Browsing Department of Information Science and Media Studies by Author "Ihlen, Øyvind"

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Expert ethos and the strength of networks: negotiations of credibility in mediated debate on COVID-19

Kjeldsen, Jens Elmelund; Ihlen, Øyvind; Just, Sine Nørholm; Larsson, Anders Olof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

For public health promotion to succeed, popular support is necessary and the chosen policies and measures have to be perceived as legitimate by the public. In other words, health authorities need to build on and sustain ...
Strategic COVID-19 management in communicational practice: At the crossroads to remain open or not in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Rasmussen, Joel; Ihlen, Øyvind; Kjeldsen, Jens Elmelund (Chapter, 2023)

This chapter examines how leading politicians and representatives of the public health authorities in Scandinavia attempted to create consent for their strategic choices to adopt or refrain from collective prevention ...
Transparency beyond information disclosure: strategies of the Scandinavian public health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ihlen, Øyvind; Just, Sine N.; Kjeldsen, Jens Elmelund; Mølster, Ragnhild; Offerdal, Truls Strand; Rasmussen, Joel; Skogerbø, Eli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

The concept of transparency has been problematized in risk research. This exploratory study contributes to the risk literature by considering an established three-dimensional transparency framework (information substantiality, ...