Forskningsgruppe Journalism and Democracy
The research group Journalism & Democracy (JourDem) is an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented research group focused on the transformation of journalism and its implications for democracy and the public sphere.
In well-functioning democracies members of the public have to maintain a connection to the wider organization of society. We study the role played by journalism and media in facilitating this role by examining news production, news use and news content as well as the development of media technologies upon which it is built.
JourDem provides a vibrant community for junior and senior scholars conducting research on media and journalism understood as an interdisciplinary field. In our research, we touch on different fields of research across the social sciences and humanities, including media and communication studies, anthropology, sociology, political science, rhetoric, cultural studies and data science.
We focus on both the users and producers of news media content in a broad sense and investigate the changing boundaries of the journalistic field. Among the many areas that we do research in are: Newsroom studies, media history, media sociology, political communication, news use and audience practices, media discourse, media events, media scandals, press ethics, gender and journalism, media system research, alternative media, polarization and misinformation, digitalization and datafication, media infrastructures, news media publics, and social media research.
We draw on a wide array of research methods, from (auto)ethnographic and interview studies, document analysis, qualitative and quantitative content analysis, survey studies and network analysis to the large-scale analysis of big data with computational methods.
We collaborate with the media industry and other relevant stakeholders in many of our research projects. We strive to make our research accessible to the wider public by serving as experts in the media and by publishing our research also beyond traditional academic formats. Moreover, we organize internal feedback seminars, guest lectures, conferences, and host international scholars for research stays, talks and workshops.
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JourDem researchers are currently involved in the following externally funded research projects:
- AlterPublics – Alternative Media and Ideological Counterpublics
- Beyond the Here and Now of News
- Cultural Publics: A study of the opinion- and people’s pages in Danish Newspapers from 1908-2018
- DATAPUBLICS - Transforming Journalism and Audiences in the age of datafication
Læs mere om gruppens forskningsprojekter på Roskilde Universitets Forskningsportal
Publikationer
Curators of digital counterpublics: Mapping alternative news environments in Sweden and Denmark
Mayerhöffer, E., Kristensen, J. B. & Ramsland, T., 2024, I: N O R D I C O M Review. 45, S1, s. 92-119 28 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
De policyprofessionelle og markedsgørelsen af politik: Magtudredningen 2.0: Essay-serien
Ørsten, M., Mayerhöffe, E. & Willig, I., 2024, 7 s. Aarhus : Institut for Statskundskab.Publikation: Andet › Udgivelser på nettet - Net-publikation › Formidling
Det sande Aalborg og stednavnes magiske klang. Fra Jakob Paludans Jørgen Stein til Jens-Martin Eriksens hemmelighedsfulde jeg
svendsen, E., 15 jan. 2024, Toppen af Danmark: Litteraturen i Nordjylland. Nordjylland i litteraturen. Kjældgaard, L. H., Riis, J. & Sørensen, J. S. (red.). København: Gutkind, s. 447-462Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning
Aktiviteter
10th European Communication Conference (Begivenhed)
Kim Christian Schrøder (Redaktør)
8 aug. 2024Aktivitet: Redaktionelt arbejde og fagfællebedømmelse › Peer reviewer/fagfællebedømmer af manuskripter › Forskning
Emerging directions in news use research (University of Surrey)
Kim Christian Schrøder (Deltager)
20 mar. 2024Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangering af en begivenhed › Organisation og deltagelse i konference
Uddannelse som certificeret stressvejleder
Maria Bendix Wittchen (Deltager)
16 mar. 2024Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangering af en begivenhed › Deltagelse i workshop, seminar og kursus
Presseklip
De mest brugte fedmeforskere har alle økonomiske forbindelser til Novo Nordisk
02/04/2024 → 07/04/2024
2 elementer af Mediedækning
Presse/medie
Kulturminister: Danskerne fortjener et P1-alternativ
02/04/2024
3 elementer af Mediedækning
Presse/medie
Fremtidens taleradio skal måske kigge på Radio24syvs opskrift
31/03/2024
3 elementer af Mediedækning
Presse/medie
Mere Viden
Base på RUC
Forskningsgruppen hører hjemme på Institut for Kommunikation og Humanistisk Videnskab
Relaterede forskningsenheder: Center for Nyhedsforskning // Centre for Digital Citizenship // Centre for Big Data // Center for Undersøgende Journalistik // Kultur og Medier // Audiences & Mediated life // Digital Media Lab
Ph.d.-skole: Ph.d.-skolen for Kommunikation og Humanistisk Videnskab
Uddannelser og fag: Journalistik // Kommunikation // Humanistisk Bachelor // Humanistisk-Teknologisk Bachelor // Samfundsvidenskabelig bachelor
Forskning fra Roskilde Universitet
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Kontakt
Forskningsgruppeleder
Aske Kammer
Lektor
Tlf: 4674 3163
askek@ruc.dk