Department of Communication and Arts

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New Research Centre at RUC Investigates Digital Citizenship

The recently established Centre for Digital Citizenship at Roskilde University will investigate how digital technologies are transforming public engagement.

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DKK 10 million from the Carlsberg Foundation for new research projects at RUC

Seven researchers from Roskilde University have just received grants for their research projects from the Carlsberg Foundation. The largest grant of DKK 5 million goes to media researcher Eva Mayerhöffer's research project on alternative right-wing and left-wing media.

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Phd student from RUC receives EliteForsk travel scholarships for stays in an international research environment

PhD student Anne Julie Arnfred will explore how collaboration between science, art and curation can create new ways of working with academic knowledge.

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100 mio. DKK for a new research project on data and democracy with RUC professor in charge

Professor Sine Nørholm Just, RUC, will be head of a new research project that will enlighten us on how we as a society and people can live with artificial intelligence and algorithms in a good way.

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News from the department

When Game of Thrones becomes a common language to talk about serious issues

26 November 2018 | News

In a changed media landscape, pop culture references become a common language - one that is moving beyond the fictional entertainment universes and gets used as a framework to talk about everyday life or serious subjects, shows the research of Associate Professor Susana Tosca.

No one avoids Trump

26 November 2018 | News

The communication of US companies is - no matter the intent - increasingly being interpreted as statements for or against the president. Researchers from Roskilde University have studied how Donald Trump impacts the communication culture in God’s own country.

Facebook comments challenge the Danish Parliament

01 November 2018 | Tæt på videnskaben

Comments and interactions on social media platforms contain invaluable data that politicians can use to investigate the masses and find out what the voters think. However, they are actually not as easy to decipher as one might think. A researcher from Roskilde University is trying to make heads and tails of it.