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Oct.
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Katie Brown is our new visiting fellow Katie Brown (from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) is awarded a fellowship for visiting researchers throught the NFR BILAT scheme. Katie Brown will collaborate with the project and visit Trondheim from October 2011 through March 2012. |
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Sep.
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New book out now All project members have contributed to this new book that is out now. How Media Inform Democracy. A Comparative Approach is published by Routledge. To order a copy or to recommend this book to your librarian please visit the Routledge website. |
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Apr.
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Shanto Iyengar is new Adjunct Professor at NTNU, Trondheim Professor Shanto Iyengar (from Stanford University) officially join the staff at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU in a position as Adjunct Professor (20%). Professor Iyengar will teach a graduate course on "Media, Opinion and Political Behavior" every fall, starting in September 2011. The course will be offered as an intensive course over one week and is open to NTNU students (MA/PhD) as well as PhD students from other institutions. |
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Mar.
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George Rabinowitz died suddenly of a heart attack on Friday 18 March. Our deepest sympathies go to his wife Stuart Elaine Mcdonald, who together with George was spending time in Trondheim as a visiting researcher. Our condolences also goes to their two sons, as well as other relatives, friends and colleagues throughout the US and Europe. | |
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Mar.
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Guest Lecture: George Rabinowitz on Political Polarization in the US 01.03.2011 George Rabinowitz, from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who is a visiting researcher on the project throught the NFR BILAT scheme, is giving a guest lecture to NTNU students on Tuesday 1 March 2011 at 14.15 in Auditorium D10, Dragvoll University Centre. His talk is titled: Political Polarization in the US. |
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Feb.
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New Project Member: Ann Iren Jamtøy start 15.02.11 Ann Irem Jamtøy (from NTNU, Trondheim) officially join the project as a new researcher. Jamtøy has previously collaborated with the project while working on her PhD theses in political science. |
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Feb.
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Career move: Kjersti Thorbjørsnrud as new Project leader of MOM
Kjersti Thorbjørsnrud leaves Trondheim to start her
new full time position as project leader of the
Mediation of Migration project (MOM). She will
continue her collaboration with the media systems
project.
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Jan.
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Career move: Zan Strabac as new Associate
Professor
Zan Strabac has been offered a tenured position as Associate Professor at Sør-Trøndelag University College/ Trondheim Business School. He will keep a 20 position at the project and still be affiliated with NTNU Social Research. |
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June.
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Book proposal accepted by Routledge. Based on extremely positive reviews of our book proposal How Media Inform Democracy. A Comparative Approach Routledge have agreed to publish our project book. It will be published in June 2011 as part of the Routledge Research in Journalism series. See http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415889087/ for details. |
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May.
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Successful application: VAM project on Mediation of Migration.
In cooperation with scholars at the University of
Oslo, New York Univeristy Steinhardt, and the
University of Zurich
Kjersti Thorbjørsnrud and Toril Aalberg have received founding for a four year research project throught the Research Council of Norways Programme on Welfare, Work and Migration (VAM). A central aim of the project is to offer knowledge about the largely hidden mechanisms shaping the news on migration. A part of the project will consist of comparative content analysis which can reveal how news accounts about migration is framed in Norway and in countries with contrasting media systems and immigration histories. |
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Apr.
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Successful application: Project will organise
panel at the 2010 APSA meeting in Washington DC Our application to arrange a panel at the 2010 APSA meeting was successful. See http://www.apsanet.org/content_65547.cfm for details. |
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| 2009 | ||
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Sep.
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Successful application: Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud
In cooperation with the project Kjersti
Thorbjørsnrud have been awarded a fellowships as a visiting researchers throught the NFR BILAT
scheme. The scheme is designed to give research
funding a wider international reach, and was
established in response to the need to increase
internationalisation of Norwegian research.
Thorbjørnsrud will visit New York University
Steinhardt in spring 2010.
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May.
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New Project Member: Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud start 01.06.09 Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud (from the University of Oslo) join the project as new postdoctoral researcher. Thorbjørnsrud has a PhD in communication (2009) and a MA in political science (2001) both from the University of Oslo. |
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Mar.
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Successful application: NTNU mobility fellowship for young excellent researchers to Toril Aalberg
Toril Aalberg has been granted a NTNU mobility
fellowship of NOK 81 450,- to cover the cost
of her travel and stay at Stanford Univeristy.
Aalberg will spend July and August 2009 as a
Visiting Researcher at the Political Communication
Lab. The purpose of her stay is to work on a new set
of experiments with Prof. Shanto Iyengar. These
experiments will study race stereotypes and the
effect on policy attitudes and party support across
countries.
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Feb.
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NTNU Social Research AS invites applications for a two year Post.doc fellowship. The position does not entail any teaching assignment, and provide the opportunity to work in an international research institution with high academic standards and a cross-disciplinary environment Read the full announcement here. |
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Oct.
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NTNU Social Research AS invites applications for research assistants who can assist the project members with coding of news content (TV and newspapers). The news content to be coded will be in Norwegian, Swedish and English. The positions will be based on man-hours worked and be relatively flexible. There are good opportunities for the research assistants to write their master theses on topics or data related to the project. Read the full announcement here. |
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Oct.
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Henry Milner (University of Montréal) will give a guest lecture to NTNU students on Monday 20 October 2008 at 10.15 in Auditorium DI 42, Dragvoll University Centre (Sports building, 2nd floor). His talk is titled: Youth, Media Use and Political Knowledge. |
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Sep.
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Shanto Iyengar will give a guest lecture to NTNU students on Friday 19 September 2008 at 14.15 in Auditorium D15, Dragvoll University Centre. His talk is titled: Media Systems, International News and Public Awareness of International Affairs. |
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Sep.
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Successful application: Guest Research Fellowships to Macdonald and Rabinowitz
In cooperation with the project Stuart Elaine
Macdonald and George Rabinowitz (U of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill) have been awarded fellowships
for visiting researchers throught the NFR BILAT
scheme. The scheme is designed to give research
funding a wider international reach, and was
established in response to the need to increase
internationalisation of Norwegian research.
Macdonald and Rabinowitz is expected to visit
Trondheim in the academic year of 2009/2010.
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Sep.
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New Project Members: Leppink, Brekken and Fladmoe start 01.09.09 Egbert Leppink (U of Twente), Tove Brekken (NTNU) and Audun Fladmoe (NTNU) join the project as new PhD Research Fellows. Leppink will work on media consumption and knowledge gaps. Brekken will work on the information value of news output across media systems. Fladmoe will work on media coverage of educational governance and it's influence on public perceptions. |
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Apr.
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Successful application: Project will organise
workshop at the ECPR joint Sessions in Lisbon 2009 Our application to host a workshop at the next ECPR joint sessions in Lisbon on the 14th - 19th April 2009 was successful. There had been 145 proposals and only 30 of those were accepted. See http://www.ecpr.org.uk/lisbon/ for details. |
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Mar.
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Jesper Strömbäck will give a guest lecture to NTNU students on Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 1015 in Auditorium D10, Dragvoll University Centre. His talk will be in Swedish and is titled: Mediernas valkamp - korstryck och medialisering. |
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Feb.
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NTNU Social Research, Trondheim invites applications for two four years research positions as PhD fellows. The positions entail a 25 percent teaching assignment, and provide the opportunity to work in a international research institution with high academic standards and a cross-disciplinary environment. Read the full announcement here. |
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Sep.
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Successful application: Toril Aalberg recive
OYI award from Research Council of Norway (NFR) Outstanding Young Investigators (OYI)/"Yngre fremragende forskere" (YFF) award from the Research Council of Norway is given to Toril Aalberg. She is one of 20 applicants who succeeded in a highly competitive round for 2007 (179 proposals were submitted). The OYI scheme is designed to enable talented young researchers within all disciplines to realise their potential for international excellence in research and develop competence leading large projects. The scheme is part of the RCN's effort to enhance the quality of Norwegian research. This is the secound round of OYI awards from NFR. The first round of awards were announced in 2003. See Universitetsavisa and Norsk Medietidsskrift for more information (in norwegian only). |