Torgeir Uberg Nærland attained his PhD from the University of Bergen, in media studies. His research span from journalism to data visualization to various forms of expressive culture, including music, TVseries and documentary film. In his research, he focuses on both textual and institutional aspects of the media, questions of media- and cultural policy as well as the sociology of media consumption. Much of his research has focused on the significance of media and expressive culture for democracy, including for populism, and also civic dimensions of people’s use of media and culture. Theoretically, he is interested in questions from political and social theory, as well as from cultural sociology. Nærland has in his research also explored the intersections between the media and public services / the welfare state.
Torgeir Uberg Nærland
Research Professor
tona@norceresearch.no
+47 56 10 76 40
Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Division
Health & Social Sciences
Research Groups
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Conference lectureBetween abundance and deprivation: Poverty, media use and public connection in the Norwegian ‘media welfare state’– Frictions 2024
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Conference lectureIntroducing the capability approach– Prepare theory seminar 2024
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Conference lecturePoverty and public connection– Media poverty, project seminar 2024
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Conference lectureMedia Poverty: Media Use and Citizenship in Conditions of Deprivation– CEDIC Talks 2024
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Academic articleNews Avoidance and Poverty: Intersectional Marginalization in the Norwegian “Media Welfare State”– Journalism Studies 2024
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Academic articleToward a Sociologically Enriched Understanding of Anti-Media Populism: The Case of Enough is Enough!– International Journal of Communication 2023
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Conference lectureExploring poverty-incited barriers for mediated public connection: the case of Norway– ECREA Audience section 2023
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Conference lectureMedia poverty: a conceptual framework for studying public connection in conditions of deprivation– Nordmedia 2023
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Conference lectureExploring media use and public (dis)connection in conditions of poverty: a non-news centric approach– International communication association 2023
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Conference lectureExploring poverty-incited barriers for mediated public connection: the case of Norway– International communication association 2023
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Conference lectureNews avoidance and poverty: Intersectional marginalization in the Norwegian “media welfare state”– NordMedia Conference 2023 2023
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Conference lectureExploring poverty-incited barriers for mediated public connection: the case of Norway– International Communication Association Conference 2023
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Academic articleRitual check-in, shocked immersion, regained stability: A sequential typology of news experiences in crisis situations– Media, Culture and Society 2023
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Academic articleToward a Sociologically Enriched Understanding of Anti-Media Populism:The Case of Enough is Enough!– International Journal of Communication 2023
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Conference lectureMedia poverty: A conceptual framework– ECREA 2022
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Conference lectureTowards a sociologically enriched understanding of anti-media populism– Norsk medieforskerkonferanse 2022
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Conference lecturePlayful recognition: Television comedy and the politics of mediated recognition– ICA 2022
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Conference lectureBeyond representation: Public service media, minority audiences and the promotion of capabilities through entertainment– ICA International Communcation Association 2022
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Conference lectureShifting between shock and stability: Towards a typology of temporality in news use– International Communication Asssociation Annual Conference 2022
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Academic articleMediated recognition: Identity, respect, and social justice in a changing media environment– Communications 2022
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Academic articlePlayful recognition: Television comedy and the politics of mediated recognition– Communications 2022
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Academic articleBeyond representation: Public service media, minority audiences and the promotion of capabilities through entertainment– Poetics 2022
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Academic articleTowards a critical understanding of data visualisation in democracy: a deliberative systems approach– Information, Communication & Society 2021
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Research reportSivilsamfunn og integrering. En kunnskapsoppsummering– Institutt for samfunnsforskning 2021
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Academic articleEnabling Cultural Policies? Culture, Capabilities and Citizenship– International Journal of Communication 2020
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Academic chapterThe political significance of data visualisations: Four key perspectives– 2020
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Academic chapterPopulism and popular culture: the case for an identity-oriented perspective– 2020
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Conference lectureCultural consumption, cultural journalism and public connection: a lifestyle perspective– Cultural Journalism: Its Global, Democratic and Transformative Dimensions 2020
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Academic monographInformerte borgere? Offentlig tilknytning, mediebruk og demokrati– Universitetsforlaget 2019
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Academic articleFrom pleasure to politics: Five functions of watching TV-series for public connection– European Journal of Communication 2019
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Academic articleBetween ritual and information: Three phases of Norwegian news audiences’ sense-making of the election of Donald Trump– Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism 2019
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Conference lectureMediebruk, kulturbruk og frakobling– Foresight workshop: Sosial og kulturell ulikhet i mediebruk 2019
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Conference lectureMediated (Mis)Recognition and the Formation of Populist Identities– Mediated Recognition: Identity, Justice and Activism 2019
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Conference lectureTV-serier og medborgerskap– Seminar om mediebruk 2019
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Conference lectureMediated Recognition, Populism and Identity– ICA 2019
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Conference lectureManifest, Everyday and Deep Orientation: Public Connection across and beyond Journalistic Media– ICA 2019
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Conference lectureFrom pleasure to politics: five functions of TV-series for public connection– ICA 2019
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Feature articleCan data visualizations matter for politics?– From numbers to graphics 2019
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Conference lectureThe political significance of data visualizations: four perspectives– ICA 2019 2019
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Conference lectureFictional Entertainment and Public Connection: Audiences and the Everyday Use of TV-series– ICA 2018
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Conference lectureTV-series and public connection– Seminar om kjønn og mediebruk 2018
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Conference lectureEnabling Cultural Policies: Culture and Capabilities– ECREA 2018
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Conference lectureEnabling Cultural Policies?– International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR 2018) 2018
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Popular scientific articleHar datavisualiseringer noen politisk betydning?– Forskning.no 2018
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Conference lectureAnnoying clowning far away, world chattering shock and regained stability: Three phases of Norwegians Audiences' Sense-Making of the 2016 US Presidential election– Norsk medieforskerkonferanse 2018
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Conference lectureAnnoying clowning far away, world chattering shock and regained stability: Three phases of Norwegians Audiences' Sense-Making of the 2016 US Presidential election– ECREA Lugano 2018
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Conference lectureEnabling Cultural Policies? Culture, Capabilities and Citizenship– ECREA Lugano 2018
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Feature articleKringkastingsrådet, Clemet og Klagekampanjer– VG : Verdens gang 2018
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Conference lectureEnabling Cultural Policies? Culture, Capabilities and Citizenship– 10th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR2018) 2018
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Conference lectureEnabled by Humor? Minority Youth, Humor and Public Service Broadcasting in Norway – the Case of Black Humor– International Communication Association (ICA) 2018
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Academic articleFictional Entertainment and Public Connection: Audiences and the everyday use of TV-series– Television & New Media 2018
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Feature articleKringkastingsrådet trenger fornyelse– Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2018
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Conference lectureAudiences and TV-series: Four Functions for Public Connection– CEDAR 2017
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Conference lectureAudiences, expressive culture and public connection: the case of TV-series– Nordmedia 2017 2017
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Research reportMediebruk og offentlig tilknytning:– Universitetet i Bergen 2017
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Academic articleAltogether now? Symbolic recognition, musical media events and the forging of civic bonds among minority youth in Norway– European Journal of Cultural Studies 2017
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Academic chapterJournalistiske virkelighetsbilder av velferdsstaten: fremstillingen av det offentlige omsorgsapparatet i «Jannes historie»– 2017
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Academic chapterVelferdsstatens institusjoner og nyhetsmediene: en komparativ studie av medieinteraksjon i NAV og universitets- og forskningssektoren– 2017
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Conference lectureMedia, Culture and Public Connection: Freedom of Information in the ’Age of Big Data’ – a presentation of the project– KULMEDIA 2016
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Conference lectureRecognition Through Reception: Hip Hop Music and the Forging of Civic Bonds Among Minority Youth in Norway– ICA 2016
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Conference lectureExpressive culture and public connection across socio cultural difference– ECREA 2016
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Academic articleRight Wing Populism and Hip Hop Music in Norway– JOMEC Journal 2016
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Academic articleEditors' Introduction: Expressive Culture and Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe– JOMEC Journal 2016
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Academic articleMusic, Ideology, and Emerging Political Elites: Musical Taste and Aesthetic Sensibilities among Young Politicians in Norway– Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab 2016
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Academic articleColonizing the academy? Organisational mediatisation and public research institutions– Mediekultur 2016
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Conference lectureVictims of the Mainstream Media? Right Wing Populism and Political Debate in Norway– ICA preconference: Populism in, by, and Against the Media 2016
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Conference lecturePopular music, symbolic recognition and civic identity among minority youth in Norway– ECREA Communication and democracy conference 2015 2015
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Conference lectureMediating the welfare state: journalistic representations of institutional dysfunction– Nordmedia 2015 2015
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Conference lectureMediating the Nordic Welfare Model: Journalistic Representations and Public Attitudes– ICA 2015 afternoon pre-conference: Public Sector Communication: The Challenge of Building Intangible Assets 2015
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Conference lectureColonizing the Academy? Organisational Mediatisation and Public Research Institutions– ICA 2015 2015
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Conference lectureMusic, Ideology, and Emerging Political Elites: A Survey of Musical Taste and Aesthetic Sensibilities Among Young Politicians in Norway– ICA 2015 2015
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Academic articleFrom musical expressivity to public political discourse proper: the case of Karpe Diem in the aftermath of the Utøyamassacre– Popular Communication - The International Journal of Media and Culture 2015
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Academic chapterMyte i Blomst: Samspillet mellom musikk og bilder i Bruce Conners The White Rose– 2015
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Academic chapterFlow som politisk retorikk: Lyrisk og rytmisk samspill i Lars Vaulars 'Kem skjøt Siv Jensen'– 2015
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Conference lectureOrganisational mediatisation and public research institutions– Norsk Medieforskerkonferanse 2014 2014
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Conference lectureWhat was actually heard? Receptive dimensions of music as political rhetoric– Norsk Medieforskerkonferanse, 2014
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Conference lectureMinority youth,hip hop music and cultural citizenship in Norway– ECREA 2015 2014
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Conference lectureReceptive dimensions of music as political rhetoric– Norsk Medieforskerkonferanse 2014 2014