The Internet has radically increased the opportunity for the public to take part in debate and
deliberation, challenging the hegemonic position of the established media as the facilitators …

How do disruptive events such as terrorism, disasters, and crises change public discourses?
Do they alter journalistic distinctions between legitimate utterances and unacceptable …

This article investigates user experiences with editorial control in online newspaper
comment fields following the public backlash against online comments after the 2011 terror …

This article analyses the role of central editors in constructing a national debate in the
Norwegian media after the 2011 Oslo terror attacks. A broad literature has documented that …

Terror attacks force democratic societies to mobilize, reinforce and rethink core values,
including media freedom and freedom of speech. The present article analyzes how one …

Based on a survey among contributors to the online comments sections of four Norwegian
newspapers, we investigate the following research question: How do contributors describe …

Denne rapporten presenterer hovedresultatene fra den representative
befolkningsundersøkelsen gjennomført som en del av det Fritt Ord-støttede prosjektet …

This article brings together two strands of research that have the potential to inform the
development of constructive forms of journalism: online comments and media design …

This qualitative study explores instances where someone is accused of being a troll or a bot
in newspaper comment sections. Trolls have been known to create a hostile environment in …

Taking the dilemma between freedom of expression and censorship of antisemitic hate
speech as a point of departure, this article explores how three prominent and controversial …