Dr Henrik Ornebring (PhD)

Post: Senior Research Fellow on the ERC project on Media and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, St Antony's College

Introduction

Henrik Örnebring got his PhD from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Göteborg University, Sweden, in 2001. He has lectured at several Swedish universities, been a Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science and worked as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester and Roehampton University.

Research Areas and Interests

• Journalism studies (in particular journalism in UK and Sweden)
• History of media and journalism
• Broadcasting studies
• Journalism and new media

Previous Posts Held

• 2007-2010 Axess Research Fellow in Comparative European Journalism, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
• 2004-2007 Senior Lecturer in Television Studies, Roehampton University
• 2003-2004 Lecturer in Mass Communication, University of Leicester
• 2002-2003 Visiting Scholar at Media@LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science
• 2001-2002 Lecturer in Media and Communication, Göteborg University

Media Expertise

• News and journalism (UK and Sweden in particular)
• Journalism and new media
• Media history

Publications

Örnebring, Henrik (2010) ‘Technology and journalism-as-labour: historical perspectives’, pp 57-74 in Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism vol 11, issue 1 (February). 

Örnebring, Henrik (2010) ‘Reassessing journalism as a profession’, pp 568-577 in Allan, Stuart (ed) The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism Studies. London: Routledge

Örnebring, Henrik (ed) (2009) European Journalism. Themed issue of Journalism Studies 10 (1)

Örnebring, Henrik (2009) ‘Introduction: Questioning European Journalism’, pp 2-17 in Journalism Studies 10 (1)

Örnebring, Henrik (2008) ‘The producer as consumer – of what? User-generated tabloid content in The Sun (UK) and Aftonbladet (Sweden)’, pp 771-785 in Journalism Studies 9 (5), October 2008

Örnebring, Henrik (2007) ‘A necessary profession for the modern age? 19th century news, journalism and the public sphere’, in Butsch, R. (ed.) Media and Public Spheres. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan

Örnebring, Henrik (2006) ‘The Maiden Tribute and the Naming of Monsters: two case studies of popular journalism as alternative public sphere’, pp 851-68 in Journalism Studies vol 7 (6).

Örnebring, Henrik & Jönsson, Anna Maria (2004) ’Tabloid Journalism and the Public Sphere: A Historical Perspective’, pp 283-95 inJournalism Studies 5(3).

Örnebring, Henrik (2004) ’Revisiting the Coronation: A critical perspective on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953’, pp 175-197 in Nordicom Review 25 (1-2). 

Örnebring, Henrik (2003) ‘Televising the Public Sphere. 40 years of current affairs debate programmes on Swedish television’, in European Journal of Communication 18 (4), pp 501-527.

Örnebring, Henrik (2001) TV-parlamentet. Debattprogram på svensk TV 1956-1996. [The Television Parliament. Current affairs debate programmes on Swedish television 1956-1996] (423 p). Göteborg: JMG Press, Göteborgs Universitet. (Ph D dissertation)