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[Register now!] COM Research Seminar by Professor Oscar Westlund on 4 November 2026
(POSTED: 2026-10-21 3:54 PM )
COM Research Seminar: The evolving contours of Digital Journalism Studies: an interdisciplinary and pioneering field by Professor Oscar Westlund, Professor of Oslo Metropolitan University, Co-Research Leader of OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group, Editor-in-Chief of Digital Journalism. Date & Time: 4 November 2026, 16:00 - 17:30. Venue: Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, please click https://www.cityu.edu.hk/com/Public/AppForms/StI_AppForm.aspx?id=1534 to register for the seminar by 30 October 2026. Language: English. Abstract This presentation focuses on the development of digital journalism studies as an emerging field characterized by pioneering and interdisciplinary research that has produced numerous influential publications. A special issue published in 2019 in Digital Journalism focused on defining and explicating digital journalism as both an object of study and a scholarly field. The Digital Journalism editorial team introduced the Digital Journalism Studies Compass (Eldridge, Hess, Tandoc, & Westlund, 2019) as a framework for navigating the scholarly terrain. This presentation will discuss key insights from the book Digital Journalism Studies (Steensen & Westlund, 2021), as well as recent efforts to reshape the field's priorities through editorials and agenda-setting publications. Particular attention will be given to the co-authored article Digital Journalism (Studies): An Agenda for the Future, which outlines directions for future scholarship. Lastly, the presentation will also introduce a forthcoming book by Westlund and Hanusch (2027), Outstanding Research in (Digital) Journalism Studies, which brings together an extensive collection of award-winning journal articles published over the past 15 years and analyzes their characteristics, contributions, and scholarly impact. About the speaker: Oscar Westlund (PhD) is a Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University since 2018, where he co-leads the OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group and has institutionalized its OsloMet DJRG fellowship that has attracted more than 40 fellows from all over the world. Westlund is the Editor-in-Chief of Digital Journalism (since 2018), an internationally leading journal in communication for which he has introduced several new article formats. He has authored and edited multiple books, as well as 100+ articles, chapters and reports. His award-winning research focuses on journalism, social media, mobile media, misinformation, fact-checking as well as media- and information literacy. Westlund has worked at several renowned universities in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. He was a visiting scholar RISJ at University of Oxford in 2011, and acts as the Sweden representative for the annual RISJ Digital News Report project. Westlund and his colleagues have been awarded and carried out research projects granted by national research councils in Norway, Sweden, Spain and Singapore. Westlund has worked as a research leader at the Government Offices of Sweden and served several EU inquiries. In 2026 he is a visiting professor at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJAIT) and a faculty associate at the Public Tech Media Lab at University of Wisconsin. Westlund serve as chair of the advisory board for the Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder (NORDIS) since 2021. NORDIS is an independent non-partisan multidisciplinary hub for the EU Digital Media Observatory. Westlund also serves on an expert council for the Swedish Media authority during 2026-2027 (A2026/00542) focusing on assessing platform governance causing harm for children and teenagers. For enquiries, please call 34428677.
Category:
Research Seminar
Department:
Department of Media and Communication (COM)
Venue:
Multimedia Laboratory (M5055), 5/F Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
Start Date:
2026-10-21 00:00
End Date:
2026-10-30 00:00
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