Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

Professor

I have for several years been specialising in research about cultural journalism and cultural criticism across media, incl. the interplay of cultural journalists and their news sources from the cultural industries; media sociological perspectives on cultural journalism; and longitudinal studies of the transformation of cultural journalism in the news media. In 2014, I initiated a Nordic research network for scholars stuyding cultural journalism (funded by NOS-HS 2014-15). The network led to a compartive research project about discourses on popular culture, such as quality TV-series and bestselleres, in Nordic newspapers, funded by Arts Council Norway (2016-17). 2015-2019, I was PI of the research project From Ivory Tower to Twitter: Rethinking the Cultural Critic in Contemporary Media Culture, studying the transformation of cultural criticism in view of digital media and funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark. From 2020-2023, I am Danish partner and WP-leader in the H2020-project, INVENT (https://inventculture.eu/), studying Europeans' conceptions of and participation in culture, including the role of digital media. Based on a Carlsberg Monograph Fellowship I will in 2023-24 turn parts of my extensive work on cultural journalism in the digital age into a monograph to be published by Routledge. 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:

  • BA in film- and media studies, 2019-: Module "Reception and use of film and media"
  • 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 journalism in the digital age
  • Cultural critics in the media and across media
  • Europeans' conceptions of, expressions about and particiation in 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.), 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.), 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 articleResearchpeer-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 articleResearchpeer-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 articleResearchpeer-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 articleResearchpeer-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 articleResearchpeer-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 articleResearchpeer-review

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