Anna Grøndahl Larsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Grøndahl Larsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna Grøndahl |
| FAMILY NAME | Larsen |
| SIGNATURE | LARSEN A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6600-7606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Connecting to Local Publics Through Media: An in-Depth Study of Local Media Use and Public Connection
The places where citizens live their everyday lives constitute an important yet under-researched context for public connection. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of how citizens’ everyday media use entails connecting to local publics, and how an orientation towards local publics constitutes a component of public connection more broadly. Methodologically, the paper draws on recurring interviews and logging of the weekly media use and inform…
The impact of chatbots on public service provision: A qualitative interview study with citizens and public service providers
Chatbots are increasingly taken up by public service providers, yet the implications of taking up this technology as part of public service provision is understudied. Based on a thematic analysis of 34 in-depth interviews with citizens and public service providers concerning a chatbot for municipal information and service delivery, this article contributes insights on how public service chatbots impact public value creation. Theoretically, we dra…
Reporting Through Patriotic Lenses: How Journalists and Political Actors Understand and Assess the Community Role of Local Journalism
Local news media are seen as key to local democracy and communal cohesion. This article asks how the community role of local journalism is understood and assessed by journalists and political actors. The study builds on 26 in-depth interviews with local journalists and local political actors involved in conflicts over localisation of hospitals in two different regions in Norway. Theoretically, the article draws on research into the roles of local…
Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
This book explores the relationship between the safety of journalists and self-censorship practices around the world, including local case studies and regional and international perspectives. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from around the globe, Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship provides new and updated insights into patterns of self-censorship and free speech, focusing on a variety of factors that affect these issues, including…
What Does Digital Journalism Studies Look Like
This article analyses the characteristics of digital journalism studies through an empirical investigation of all articles published in the journal Digital Journalism, from its launch in 2013 to issue 6, 2018. The aim of the analysis is to identify dominant themes and degrees of diversity and interdisciplinary in digital journalism studies, and to identify biases and blind spots. The article is based on analysis of keywords, abstracts and referen…
Threatening criminals and marginalized individuals: Frames and news conventions in reporting of radicalization and violent extremism
The phenomenon of so-called foreign fighters has in recent years attracted renewed public interest regarding why young people who have grown up in Western, democratic countries come to accept and engage in politically motivated violence, and these issues have received extensive news attention. Based on analysis of news texts published in four major Norwegian news outlets throughout 2014 and 2015, and supplemented with in-depth interviews with rep…
Newsworthy actors, illegitimate voices: Journalistic strategies in dealing with voices deemed anti-democratic and violent
In recent years, violent extremism has been high on the global public agenda, invoking normative questions about the limits of free speech and how liberal democracies should deal with actors who promote views deemed anti-democratic and violent. Based on in-depth interviews with Norwegian newsroom professionals and content analysis of news from major Norwegian news outlets (n = 1819), this article explores how newsrooms deal with an important dile…
Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations
Social media (SoMe) platforms provide potentially important information for news journalists during everyday work and in crisis-related contexts. The aims of this study were (a) to map central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using SoMe for collecting and validating newsworthy content; and (b) to investigate how practices may contribute to a user-friendly design of a web-based SoMe content validation toolset. Interviews w…
Protection or Participation: Editorial evaluation of two news serials concerning irregular migrant children
Children’s status as a particularly vulnerable group in society implies a journalistic obligation to shed light on children’s stories and listen to their perspectives, but their vulnerable position also means they deserve protection from potentially harmful news coverage. Based on a close-reading of two extensively covered news serials concerning irregular migrant children facing deportation, and on in-depth interviews with journalists, editors, …
Investigative Reporting in the Networked Media Environment: Journalists’ use of social media in reporting violent extremism
The internet and social media sites are used extensively by violent extremist actors, providing new areas of inquiry for journalists reporting violent extremism. Based on 26 in-depth interviews with Norwegian media professionals, the present article describes how journalists monitor, assess, and make use of online information in investigative reporting of violent extremist groups in today’s networked media environment, characterized by complex in…
Behind the Framing Scenes: Challenges and Opportunities for NGOs and Authorities Framing Irregular Immigration
Internationally, the issue of irregular immigration is highly contested and actors promote different frames in the news. In this article, we analyze the strategizing that goes on behind the scenes among nongovernmental organizations and public immigration authorities. Many studies have documented how strategic actors take advantage of mainstream news media conventions, but there is a dearth of research on how these frame sponsors critically refle…
What Does Digital Journalism Studies Look Like
This article analyses the characteristics of digital journalism studies through an empirical investigation of all articles published in the journal Digital Journalism, from its launch in 2013 to issue 6, 2018. The aim of the analysis is to identify dominant themes and degrees of diversity and interdisciplinary in digital journalism studies, and to identify biases and blind spots. The article is based on analysis of keywords, abstracts and referen…
Behind the Framing Scenes: Challenges and Opportunities for NGOs and Authorities Framing Irregular Immigration
Internationally, the issue of irregular immigration is highly contested and actors promote different frames in the news. In this article, we analyze the strategizing that goes on behind the scenes among nongovernmental organizations and public immigration authorities. Many studies have documented how strategic actors take advantage of mainstream news media conventions, but there is a dearth of research on how these frame sponsors critically refle…
The impact of chatbots on public service provision: A qualitative interview study with citizens and public service providers
Chatbots are increasingly taken up by public service providers, yet the implications of taking up this technology as part of public service provision is understudied. Based on a thematic analysis of 34 in-depth interviews with citizens and public service providers concerning a chatbot for municipal information and service delivery, this article contributes insights on how public service chatbots impact public value creation. Theoretically, we dra…
Newsworthy actors, illegitimate voices: Journalistic strategies in dealing with voices deemed anti-democratic and violent
In recent years, violent extremism has been high on the global public agenda, invoking normative questions about the limits of free speech and how liberal democracies should deal with actors who promote views deemed anti-democratic and violent. Based on in-depth interviews with Norwegian newsroom professionals and content analysis of news from major Norwegian news outlets (n = 1819), this article explores how newsrooms deal with an important dile…
Threatening criminals and marginalized individuals: Frames and news conventions in reporting of radicalization and violent extremism
The phenomenon of so-called foreign fighters has in recent years attracted renewed public interest regarding why young people who have grown up in Western, democratic countries come to accept and engage in politically motivated violence, and these issues have received extensive news attention. Based on analysis of news texts published in four major Norwegian news outlets throughout 2014 and 2015, and supplemented with in-depth interviews with rep…
Behind the Framing Scenes: Challenges and Opportunities for NGOs and Authorities Framing Irregular Immigration
Internationally, the issue of irregular immigration is highly contested and actors promote different frames in the news. In this article, we analyze the strategizing that goes on behind the scenes among nongovernmental organizations and public immigration authorities. Many studies have documented how strategic actors take advantage of mainstream news media conventions, but there is a dearth of research on how these frame sponsors critically refle…
Protection or Participation: Editorial evaluation of two news serials concerning irregular migrant children
Children’s status as a particularly vulnerable group in society implies a journalistic obligation to shed light on children’s stories and listen to their perspectives, but their vulnerable position also means they deserve protection from potentially harmful news coverage. Based on a close-reading of two extensively covered news serials concerning irregular migrant children facing deportation, and on in-depth interviews with journalists, editors, …
Investigative Reporting in the Networked Media Environment: Journalists’ use of social media in reporting violent extremism
The internet and social media sites are used extensively by violent extremist actors, providing new areas of inquiry for journalists reporting violent extremism. Based on 26 in-depth interviews with Norwegian media professionals, the present article describes how journalists monitor, assess, and make use of online information in investigative reporting of violent extremist groups in today’s networked media environment, characterized by complex in…
Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations
Social media (SoMe) platforms provide potentially important information for news journalists during everyday work and in crisis-related contexts. The aims of this study were (a) to map central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using SoMe for collecting and validating newsworthy content; and (b) to investigate how practices may contribute to a user-friendly design of a web-based SoMe content validation toolset. Interviews w…
Threatening criminals and marginalized individuals: Frames and news conventions in reporting of radicalization and violent extremism
The phenomenon of so-called foreign fighters has in recent years attracted renewed public interest regarding why young people who have grown up in Western, democratic countries come to accept and engage in politically motivated violence, and these issues have received extensive news attention. Based on analysis of news texts published in four major Norwegian news outlets throughout 2014 and 2015, and supplemented with in-depth interviews with rep…
Newsworthy actors, illegitimate voices: Journalistic strategies in dealing with voices deemed anti-democratic and violent
In recent years, violent extremism has been high on the global public agenda, invoking normative questions about the limits of free speech and how liberal democracies should deal with actors who promote views deemed anti-democratic and violent. Based on in-depth interviews with Norwegian newsroom professionals and content analysis of news from major Norwegian news outlets (n = 1819), this article explores how newsrooms deal with an important dile…
What Does Digital Journalism Studies Look Like
This article analyses the characteristics of digital journalism studies through an empirical investigation of all articles published in the journal Digital Journalism, from its launch in 2013 to issue 6, 2018. The aim of the analysis is to identify dominant themes and degrees of diversity and interdisciplinary in digital journalism studies, and to identify biases and blind spots. The article is based on analysis of keywords, abstracts and referen…
Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
This book explores the relationship between the safety of journalists and self-censorship practices around the world, including local case studies and regional and international perspectives. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from around the globe, Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship provides new and updated insights into patterns of self-censorship and free speech, focusing on a variety of factors that affect these issues, including…
Reporting Through Patriotic Lenses: How Journalists and Political Actors Understand and Assess the Community Role of Local Journalism
Local news media are seen as key to local democracy and communal cohesion. This article asks how the community role of local journalism is understood and assessed by journalists and political actors. The study builds on 26 in-depth interviews with local journalists and local political actors involved in conflicts over localisation of hospitals in two different regions in Norway. Theoretically, the article draws on research into the roles of local…
The impact of chatbots on public service provision: A qualitative interview study with citizens and public service providers
Chatbots are increasingly taken up by public service providers, yet the implications of taking up this technology as part of public service provision is understudied. Based on a thematic analysis of 34 in-depth interviews with citizens and public service providers concerning a chatbot for municipal information and service delivery, this article contributes insights on how public service chatbots impact public value creation. Theoretically, we dra…
Connecting to Local Publics Through Media: An in-Depth Study of Local Media Use and Public Connection
The places where citizens live their everyday lives constitute an important yet under-researched context for public connection. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of how citizens’ everyday media use entails connecting to local publics, and how an orientation towards local publics constitutes a component of public connection more broadly. Methodologically, the paper draws on recurring interviews and logging of the weekly media use and inform…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Media and Politics (8 works) · Media Studies and Communication (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Internet privacy (4 works)