Department of Information Science and Media Studies: Recent submissions
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Verification and Strategy Synthesis for Coalition Announcement Logic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Coalition announcement logic (CAL) is one of the family of the logics of quantified announcements. It allows us to reason about what a coalition of agents can achieve by making announcements in the setting where the ... -
Understanding digital disconnection beyond media studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Digital disconnection or ‘digital detox’ has become a key reference point for media scholars interested in how media technology increasingly gains influence on our everyday lives. Digital disconnection from intrusive media ... -
No Finite Model Property for Logics of Quantified Announcements
(Chapter, 2021)Quantification over public announcements shifts the perspective from reasoning strictly about the results of a particular announcement to reasoning about the existence of an announcement that achieves some certain epistemic ... -
Automation and redistribution of work: the impact of social distancing on live TV production
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Informal Caregivers and Psychosocial Support: Analysis of European Dementia Policy Documents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Various countries in Europe have different strategies for promoting care solutions for dementia challenges. The different approaches of Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Israel, ... -
Åland - A peculiar media system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article captures the dynamics of a special case when it comes to media systems, namely the Åland Islands, or Åland, with 6,700 islands and 30,000 inhabitants. Åland is one of three self-governed areas in the Nordic ... -
Visual Rhetoric and the Power of Imagery: A Brief Lesson in the Rhetorical Power of Images and the Need for phronesis and krisis in the Teaching of Visual Rhetoric
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Since the ancient rhetoricians, humans have awarded imagery, the visual, and the vivid an extraordinary effect on emotions and memory. Such assumptions have led to iconophobia, iconoclasm, and myths about the special power ... -
Nordic journalists’ conceptual roles and perceived influences. A European and inter-Nordic comparison
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this article, we comparatively explore Nordic journalists’ perceived roles and influences on their work using survey data from the Worlds of Journalism project (2012–2016). In a European context, a principal component ... -
The Cholesterol Factor: Balancing Accuracy and Health in Recipe Recommendation Through a Nutrient-Specific Metric
(Chapter, 2021)Whereas many food recommender systems optimize for users’ preferences, health is another but often overlooked objective. This paper aims to recommend relevant recipes that avoid nutrients that contribute to high levels of ... -
The Rhetoric of Digital Presentation Tools in Politics: The Case of Visual Knowledge in President Obama’s Enhanced State Of the Union
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)President Barack Obama's State of the Union speeches were distributed online as so–called Enhanced versions, where the television images of Obama delivering the speech were accompanied by pictures, graphs, and tables used ... -
Designing Videos with and for Adults with ADHD for an Online Intervention: Participatory Design Study and Thematic Analysis of Evaluation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) represent a heterogeneous group with both strengths and difficulties associated with the diagnosis. An online intervention attuned to their needs may ... -
Developing and Evaluating a University Recommender System
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A challenge for many young adults is to find the right institution to follow higher education. Global university rankings are a commonly used, but inefficient tool, for they do not consider a person's preferences and needs. ... -
On the Mainstream/Alternative Continuum: Mainstream Media Reactions to Right-Wing Alternative News Media
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Using the mainstream media as a starting point, this article argues that the ongoing changes in the mainstream/alternative continuum are not just dependent on how right-wing alternative news media relate to certain ... -
Slindebirken – en nasjonal relikvie
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Modal Logics and Group Polarization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper proposes different ways of modally defining properties related to the concept of balance in signed social networks where relations can be either positive or negative. The motivation is to be able to formally ... -
An Application of Bayesian Network in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(Master thesis, 2021-11-30)Mental health has received increased focus in recent years, with a larger emphasis on treatment and acceptance. However, evidence-based psychological interventions are of poor availability and have room for improvement. ... -
Responsible media technology and AI: challenges and research directions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The last two decades have witnessed major disruptions to the traditional media industry as a result of technological breakthroughs. New opportunities and challenges continue to arise, most recently as a result of the rapid ... -
Journalistic Passion as Commodity: A Managerial Perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article focuses on the role of passion in news journalism from a managerial perspective. The analysis is based on a data set of 40,621 web-based job advertisements obtained from Journalismjobs.com, from the year 2002 ... -
Advancing digital disconnection research: Introduction to the special issue
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Over the past decade, scholarly interest in “digital disconnection” and related concepts has grown in media and communication studies, and in related disciplines. The idea of digital disconnection explicitly references ... -
A day at the races: Using best arm identification algorithms to reduce the cost of information retrieval user studies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Two major barriers to conducting user studies are the costs involved in recruiting participants and researcher time in performing studies. Typical solutions are to study convenience samples or design studies that can be ...