Alternative media in Norway: Democracy´s friend or foe?

http://resilientmedia.eu/

About the event
In the time of digital platforms, everyone can produce, edit and publish content. But how this influences our democracy? To answer this questions, this panel gathers academicians from University of Agder that stand behind creation of EU funded project “Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age” (ReMeD).

ReMeD studies and works closely with professional journalists, alternative media content producers and citizens operating in technologically mediated configurations, in order to co-produce high-impact knowledge and solutions that will contribute to the creation of resilient democratic media that reinvigorate strengthen and uphold democracy, the rule of law and fundamental human rights.

Background

Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age (https://resilientmedia.eu/) responds to the European Commission’s call HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-06: “Media for democracy – democratic media”, and tackles existing challenges to a healthy relationship between media and democracy, by taking a bold approach to improve relations between citizens, media and digital technologies.

The project is particularly timely as ReMeD’s results and policy recommendations will feed directly into the contemporary debates around the design and implementation of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

Who is in?​

Kenneth Andresen is Professor of Media Production and Media Studies at the Institute of Nordic and Media Studies at University of Agder (UiA). He holds a PhD in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Oslo.  Dr. Andresen taught journalism and conducted research in media and journalism in the Western Balkans since 1999.

Gunhild Kvåle is Professor at the Nordic and Media Studies Institute and Vice Dean for research at the Faculty of Humanities and Education. Her research is focused on multimodal, visual and digital communication, partly in connection with the field of education.

Vito Laterza is Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway. He is currently work package leader and Management Board member in the Horizon Europe project ReMeD - Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age (2023-2026).

Veronica Adriana Pajaro is Associate Professor at the University of Agder. Her research. Focuses on language and power in interaction and discourse with an interest in migration, work and education. She holds a PhD in sociolinguistics from the Multiling Center for Multilingualism at the University of Oslo.

Abit Hoxha is Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Institute of Nordic and Media Studies at University of Agder in Norway. His research focuses on  journalistic conflict news production in Western Balkans, Middle East and Great Lakes.

Ferdinand Arntzen Elmenhorst is a researcher at ReMeD project with partigular interest in ethnographic research methods with professional journalists, alternative content producers and citizens.