Stig Hjarvard
Professor
b. 1960
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
University of Copenhagen
Njalsgade 80
2300 København S
Tlf. +45 35 32 81 13
E-mail: stig@hum.ku.dk
Modinet activities
Leader of the project Mediernes dækning af krigen i Irak
Professional field of interest
The sociology and history of journalism and the aesthetics of news and factual genres, the deregulation of broadcasting, globalization and the media, the history of Eurovision News Exchange, the history of Danish television, the development of local and commercial broadcasting in Denmark, communication theory, the relationship between mediated and interpersonal communication, the mediatization of toys.
Professional background
2002 Professor at Department of Film & Media Studies, University of Copenhagen
2002 Professor at Department of Journalism, University of Roskilde
1995-01 Associate professor at Department of Film & Media Studies, University of Copenhagen
1994 Ph.D. in Media Studies
1988 M.A. in Comparative Literature