News about Media

DISTRACT Talk next Friday, May 3rd, with Rie Kristensen & Signe Vangkilde

Next Friday, May 3rd 11.00-12.00, DISTRACT will host a talk with PhD fellow Rie Kristensen & Professor Signe Vangkilde, Department of Psychology (UCPH). In the talk Rie Kristensen and Signe Vangkilde will explore core…

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2024

New CPH Tech Policy Brief by DISTRACT researchers

DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris, and Helene Willadsen recently published a CPH Tech Policy Brief that dives into the concept of screen time and explores how people feel about engaging…

Attending in the Attention Economy - DISTRACT Talk with Jelle Bruineberg

On Friday the 1st of March, 2024, Assistant Professor at Center for Subjectivity Research (Department of Communication, UCPH) Jelle Bruineberg did a DISTARCT Talk investigating the notion of attention that underpins…

DISTRACT Talk this Friday, March 1st, with Jelle Bruineberg

This Friday, March 1st, DISTRACT hosts the talk "Attending in the attention economy" with Jelle Bruineberg (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen)

DISTRACT research note: "Ukrainian refugee solidarity mobilization online"

In March 2023, DISTRACT researchers Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, Tobias Gårdhus & Jonas Toubøl published the research note "Ukrainian refugee solidarity mobilization online" in European Societies.

Special issue of Visual Anthropology

With a stellar lineup including Dima Saber, Abdul Rahman al-Jaloud, Stefan Tarnowski, Ugur Ümit Üngör, Chad Elias, and Thomas Keenan, we explore the various dimensions of image use, archives, and recollections in the…

DISTRACT article: "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy"

DISTRACT researchers Eva Iris Otto, Anders Blok, and Jonathan Holm Salka published the paper "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy" in Journal of Cultural Economy in April…

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2024

New podcasts

The secrets of the app and Digital traces: Where does our personal data end up?

DISTRACT PhDs present at SODAS PhD Days

In February, SODAS PhDs Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupsgaard presented some of their current work in the DISTRACT project at the SODAS PhD Days

New publications by RYA researchers

Three new articles are out. Two in Comunicazioni Soziali on audiovisual content for children (edited by Chiarulli, Fumagalli and Redvall) with chapters by Christa Lykke Christensen (on Minisjang) and Jakob Freudendal (o…

New article: "New methodologies for the digital age? How methods (re-)organize research using social media data"

DISTRACT researchers Sune Lehmann, Anders Blok, and postdoc at Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society Yangliu Fan (PhD from SODAS) published in December 2023 the paper "New methodologies for the digital age? How…

Research on cultural journalism in the science podcast

Professor of media studies, Nete Nørgaard Kristensen, talks about her research on cultural journalism in the science podcast Videnskab fra Vilde Hjerner (in Danish).

Secrets of the app

When you download an app, it can also be an open invitation to international companies who want to see what you're doing on your cell phone. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, led by Associate Professor Stin…

Secrets of the app

When you download an app, it can also be an open invitation to international companies who want to see what you're doing on your cell phone. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, led by Associate Professor Stin…

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2023

Two important pieces

The collaborative research project Viable Futures: Near and Long Term Prospects among Syrian Youth in Jordan consisting of Andreas Bandak (PI), Anders Hastrup (Co-PI), and Birgitte Stampe Holst has just published two…

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2023

Mediatization theory in Japanese

Professor Stig Hjarvard’s book ”The Mediatization of Culture and Society” has just been published by the Japanese academic publisher Keiso Shobo.

New translations of “Phenomenology: The Basics”

Dan Zahavi’s book “Phenomenology: The Basics” has been published in Italian (Il primo libro di fenomenologia) and in Persian (الفبای پدیدارشناسی).

The programme for the Reaching Young Audiences conference is now online

The programme for the Reaching Young Audiences conference is now online.