Terje Skjerdal
Biographic Data
| ID | 6522151 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terje Skjerdal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terje |
| FAMILY NAME | Skjerdal |
| SIGNATURE | SKJERDAL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | NLA University College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Spurring or Blurring Professional Standards? The Role of Digital Technology in Implementing Journalistic Role Ideals in Contemporary Newsrooms
This study examines the perceived relevance and implementation of competing normative ideals in journalism in times of increasing use of digital technology in newsrooms. Based on survey and content analysis data from 37 countries, we found a small positive relationship between the use of digital research tools and “watchdog” performance. However, a stronger and negative relationship emerged between the use of digital audience analytics and the pe…
Comparing Journalistic Role Performance Across Thematic Beats
Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second …
Blurred boundaries
Hong Kong has a reputation for being one of the freest media societies in Asia, but its ranking on press freedom indices has fallen steadily since the Chinese takeover in 1997. The online media have nevertheless created a space for a widened public sphere. In a situation of growing self-censorship and rise of alternative journalism formats, this study asks whether citizen journalism represents a viable alternative to conventional journalism. The …
Journalists’ Development Journalism Role Perceptions
Development journalism remains an important concept in the journalism studies literature, but it has, at the same time, suffered from a lack of empirical research. Drawing on a survey of 2598 journalists from eight South Asian, Southeast Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries, which was conducted as part of the Worlds of Journalism Study, this study assesses the importance journalists ascribe to three key development journalism roles—social int…
Why the ‘African’ still matters in African journalism studies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsTerje SkjerdalTerje Skjerdal is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, NLA University College, Kristiansand, Norway
Reading the Narratives
This article examines the narratives presented on the subjects of relocation, investment and development in Ethiopia. In particular, we focus upon representations given by the Government of Ethiopia and Human Rights Watch (HRW) of the Gambella Region. The article deconstructs and critically assesses the discourse and the way in which representations and descriptions are made in order to advocate a particular position. We argue for a less polarizi…
Gratifications et enveloppes dans le journalisme éthiopien
Les gratifications des journalistes par leurs sources sont des pratiques courantes pour les médias africains. Loin de s’attarder à la condamnation de ces pratiques financières ou en nature, Behanu Lodamo et Terje Skjerdal s’attachent à décrire de l’intérieur les mécanismes des « enveloppes brunes » en Éthiopie, pour en comprendre les logiques internes. Elles démontrent que certaines rémunérations, perçues par l’extérieur comme de la corruption, a…
Mapping the gap
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings on the media in 1997 were probably unique from a world perspective. In contrast to attempts made elsewhere world to investigate the role of the media in relation to political procedures, the TRC specifically called for the media to participate in the truth telling and reconciliation process. The process regarding the TRC media hearings, with emphasis on the press, is explained a…
Bill on demand
This study seeks to explore the mediated discourse of the South African abortion debate 1995/96. It is limited to the editorials in 13 of the largest newspapers, totalling a number of 24 editorials. Through a discourse analysis approach, the writer attempts to show how words and argumentation were used to associate the new liberal abortion bill with positive values. The argumentation used by the newspapers can be read as a political discourse tha…
Journalists’ Development Journalism Role Perceptions
Development journalism remains an important concept in the journalism studies literature, but it has, at the same time, suffered from a lack of empirical research. Drawing on a survey of 2598 journalists from eight South Asian, Southeast Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries, which was conducted as part of the Worlds of Journalism Study, this study assesses the importance journalists ascribe to three key development journalism roles—social int…
Reading the Narratives
This article examines the narratives presented on the subjects of relocation, investment and development in Ethiopia. In particular, we focus upon representations given by the Government of Ethiopia and Human Rights Watch (HRW) of the Gambella Region. The article deconstructs and critically assesses the discourse and the way in which representations and descriptions are made in order to advocate a particular position. We argue for a less polarizi…
Gratifications et enveloppes dans le journalisme éthiopien
Les gratifications des journalistes par leurs sources sont des pratiques courantes pour les médias africains. Loin de s’attarder à la condamnation de ces pratiques financières ou en nature, Behanu Lodamo et Terje Skjerdal s’attachent à décrire de l’intérieur les mécanismes des « enveloppes brunes » en Éthiopie, pour en comprendre les logiques internes. Elles démontrent que certaines rémunérations, perçues par l’extérieur comme de la corruption, a…
Mapping the gap
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings on the media in 1997 were probably unique from a world perspective. In contrast to attempts made elsewhere world to investigate the role of the media in relation to political procedures, the TRC specifically called for the media to participate in the truth telling and reconciliation process. The process regarding the TRC media hearings, with emphasis on the press, is explained a…
Bill on demand
This study seeks to explore the mediated discourse of the South African abortion debate 1995/96. It is limited to the editorials in 13 of the largest newspapers, totalling a number of 24 editorials. Through a discourse analysis approach, the writer attempts to show how words and argumentation were used to associate the new liberal abortion bill with positive values. The argumentation used by the newspapers can be read as a political discourse tha…
Gratifications et enveloppes dans le journalisme éthiopien
Les gratifications des journalistes par leurs sources sont des pratiques courantes pour les médias africains. Loin de s’attarder à la condamnation de ces pratiques financières ou en nature, Behanu Lodamo et Terje Skjerdal s’attachent à décrire de l’intérieur les mécanismes des « enveloppes brunes » en Éthiopie, pour en comprendre les logiques internes. Elles démontrent que certaines rémunérations, perçues par l’extérieur comme de la corruption, a…
Why the ‘African’ still matters in African journalism studies
Additional informationNotes on contributorsTerje SkjerdalTerje Skjerdal is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, NLA University College, Kristiansand, Norway
Reading the Narratives
This article examines the narratives presented on the subjects of relocation, investment and development in Ethiopia. In particular, we focus upon representations given by the Government of Ethiopia and Human Rights Watch (HRW) of the Gambella Region. The article deconstructs and critically assesses the discourse and the way in which representations and descriptions are made in order to advocate a particular position. We argue for a less polarizi…
Journalists’ Development Journalism Role Perceptions
Development journalism remains an important concept in the journalism studies literature, but it has, at the same time, suffered from a lack of empirical research. Drawing on a survey of 2598 journalists from eight South Asian, Southeast Asian, and sub-Saharan African countries, which was conducted as part of the Worlds of Journalism Study, this study assesses the importance journalists ascribe to three key development journalism roles—social int…
Blurred boundaries
Hong Kong has a reputation for being one of the freest media societies in Asia, but its ranking on press freedom indices has fallen steadily since the Chinese takeover in 1997. The online media have nevertheless created a space for a widened public sphere. In a situation of growing self-censorship and rise of alternative journalism formats, this study asks whether citizen journalism represents a viable alternative to conventional journalism. The …
Comparing Journalistic Role Performance Across Thematic Beats
Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second …
Spurring or Blurring Professional Standards? The Role of Digital Technology in Implementing Journalistic Role Ideals in Contemporary Newsrooms
This study examines the perceived relevance and implementation of competing normative ideals in journalism in times of increasing use of digital technology in newsrooms. Based on survey and content analysis data from 37 countries, we found a small positive relationship between the use of digital research tools and “watchdog” performance. However, a stronger and negative relationship emerged between the use of digital audience analytics and the pe…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Journalism (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works)