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Jón Gunnar Ólafsson - Assistant Professor

Jón Gunnar Ólafsson

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School of Social Sciences

Jón Gunnar Ólafsson

Assistant Professor

Location
Oddi
Email
jgo [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Political Science

Published works

2024

Icelandic journalists in a changing media system: Emphasizing classic journalistic roles but under increasing pressureIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Rethinking Journalist-Politician Relations Using a Small State Framework: Mobile Generalists, Personal Closeness and Professional DistanceJournalism Studies

2023

Watchdogs and government megaphones: The dual democratic roles of the news media during the Covid-19 pandemic in Iceland and SwedenCommunicating a pandemic: Crisis management and Covid-19 in the Nordic countries
Politicians and the General Public Communicating on Facebook and Messenger: Public and Private Interactions in a Two-Level Online SphereSocial Media + Society

2022

The drop hollows out the stone: How politicians and journalists experience harsh discourse and harassment onlineIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Electoral politics after the crisis: Change, fluctuations and stability in the 2021 Althingi ElectionIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Referendums as resistance: international pressures and nationalist recoil in IcelandJournal of European Public Policy
Countering misinformation in and from the newsroom: How digital platforms redefine journalistic practice and the democratic role of news mediaSuccess and Failure in News Media Performance: Comparative Analysis in The Media for Democracy Monitor 2021

2021

Iceland: A small media system facing increasing challengesThe Media for Democracy Monitor 2021: How leading news media survive digital transformation (Vol. 2)
Iceland: No lockdown and experts at the forefrontPolitical Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis
Superficial, shallow and reactive: How a small state news media covers politicsNordicom Review
Communication, politics and COVID-19 in Iceland: The small state dimensionSmall States & Territories
Framing the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Icelandic media: What were the key concerns and who could raise them?Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Media and politics in IcelandPower, Communication, and Politics in the Nordic Countries

2020

Factoring Size into the Equation: Media studies, politics, and small statesNordic Journal of Media Studies

2019

Media, Democracy and Small States: Political Communication in Iceland

2018

The Icelandic news media in times of crisis and changeIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration

Keywords for Specialisation:

Media and communications

Political communication