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Brita Ytre-Arne
@britaytrearne.bsky.social
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Media studies professor, University of Bergen. News avoidance, technology in everyday life, media and climate change, qualitative methods. OA book: Media Use in Digital Everyday Life. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781802623833
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Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · Oct 8
What do people really think about AI, and how are perceptions changing as new technologies become part of everyday media experiences? So happy that The Research Council of Norway will support our new project IMAGINE, looking into folk theories of AI over the next four years.

#CommSky
Awarded millions from NFR to map perceptions of artificial intelligence in everyday life
How do we imagine artificial intelligence? Researchers from Infomedia have received support from the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) to explore this timely question.
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New @ijoc-usc.bsky.social CFP on Distributed Citizenship!

How do we share democratic chores across platforms, networks and infrastructures? www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Timeline:
✏️Abstracts: 15 Dec 2025
🏛️Workshop in Bergen (March 2026)
📝Papers: 31 May 2026
#commsky #polisky
Call for papers: Special Section on Distributed Citizenship | University of Bergen
www4.uib.no
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? 📱👨 Book launch with John Magnus Dahl 5.Sept at @sfimediafutures.bsky.social! @britaytrearne.bsky.social @erikknudsen.bsky.social @ozlemtonnesen.bsky.social @emiliestronen.bsky.social @hildesak.bsky.social www.uib.no/en/infomedia...
Book Launch: Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices
What is it like to be a young man in the age of the smartphone? Welcome to the launch of Teen Boys and their Smartphones as Worldmaking Devices: In the Palm of Their Hands (John Magnus R. Dahl, Univer...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
We are hiring a postdoc! Looking for a scholar interested in doing qualitative research on news experiences and perceptions of AI, to join the Imagine project and Media use research group in Bergen #CommSky
May 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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What does #LocalNews have to do with #parenting and raising #children? Our brand 🆕 paper from The Leverhulme Trust #news #use study shows #parents use local news as anchors ⚓️, escape 🪜, as a lens 🔭, and news use as a site of parenting labour 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒. #OpenAccess now journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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lenange.bsky.social
Interested in vulnerability in research on datafied media experiences, digital societies & algorithms?

Join our seminar on Digital Vulnerabilities on April 3rd! Organized by @janniehartley.bsky.social & @hildesak.bsky.social, host: @britaytrearne.bsky.social 's MUCS project #commsky
Digital Vulnerabilities
Welcome to an open seminar on digital vulnerabilities.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Det er 8. mars og jeg er inne for å minne kvinner på at det pågår et arbeid for å gi deg mer arbeid. Bak ideer om "sløsing" og "effektivisering" rigges det til at du skal få deg en stadig større ubetalt deltidsjobb, der du utstyres med gaffateip og blir overlatt til å redde velferdstaten med DYI
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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We #standupforscience2025 at the University of Bergen! Look how many people showed up just at a couple hours notice. To our colleagues in the USA: we support you and we hope you have courage to show up for today's demonstrations for science all over the USA and the world: standupforscience2025.org
March 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
From our research on news experiences, Hallvard Moe and I have a book contract with @brisunipress.bsky.social to write "Too much news: Understanding information overload in digital society". We will discuss news in the attention economy, in the permacrisis, and in everyday life. Forthcoming in 2026.
March 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
Kjekt med positiv omtale av metodeboken vår i Norsk medietidsskrift! "Metoder for å forstå mediebruk" er tilgjengelig fra Universitetsforlaget til en ok pris, og klar for pensumlister og for store og små prosjekter.
Frisk og engasjerende om metoder for å forstå mediebruk
Idunn is Scandinavian University Press’ (Universitetsforlaget) digital publishing platform for academic journals and books.
www.idunn.no
March 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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lenange.bsky.social
- Når klima gjennomsyrer «alt» kan det føles overbelastende og forvirrende, og det blir vanskelig å gripe hva saken egentlig handler om, sier min kollega Solveig om klimanyheter. Ny forskning fra MUCS-prosjektet! @britaytrearne.bsky.social @uibcet.bsky.social
Ny forskning om klimanyheter: «Noe med klima er vanskelig å sette ord på»
Nyheter om klimaendringer kan oppleves uhåndgripelige og fjerne. To nye studier avdekker hvordan vi forstår og tolker klimanyheter.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
Publication news: We analyzed how Norwegian audiences perceive climate change as a news topic, and found intangibility: Climate change is less integrated in news habits, and lacking demarcations and spatiotemporal grounding. Out now in Environmental Communication! @uibcet.bsky.social

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Climate Change Is an Intangible News Topic: A Qualitative Analysis of Audience Perceptions
In this article we examine how news audiences perceive the issue of climate change, arguing that it appears intangible compared to other major news topics people routinely encounter in everyday med...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
New article on how news experiences resonate in everyday life, from my good colleague Marianne Borchgrevink-Brækhus, now out in Journalism!

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January 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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How audiences follow news on climate change?

This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Read here: https://buff.ly/4jwvTNG
7 findings in thread
January 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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‪" #DataPublics: The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies", edited by @janniehartley.bsky.social et al., is an excellent book about the ways data practices shape society and the constellations of people in it.

#AskeXmas 12/24

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DataPublics
DataPublics - The Construction of Publics in Datafied Democracies; EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on empirical data from US and UK as well as the unique example...
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December 12, 2024 at 3:59 PM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
Congratulations to @profranjanadas.bsky.social on this brilliant book which is officially out in the world today! #CommSky
December 10, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Still a few days left to apply! ✨
britaytrearne.bsky.social Brita Ytre-Arne @britaytrearne.bsky.social · Nov 22
Interested in perceptions of AI? We are hiring a PhD candidate for our new project IMAGINE, to work with @erikknudsen.bsky.social on citizen panel data. Fully funded, good working conditions and a supportive research environment in beautiful Bergen! #CommSky
PhD position in media studies - IMAGINE (270652) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD position in media studies - IMAGINE (270652), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no
December 4, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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askekammer.dk
The first entry in #AskeXmas:

"The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection", edited by @krisalbris.bsky.social, @annekaun.bsky.social, and others. A whole book about the cultural pushback against the thorough digitalization of modern life.

www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...

1/24
The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection | Nordicom
“The digital backlash” covers a range of social and cultural practices of digital disconnection, as well as critiques of the impact of digital technologies and platforms in the world today. Through ca...
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December 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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askekammer.dk
'Tis the season to be wiser.

Bringing back a tradition, I'll do an #AdventCalendar with one piece of freely available media/comm/journalism research each day until Christmas. I'll try to keep it relevant behond the academy.

Hashtag (to follow or block): #AskeXmas

0/24
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December 1, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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jilltxt.bsky.social
We’re organising a PhD summer school at the Centre for Digital Narrative here in Bergen (@cdn-bergen.bsky.social) 10-14th June - here’s some early info, the full call for participation will be out by December 20th! www.uib.no/en/cdn/17442...
CDN Digital Narrative PhD Summer School
Save the date – 10-14 June 2025.
www.uib.no
November 27, 2024 at 3:48 PM
britaytrearne.bsky.social
Tomorrow Mehri Agai will defend her PhD thesis on digital ambivalence amongst youth. The thesis includes four papers that develop different perspectives on digital disconnection. Looking forward to listening to inspiring discussions!

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Disputas og prøveforelesning: Mehri S. Agai
Mehri Agai disputerer 28.11.24 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Digital Flux: The Process of Youth Disconnection in an Ambivalent Digital Modernity". Prøveforelesningen be...
https://www.uib.no/infomedia/174097/disputas-og-prøveforelesning-mehri-s-agai
November 27, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️

Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social.

Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile.

📆: deadline February 17!

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Professorship in Digital Communication with a Focus on Digital Society
Application Deadline: February 17, 2025.
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November 27, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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askekammer.dk
Why do journalists migrate from X to Bluesky?

That's the research question I want to answer.

Those of you who work with making news and journalism, please respond to the survey in the link below. It takes around 7 min.

Everyone, please share the link.

Thanks!

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Microsoft Forms
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November 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Reposting the starter pack of starter packs for new media scholars arriving!
leedsunimedia.bsky.social Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · Nov 14
👉 The Media & Communication starter pack of starter packs 📺 🎞️ 📱 💬

Internet Studies: go.bsky.app/LVrPemK
Internet Studies 2: go.bsky.app/KHmxfWf
Internet Studies 3: go.bsky.app/9uYafGv
Media Theory: go.bsky.app/RGLr16b
Audience Studies: go.bsky.app/2CKVP4u
November 23, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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First snow.
Houses covered by a layer of snow, morning sky in the distance.
November 23, 2024 at 8:15 AM