Professor of Political Communication, Department of Communication, Kristiania University College, Oslo. Researching and teaching on topics related to democracy, digital media and politics, platforms, disinformation. https://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lidelcjrss2n«These filtering systems, including those used by Facebook, Meta, and Google, effectively delegate our information access to external forces rather than relying on personal critical reasoning. https://www.forbes.com/sites/hessiejones/2025/02/13/when-the-truth-no-longer-matters-how-social-medias-engagement-obsession-is-killing-democracy/?16 Feb 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidelcjrss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lhoa72u5o224Nok et eksempel på at Trump inspirerer andre autoritære leder. https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-restrict-media-ngo-law-journalist-mzia-amaghlobeli-hunger-strike/08 Feb 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhoa72u5o224https://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lgeghlvzik2rShould be a very timely topic: Special issue in New Media & Society: A Brave New Democracy. The impact of Social Media, Algorithms and AI on politics & citizenship. Deadline February 5th. https://heyzine.com/flip-book/ea268941cf.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Spt11UW0QdEAsxrOd2HiE-bxBqWXzzOd3gwBpX_Xh3E3NZbicpX0Xdw8_aem_ZuYAw88ZGXCG3oCPWs0Fzw#page/2 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A4tp5supH/?mibextid=wwXIfr22 Jan 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgeghlvzik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lgb755tycs27Useful word to understand these days en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy snl.no/oligarki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy21 Jan 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgb755tycs27https://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lgb5zckdfk2bHelt vanvittige bilder fra Gaza https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/jQM3jn/oedeleggelsene-i-gaza-det-kan-ikke-beskrives21 Jan 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgb5zckdfk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lfacs6vwtk2x“A social media platform’s dream is completely automated moderation that they, one, don’t have to take responsibility for and, two, don’t have to pay anyone for,” said Mr. Mahadevan, the director of MediaWise. “So Community Notes is the absolute dream of these people" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/technology/meta-facebook-content-moderation.html08 Jan 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfacs6vwtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3ldxmknaa6c2xIceland will have an EU referendum by 2027 - exciting news also for Norway. Will it finally start a new EU debate in Norway? https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/22/icelands-incoming-government-says-it-will-put-eu-membership-to-referendum-by-202723 Dec 2024 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldxmknaa6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3ldshpr7uws2xNow this. Other European politicians he has shown support for are Farage, Salvini. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/elon-musk-afd-germany.html21 Dec 2024 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldshpr7uws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lcnntvf2m22zAlways interesting to listen to Pippa Norris (and Ezra Klein). Here, a very intersting episode about why the far right is thriving in so many countries. https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=100067945795206 Dec 2024 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnntvf2m22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3lcmxcbt6qk22NordMedia's Call for Submissions in now open! Odense August 13.-15. https://nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/nordmedia-25-call-for-submissions/ Deadline for all submission types and abstracts is February 28th. I would be extra glad if you would consider submitting something to the PolCom division (9) https://nordmedianetwork.org/nordmedia-conference-2023/divisions-and-twgs/division-9-political-communication/ https://nordmedianetwork.org/.../nordmedia-25-call-for.../06 Dec 2024 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcmxcbt6qk22https://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kkt27so6zt27European Parliament will use TikTok for EU electoral campaign despite ban https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/exclusive-eu-parliament-will-use-tiktok-for-eu-electoral-campaign-despite-ban/07 Feb 2024 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkt27so6zt27https://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kihgbhihxs2uMedia law reform poses major test for Tusk as PiS fights back https://euobserver.com/rule-of-law/157882?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=email08 Jan 2024 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kihgbhihxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kek3awlw7f23This is a topic we have been working on since 2020 in the SCAM project (Source Criticism and Mediated Disinformation), read more here: uni.oslomet.no/scam/19 Nov 2023 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kek3awlw7f23https://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kek3admmma2j(Cont.) The contradictions between established routines in the newsroom and the demand for renewal of journalistic methods can be sorted under two themes: strategy vs. practice and proximity vs. distance to the field and sources.19 Nov 2023 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kek3admmma2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kek37na2w72u(Cont.)We investigated this in three Norwegian newsrooms in connection with the 2021 election and our findings show a discrepancy between the alleged potential of the new technologies and the everyday practice of newswork and fact-checking – also in the digitally advanced Norwegian media industry.19 Nov 2023 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kek37na2w72uhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kek36jp26d2rNew article from Reidun J. Samuelsen, me and Steen Steensen on journalism, disinformation and fact-checking. How do journalists check digital information? Read the full article in Journalism Practice, the article is openly available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2023.2280676?fbclid=IwAR0vad3Q2IFG5MefI6s6TnP-FrYGRNxDwigeum9cjQAbxEzPQ53JPBjdAd819 Nov 2023 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kek36jp26d2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kejon67llq2j«A map by the United Nations' humanitarian affairs office, relying on the health ministry's data, shows that more than 3,600 people — roughly one-third of the total — were killed in areas where Israel has told civilians in northern Gaza to escape to.» [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2023 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kejon67llq2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kefvimnav22lYes, it is here! Looking forward to read, @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, Daniel and Bruce!17 Nov 2023 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kefvimnav22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3ke7o7pkfax2tTo be transparent or not: https://theconversation.com/should-the-media-tell-you-when-they-use-ai-to-report-the-news-what-consumers-should-know-21369315 Nov 2023 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke7o7pkfax2thttps://bsky.app/profile/benteka.bsky.social/post/3kcup57jj4n2r«Deepfake detection tools, he said, “provide a false solution to a much more complex and difficult-to-solve problem.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/business/media/ai-muddies-israel-hamas-war-in-unexpected-way.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare29 Oct 2023 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:d3njeqm3ekfder4kxjburmbk/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcup57jj4n2r