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Janus-faced discourse in contemporary Norwegian policy framing for tackling educational inequality? A critical analysis of contemporary tensions and contradictions
(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
(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
(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
(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.
(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
(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
(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
(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?
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Defending Democracy: Prioritizing the Study of Epistemic Inequalities
(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
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The Spatial Dimension of Climate Change Attitudes: A Study of the Urban-Rural and Center-Periphery Divide in Norway
(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
(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
(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
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The Trumpization of the Grand Old Party
(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
(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
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Illicit Resilience: Revisiting Political Ecologies of Conservation Noncompliance in the Context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
(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 ... -
Det skal skje
(Master thesis, 2024-12-02)Brann gjennomførte i årene 2021 til 2024 en reise fra moralsk og sportslig forfall, til å bli et samlingspunkt for byen Bergen. De har blitt et fotballag som innbyggerne kan være stolte av. Denne masteroppgaven er en skisse ...