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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

There is too much news, and Hallvard Moe and I wrote a book about it. Our analysis of news saturation, doomscrolling and information overload will be published this fall with @brisunipress.bsky.social, open access supported by @unibergen.bsky.social Check out the contents and cover here! #CommSky

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Too Much News

Too Much News - Understanding News Saturation; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Overwhelmed by the news? You're not alone. This book explores why news saturation is reshaping...

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Stine Lomborg @stinelomborg.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Interested in joining a vibrant hub for research on human and societal consequences of digital communication and datafication? We're hiring a new TT assistant professor at Center for Tracking & Society in Copenhagen: jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track...

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Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research

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Lene Angelskår @lenange.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

New @ijoc-usc.bsky.social CFP on Distributed Citizenship! How do we share democratic chores across platforms, networks and infrastructures? www4.uib.no/en/research/... Timeline: ✏️Abstracts: 15 Dec 2025 🏛️Workshop in Bergen (March 2026) 📝Papers: 31 May 2026 #commsky #polisky

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Call for papers: Special Section on Distributed Citizenship | University of Bergen

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We are hiring a postdoc! Looking for a scholar interested in doing qualitative research on news experiences and perceptions of AI, to join the Imagine project and Media use research group in Bergen #CommSky

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Professor Ranjana Das @profranjanadas.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

What does #LocalNews have to do with #parenting and raising #children? Our brand 🆕 paper from The Leverhulme Trust #news #use study shows #parents use local news as anchors ⚓️, escape 🪜, as a lens 🔭, and news use as a site of parenting labour 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒. #OpenAccess now journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Lene Angelskår @lenange.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Interested in vulnerability in research on datafied media experiences, digital societies & algorithms? Join our seminar on Digital Vulnerabilities on April 3rd! Organized by @janniehartley.bsky.social & @hildesak.bsky.social, host: @britaytrearne.bsky.social 's MUCS project #commsky

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Digital Vulnerabilities

Welcome to an open seminar on digital vulnerabilities.

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Kristin @kthftw.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Det er 8. mars og jeg er inne for å minne kvinner på at det pågår et arbeid for å gi deg mer arbeid. Bak ideer om "sløsing" og "effektivisering" rigges det til at du skal få deg en stadig større ubetalt deltidsjobb, der du utstyres med gaffateip og blir overlatt til å redde velferdstaten med DYI

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We #standupforscience2025 at the University of Bergen! Look how many people showed up just at a couple hours notice. To our colleagues in the USA: we support you and we hope you have courage to show up for today's demonstrations for science all over the USA and the world: standupforscience2025.org

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

From our research on news experiences, Hallvard Moe and I have a book contract with @brisunipress.bsky.social to write "Too much news: Understanding information overload in digital society". We will discuss news in the attention economy, in the permacrisis, and in everyday life. Forthcoming in 2026.

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Kjekt med positiv omtale av metodeboken vår i Norsk medietidsskrift! "Metoder for å forstå mediebruk" er tilgjengelig fra Universitetsforlaget til en ok pris, og klar for pensumlister og for store og små prosjekter.

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Frisk og engasjerende om metoder for å forstå mediebruk

Idunn is Scandinavian University Press’ (Universitetsforlaget) digital publishing platform for academic journals and books.

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Lene Angelskår @lenange.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

- Når klima gjennomsyrer «alt» kan det føles overbelastende og forvirrende, og det blir vanskelig å gripe hva saken egentlig handler om, sier min kollega Solveig om klimanyheter. Ny forskning fra MUCS-prosjektet! @britaytrearne.bsky.social @uibcet.bsky.social

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Ny forskning om klimanyheter: «Noe med klima er vanskelig å sette ord på»

Nyheter om klimaendringer kan oppleves uhåndgripelige og fjerne. To nye studier avdekker hvordan vi forstår og tolker klimanyheter.

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Publication news: We analyzed how Norwegian audiences perceive climate change as a news topic, and found intangibility: Climate change is less integrated in news habits, and lacking demarcations and spatiotemporal grounding. Out now in Environmental Communication! @uibcet.bsky.social #CommSky

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Climate Change Is an Intangible News Topic: A Qualitative Analysis of Audience Perceptions

In this article we examine how news audiences perceive the issue of climate change, arguing that it appears intangible compared to other major news topics people routinely encounter in everyday med...

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

New article on how news experiences resonate in everyday life, from my good colleague Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus, now out in Journalism! #CommSky journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

How audiences follow news on climate change? This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Read here: buff.ly/4jwvTNG 7 findings in thread

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Aske Kammer @askekammer.dk · 12/12/2024

‪" #DataPublics: The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies", edited by @janniehartley.bsky.social et al., is an excellent book about the ways data practices shape society and the constellations of people in it. #AskeXmas 12/24 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/datapublics

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DataPublics

DataPublics - The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies; EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on empirical data from US and UK as well as the unique example...

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Congratulations to @profranjanadas.bsky.social on this brilliant book which is officially out in the world today! #CommSky

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Aske Kammer @askekammer.dk · 01/12/2024

The first entry in #AskeXmas: "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life. www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati... 1/24

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The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection | Nordicom

“The digital backlash” covers a range of social and cultural practices of digital disconnection, as well as critiques of the impact of digital technologies and platforms in the world today. Through ca...

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Aske Kammer @askekammer.dk · 01/12/2024

'Tis the season to be wiser. Bringing back a tradition, I'll do an #AdventCalendar with one piece of freely available media/comm/journalism research each day until Christmas. I'll try to keep it relevant behond the academy. Hashtag (to follow or block): #AskeXmas 0/24

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ALT: a man in a white jacket talks to another man in a brown shirt

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We’re organising a PhD summer school at the Centre for Digital Narrative here in Bergen (@cdn-bergen.bsky.social) 10-14th June - here’s some early info, the full call for participation will be out by December 20th! www.uib.no/en/cdn/17442...

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CDN Digital Narrative PhD Summer School

Save the date – 10-14 June 2025.

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tomorrow Mehri Agai will defend her PhD thesis on digital ambivalence amongst youth. The thesis includes four papers that develop different perspectives on digital disconnection. Looking forward to listening to inspiring discussions! academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...

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Disputas og prøveforelesning: Mehri S. Agai

Mehri Agai disputerer 28.11.24 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Digital Flux: The Process of Youth Disconnection in an Ambivalent Digital Modernity". Prøveforelesningen be...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Professorship in Digital Communication with a Focus on Digital Society

Application Deadline: February 17, 2025.

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Aske Kammer @askekammer.dk · 25/11/2024

Why do journalists migrate from X to Bluesky? That's the research question I want to answer. Those of you who work with making news and journalism, please respond to the survey in the link below. It takes around 7 min. Everyone, please share the link. Thanks! forms.office.com/e/34znxF45rG

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Microsoft Forms

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Reposting the starter pack of starter packs for new media scholars arriving!

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Interested in perceptions of AI? We are hiring a PhD candidate for our new project IMAGINE, to work with @erikknudsen.bsky.social on citizen panel data. Fully funded, good working conditions and a supportive research environment in beautiful Bergen! #CommSky

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PhD position in media studies - IMAGINE (270652) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD position in media studies - IMAGINE (270652), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Many are overwhelmed by the amount of news. But when we asked 270 media leaders globally, more said that their company's focus is on maximising attention than being respectful of their audience's time. From our annual Trends and Predictions report: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Join our friendly and supportive research environment in Bergen, Norway, to research perceptions of AI in media. Please tell students looking for a fully funded PhD with salary and good conditions! #CommSky

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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

👉 The Media & Communication starter pack of starter packs 📺 🎞️ 📱 💬 Internet Studies: go.bsky.app/LVrPemK Internet Studies 2: go.bsky.app/KHmxfWf Internet Studies 3: go.bsky.app/9uYafGv Media Theory: go.bsky.app/RGLr16b Audience Studies: go.bsky.app/2CKVP4u

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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I've started building an eclectic starter pack of accounts that make the internet a happy, fun, inspiring place - but I need your help! Please reply with your favourite curated accounts - from farming to found photos, obscure etymology, music & LGBTQ history - I'm not fussy. go.bsky.app/NkKNkeL

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

What do people really think about AI, and how are perceptions changing as new technologies become part of everyday media experiences? So happy that The Research Council of Norway will support our new project IMAGINE, looking into folk theories of AI over the next four years. #CommSky

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Awarded millions from NFR to map perceptions of artificial intelligence in everyday life

How do we imagine artificial intelligence? Researchers from Infomedia have received support from the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) to explore this timely question.

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

I am at #ECREA2024 in Ljubljana and it is just so nice to meet people! I presented on news satiation this morning, and my colleagues will present tomorrow from our study on how people make sense of climate change news.

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Disconnection scholars and others interested in digital media have been waiting for this one: The Digital Backlash anthology is out! Fully open access, with work by excellent people! #CommSky

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The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

The Journalism Studies special issue “Understanding News Avoidance: Paradoxes, Problems, and Priorities” is finally out! Introduction by @kimandersen.bsky.social @benjamintoff.bsky.social & me, and 10 original resarch articles by excellent authors! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/2... #CommSky

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Journalism Studies

All journal articles featured in Journalism Studies vol 25 issue 12

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

NY METODEBOK: Hallvard Moe og jeg har skrevet Metoder for å forstå mediebruk. For studenter, undervisere og forskere som er interesserte i sosiale medier, digital etnografi, mediedagbøker, intervjuteknikker, etikk og personvern, med mer. Bestill bok eller vurderingseksemplar her!

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Metoder for å forstå mediebruk

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Media scholars planning to attend the ECREA conference in the fall? Here is the CfP for a pre-conference on Dynamics of Digital Disconnection, 23.9 in Ljublana! Submit abstracts by April 3rd. Details here: #CommSky

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Any digital disconnection scholars here yet? The Digitox digital seminar series continues on Tuesday December 5th, with interesting talks on tech resistance in schools + everyday disconnectivity practices amongst youth. Join us! #CommSky

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Digitox seminar December 2023

In this seminar, Sara Katie Day Good and Mehri Agai present studies on technological resistance in schools and youth disconnection.

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Journalism & digital communication scholars: Where would you most want to publish a new book? Publishers, series or editors to recommend, either from good personal experience or because their books are interesting? CommSky

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Check out this CfP for a free virtual conference organized by prof Ranjana Das and colleagues. Very excited to speak at this event and discuss news experiences in the context of risk society, social relations, algorithms, climate change and more www.surrey.ac.uk/research-pro... CommSky

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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Hi 👋 Trying this place now. I am a media scholar 👩‍🏫 in 🇳🇴 interested in media in everyday life, researching digital media users 📲 I mostly post about research 📚, but really like a feed that also includes daily life, books, nature, jokes, personal reflections and cultural commentary, from nice people 😀

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