Departement of Communication
The Department of Communication works in fields such as journalism, strategic communication, public relations, social media, influence and creative marketing communications. There are several education programmes in these areas, as well as research that excels both nationally and internationally.
The subjects in communication are utilized with an interdisciplinary perspective. This concerns professional communication and understanding how communication takes place within culture, society and organisations. In this way, communication is also an area of expertise that all disciplines can utilise, and which means that this department is involved with many other disciplines.
The teaching emphasises proximity to working life, with offers of studies both at the college and as flexible online studies. The department is involved with teaching activities at all levels, as 1-year courses, bachelor degrees, master degrees (from 2020) and also at doctoral level.
Employees
Thea Drefvelin-Viksløkken
- Advisor
Kristiania University College
Department of Communication
Thea Drefvelin-Viksløkken
Matilde Balatti
- Research assistant
- Research assistant
Kristiania University College
Department of Communication
Matilde Balatti
Research projects
Leadership is practiced in several ways and through several channels of communication. Indeed, leaders such as political party leaders, heads of state or directors of government agencies increasingly depend on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to communicate with their respective stakeholders and citizens. Such leadership communication efforts are especially important in times of crisis - such as during the covid-19 pandemic. For research, recent years have seen a rise in t...
The DigiLove project focuses on dating platforms and dating apps, and users of these technologies. Digital dating is a large industry which has had a crucial impact on how people form romantic relationships, especially young adults. The number of involuntary singles has been rising significantly in industrialized societies, and dating technologies is the main way couples meet today. Dating practices and dating rituals in one focal point of this project. The project also aims to explore to wha...
The Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is a project aimed at improving the public's ability to take self and community-protective behaviors in future crises ranging from health to disaster. Director General of the WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, used the term infodemic to describe an overabundance of information – some accurate, some not – that spreads alongside a disease outbreak. Infodemics amplify public risk during crises by creating mental noise and affecting how the public...
Dette prosjektet vil undersøke hvorvidt, og eventuelt hvordan, plattformselskapenes algoritmiske redaktørledd begrenser mangfoldet av nyheter som nordmenn blir eksponert for i sosiale medier. Gjennom innholdsanalyser av hva et utvalg norske medier publiserer i sosiale medier, intervjuer med 15-20 sosiale medier-redaktører, samt observasjon i to redaksjoner, vil prosjektet synliggjøre både mangfoldet i hva som faktisk publiseres og de erfaringer redaksjonene har medplattformenes modereringsalg...