, dannet ved oppløsning av løselig berggrunn, er globalt viktige både for sine morfologiske trekk og for sin rolle i grunnvannslagring. Denne avhandlingen undersøker Kristoffergrotta, som ligger i ...

• Gender, Governance, and Education: Is there Intra-Autocratic Variation in Women’s Influence on Education Outcomes? 

  Taule, Even Kristoffer (Master thesis, 2024-11-20)

• Defending Democracy: Prioritizing the Study of Epistemic Inequalities 

  Gagrcin, Emilija; Moe, Hallvard (Journal article, 2024)

  Digital media have fundamentally altered how knowledge is produced and distributed, often being blamed for contemporary democratic problems. This short essay examines recent contributions to normative democratic theory, ...

• Jürgen Habermas Den nye offentligheten: Strukturendring og deliberativ politikk 

  Moe, Hallvard (Journal article, 2024)

• The Spatial Dimension of Climate Change Attitudes: A Study of the Urban-Rural and Center-Periphery Divide in Norway 

  Rosenlund, Emilie Kahrs (Master thesis, 2024-11-20)

  Climate change attitudes are crucial in shaping public support for climate policies, yet geographic divides in these attitudes remain underexplored. This thesis investigates how rurality and the center-periphery divide ...

• Hydrogeologi i Glomdalakviferane, Mo i Rana 

  Haugum, June Vatsø (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  I Glomdalen er det to store og ulike karstsystem med godt utvikla underjordiske dreneringssystem. Tilførselen til kvart system er i hovudsak gjennom eitt større bekkenedløp. Begge systema har utløp gjennom kjelde. Systema ...

• Classifying Users in a Norwegian Twitter Network Using Network Structure and Text Analysis 

  Gravdal, Stian (Master thesis, 2024-12-02)

  The goal of this thesis is to understand the network structure of a constructed network of Twitter data in Norwegian about Covid-19. The network was constructed by using the users as nodes and retweets as the links between ...

• Personalization and de-institutionalization: Our common conceptual framework 

  Harmel, Robert; Svåsand, Lars; Mjelde, Hilmar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

• The Trumpization of the Grand Old Party 

  Harmel, Robert; Mjelde, Hilmar; Svåsand, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: The purposes of this article are to (1) detail the extent to which the Republican Party personalized in the period from Donald Trump's first becoming a presidential candidate through 2022 and the process by ...

• Platform paradoxes and public service media legitimacy: a cross-national study 

  Olsen, Ragnhild Kr.; Tenenboim, Ori; Hess, Kristy; Westlund, Oscar; Linden, Carl-Gustav; Broersma, Marcel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The intricate relationship between public service media (PSM) andsocial media platforms has emerged as a critical factor significantlyimpacting the legitimacy of the PSM institution. This study adopts adiscursive ...

• Context matters- The Influence of Municipal Characteristics on Representatives' Role Perceptions in Norway 

  Hommeland, Elisa Alfsen (Master thesis, 2024-11-20)

• Illicit Resilience: Revisiting Political Ecologies of Conservation Noncompliance in the Context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 

  Dutta, Anwesha; Cavanagh, Connor Joseph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Over the past several decades, the spatial extent of national parks, forest reserves, and other protected areas has expanded rapidly, encompassing more than 16 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial and inland water area in ...

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