Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

Professor

I have for several years been specialising in research about cultural journalism and cultural criticism in the media, incl. the interplay of cultural journalists and their news sources from the cultural industries; media sociological perspectives on cultural journalists; and longitudinal studies of the transformation of cultural journalism in Danish news media. In 2014, I initiated a Nordic research network for scholars stuyding cultural journalism (funded by NOS-HS 2014-15). The network is still active and its activities include a compartive study of discourses on popular culture products such as quality TV-series and bestselleres in Nordic newspaper, which I received funding for from Arts Council Norway (2016-17).From 2015 to 2019 I was PI of the research project From Ivory Tower to Twitter: Rethinking the Cultural Critic in Contemporary Media Culture, funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark (2015-2019). From 2020-2023 I am Danish partner and WP-leader in the H2020-project, INVENT, studying Europeans' conceptions of culture. From 2019, I serve as chair of Section of Media Studies at Department of Communication.

Primary fields of research

My primary research fields are media and journalism studies, incl.:

  • Arts, cultural and lifestyle journalism
  • Cultural criticism
  • Political communication
  • Strategic communication/news management
  • Journalists and news sources

Teaching:

  • MA in Film- and Media Studies, 2019- : Module "Digital Media Structures and Creative Film- and Media Industries"
  • MA in Film- and Media Studies, 2013-2018: Module "Journalism, Culture and Society: Theory and Analysis" 
  • Mentor, 1st year MA students, 2015-
  • Supervision of BA- and MA-theses 

 

Current research

My current research includes

  • cultural critics in the media and across media
  • Europeans' conceptions of culture and expressions about culture across media 
  • political communication in a Nordic context

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Rethinking Cultural Criticism: New Voices in the Digital Age

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard (ed.), From, U. (ed.) & Haastrup, Helle Kannik (ed.), 1 Jan 2021, Palgrave Macmillan. 264 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard (ed.) & Riegert, K. (ed.), May 2017, Göteborg: Nordicom. 207 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Cultural Journalism and Cultural Critique in the Media

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard & From, U., Jan 2017, London: Routledge. 170 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Power, Communication and Politics in the Nordic Countries

    Skogerbø, E. (ed.), Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard (ed.), Ihlen, Ø. (ed.) & Nord, L. (ed.), 19 Jan 2021, Nordicom. 398 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The Cultural Journalist Around the Globe: A Comparative Study of Characteristics, Role Perceptions, and Perceived Influences

    Hovden, J. F. & Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard, 16 Aug 2018, In: Journalism. 22, 3, p. 689-708

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    From Ivory Tower to Cross-Media Personas: The heterogeneous cultural critic in the media

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard & From, U., 15 Jul 2015, In: Journalism Practice. 9, 6, p. 853-871 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Churnalism, Cultural (Inter)mediation and Sourcing in Cultural Journalism

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard, 2018, In: Journalism Studies. 19, 14, p. 2168-2186 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Cultural Journalism and Cultural Critique in a Changing Media Landscape

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard & From, U., 22 Jul 2015, In: Journalism Practice. 9, 6, p. 760-772 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    EU cultural policy and audience perspectives: How cultural value orientations are related to media usage and country context

    Verboord, M. & Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard, 28 Aug 2020, In: International Journal of Cultural Policy. 27, 4, p. 528-543 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Lifestyle journalism: Blurring boundaries

    Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard & From, U., 2012, In: Journalism Practice. 6, 1, p. 26-41 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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