Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
University Dean of Research Environment and Culture
- Wahl-JorgensenK@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 79414
- Two Central Square, Room 1.32, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am currently serving as University Dean of Research Environment and Culture. In this role, I'm working on enhancing an inclusive, collaborative and creative research environment at Cardiff University.
As a researcher, I'm focused on the relationship between citizenship, media and emotion - and how it is affected by rapid technological change and innovation. I've recently carried out extensive research on the experiences of local news entrepreneurs, including in the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, I am working on research projects on right-wing populist media and misinformation.
I have written five books; Emotions, Media and Politics (Polity Press, 2019), Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society (Polity Press, 2019, co-authored with Arne Hintz and Lina Dencik), Disasters and the Media (Peter Lang, 2012; co-authored with Mervi Pantti and Simon Cottle), Journalists and the Public (Hampton Press, 2007) and Citizens or Consumers? (Open University Press, 2005; co-authored with Justin Lewis and Sanna Inthorn).
I have edited an additional five books, including Handbook of Journalism Studies (Routledge, with Thomas Hanitzsch - second edition 2020, first edition 2009) and Mediated Citizenship (Routledge, 2007). I have published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters. From 2021 to 2026, I am co-editor of the ICA Handbook Series (Routledge, with Thomas Hanitzsch). I am also a frequent media commentator on topics relating to citizenship and the media, and have written extensively for The Conversation.
In 2022, I was elected as Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. In 2020-2021, I was the (mostly virtual) Ander Visiting Professor of Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. In 2019, I was awarded an honorary doctorate from Roskilde University, Denmark, and in 2020 I was elected a Fellow of the International Communication. From 2015 to 2019, I served as Chair of the Outstanding Article of the Year Award in the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association, and was Board Member at Large for the association from 2012 to 2014. I serve on the editorial boards of journals including Journal of Communication; International Journal of Press/Politics; Communication Theory; Journalism; Journalism Studies; JDigital Journalism; Social Media & Society; Communications: European Journal of Communication; Journalism and Discourse Studies; and Annals of the International Communication Association. I previously served as associate editor of Communication Theory.
My research has been funded by the ESRC, the European Commission, the Australian Research Council, AHRC, the BBC Trust and the British Academy, among other organisations. In my role as University Dean of Research Environment and Culture, I serve as academic lead for the Ignite Research Culture Leadership programme, funded by an £80k grant from Wellcome, and am also institutional lead for the UK Reproducibility Network and its £4M Open Research Programme.
Publication
2024
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Boelle, J. 2024. Vernacular journalism: Local news and everyday life. Journalism 25(8), pp. 1603-1619. (10.1177/14648849231209707)
- Boelle, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2024. Emotionality in the television coverage of airplane disasters. Journalism Practice 18(5), pp. 1158-1174. (10.1080/17512786.2022.2085618)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2024. Local knowledge and epistemic authority in entrepreneurial journalism. Digital Journalism 12(1), pp. 48-62. (10.1080/21670811.2022.2128388)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Rowe, C. 2024. Time poverty and its impact on research culture. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal
2023
- Singer, J. B., Lewis, S. C. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Journalism in the Quarterly: a century of change in the industry and the academy. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 100(4), pp. 773-792. (10.1177/10776990231189455)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs. Journalism 24(10), pp. 2118-2135. (10.1177/14648849221115223)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Trust and audience behavior in the hybrid media system. [Online]. Social Science Research Council. Available at: https://mediawell.ssrc.org/articles/trust-and-audience-behavior-in-the-hybrid-media-system/
- Tumola, S. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Emotion mobilisation through the imagery of people in Finnish-language right-wing alternative media. Digital Journalism 11(1), pp. 61-79. (10.1080/21670811.2022.2061551)
2022
- Roberts, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2022. Reporting the news: how Breitbart derives legitimacy from recontextualised news. Discourse and Society 33(6), pp. 833-846. (10.1177/09579265221095422)
- Quandt, T. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2022. The Coronavirus pandemic and the transformation of (digital) journalism. Digital Journalism 10(6), pp. 923-929.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Quandt, T. 2022. Introduction: global perspectives on journalism and the coronavirus pandemic. Journalism Studies 23(5-6), pp. 545-550. (10.1080/1461670X.2022.2039879)
2021
- Pantti, M. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Journalism and emotional work. Journalism Studies 22(12), pp. 1567-1573. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1977168)
- Quandt, T. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. The coronavirus pandemic as a critical moment for digital journalism. Digital Journalism 9(9), pp. 1199-1207. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1996253)
- Roberts, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Strategies of alternative right-wing media: The case of Breitbart News. In: Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. London: Routledge, (10.4324/9780429284571-15)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2021. Cohort profile: The UK COVID-19 Public Experiences (COPE) prospective longitudinal mixed-methods study of health and well-being during the SARSCoV2 coronavirus pandemic. PLoS ONE 16(10), article number: e0258484. (10.1371/journal.pone.0258484)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Boelle, J. 2021. British community journalism's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Reappraising Local and Community News in the UK. Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 42-55., (10.4324/9781003173144-4)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. The affordances of interview research on Zoom: New intimacies and active listening. Communication, Culture and Critique 14(2), pp. 373-376.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Pantti, M. 2021. Introduction: the emotional turn in journalism. Journalism 22(5), pp. 1147-1154. (10.1177/1464884920985704)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Precarity in community journalism start-ups: The deep story of sacrifice. In: Steiner, L. and Chadha, K. eds. Precarity in journalism. Routledge
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Considering the emotional turn in journalism studies: Towards new research agendas (translated into Chinese).. Journalism and Mass Communication Monthly (新闻界)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Carlson, M. 2021. Conjecturing fearful futures: Journalistic discourses on deepfakes. Journalism Practice 15(6), pp. 803-820. (10.1080/17512786.2021.1908838)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Precarity in community journalism start-ups: the deep story of sacrifice. Presented at: 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2021), Virtual, 27-31 May 2021.
- Berry, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2021. British public service broadcasting, the EU and Brexit. Journalism Studies 22(15), pp. 2082-2102. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1981154)
2020
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Journalism studies and citizen media. In: Baker, M. et al. eds. Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. Routledge
- Roberts, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Breitbart’s attacks on mainstream media: victories, victimhood, and vilification. In: Boler, M. and Davis, E. eds. Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means. Routledge, pp. 170-185.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Intimacy, emotion and journalism. In: Örnebring, H. ed. Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Oxford University Press
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2020. Advice for journalists covering Covid-19: Welsh NHS confederation. Documentation. Cardiff: School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. eds. 2020. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance society. Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. An emotional turn in journalism studies?. Digital Journalism 8(2), pp. 175-194. (10.1080/21670811.2019.1697626)
- Matheson, D. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. The epistemology of live blogging. New Media and Society 22(2), pp. 300-316. (10.1177/1461444819856926)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Preface to the Japanese edition: Emotions, media and politics. In: Emotions, media and politics. Mitani, F. and Yamakoshi, S. Keiso Shobo
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Foreword. In: Cavanagh, A. and Steel, J. eds. Letters to the Editor: Comparative and historical perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. v-x.
2019
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. 2019. Journalism studies: developments, challenges, and future directions.. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. Handbook of Journalism Studies (2nd edition). Routledge, pp. 3-20.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Schmidt, T. 2019. News and storytelling. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. Handbook of Journalism Studies (2nd edition). Routledge, pp. 261-276.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Creating an emotional community: the negotiation of anger and resistance to Donald Trump. In: Graefer, A. ed. Media and the Politics of Offence. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 47-64.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Questioning the ideal of the public sphere: the emotional turn. Social Media and Society 5(3), pp. 1-3. (10.1177/2056305119852175)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Emotionality and news. In: Vos, T. P. and Hanusch, F. eds. International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Wiley, (10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0039)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Challenging presentism in journalism studies: An emotional life history approach to understanding the lived experience of journalists. Journalism 20(5), pp. 670-678. (10.1177/1464884918760670)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Kilby, A. 2019. Journalism and its audiences. In: Nussbaum, J. F. ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.86)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Emotions, media and politics. Contemporary Political Communication). Polity.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. 2019. The handbook of journalism studies. Routledge.
2018
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Digital citizenship in a datafied society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. The challenge of local news provision. Journalism 20(1), pp. 163-166. (10.1177/1464884918809281)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. and Hintz, A. 2018. Introduction: Changing relationships between news organizations and audiences. Digital Journalism 6(8), pp. 945-950. (10.1080/21670811.2018.1505439)
- Allan, S. et al. eds. 2018. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London and New York: Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Media coverage of shifting emotional regimes: Donald Trump's angry populism. Media, Culture & Society 40(5), pp. 766-778. (10.1177/0163443718772190)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. The emotional architecture of social media. In: Papacharissi, Z. ed. Networked Self: Platforms, Stories, Connections. Routledge, pp. 77-93.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Public displays of disaffection: the emotional politics of Donald Trump.. In: Boczkowski, P. J. and Papacharissi, Z. eds. Trump and the Media. MIT Press, pp. 79-86.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Towards a typology of mediated anger: routine coverage of protest and political emotion. International Journal of Communication 12, pp. 2071-2087.
2017
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2017. Rethinking balance and impartiality in journalism? How the BBC attempted and failed to change the paradigm. Journalism 18(7), pp. 781-800. (10.1177/1464884916648094)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. A manifesto of failure for digital journalism. In: Boczkowski, P. J. and Anderson, C. W. eds. Remaking the News: Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age. Inside Technology Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 251-266.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. K. and Cable, J. 2017. Surveillance normalization and critique: News coverage and journalists’ discourses around the Snowden revelations. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 386-403. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1250607)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Jones, K. 2017. Justifying surveillance: the new discursive settlement in UK opinionated journalism. In: Kunelius, R. et al. eds. Journalism and the NSA Revelations: Privacy, Security and the Press. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism London and New York: I.B.Tauris, pp. 51–68., (10.5040/9781350986954.ch-003)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Bennett, L. 2017. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance - introduction. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 256-261. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1266134)
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. Digital citizenship and surveillance society - introduction. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 731-739.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. and Taylor, G. 2017. The normalization of surveillance and the invisibility of digital citizenship: media debates after the Snowden revelations. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 740-762.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. Is there a 'postmodern turn' in journalism?. In: Peters, C. and Broersma, M. eds. Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal role and public relevance in a digital age. Routledge, pp. 97-111.
2016
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Surveillance in a digital age. In: Franklin, B. and Eldridge II, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 579-588.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Studies 17(7), pp. 801-807. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1199486)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism 4(7), pp. 809-815. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: the future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Practice 10(7), pp. 808-814. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1199485)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Emotion and journalism. In: Witschge, T. et al. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism. SAGE Publications, pp. 128-143., (10.4135/9781473957909)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. The Chicago School and ecology: A reappraisal for the digital era. American Behavioral Scientist 60(1), pp. 8-23. (10.1177/0002764215601709)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Challenges to journalistic professionalism: on technological change and epistemologies of journalism. In: Sobczak, J. and Skrzypczak, J. eds. Professionalism in Journalism in the Era of New Media. Logos Verlag, pp. 21-26.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. L’émotion dans l’information médiatique (Emotion in media information).. In: Bouko, C. ed. Vivre ensemble dans un monde médiatisé (Living together in a mediatized society). Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles/Conseil supérieur de l'éducation aux médias, pp. 109-127.
2015
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Ye, W. 2015. Gender and politics. The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication (10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc144)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2015. Resisting epistemologies of user-generated content? Cooptation, segregation and the boundaries of journalism. In: Boundaries of Journalism. Routledge, pp. 169-185.
2014
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. The production of political journalism: The push and pull of power, routines and constraints. In: Reinemann, C. ed. Political Communication. Handbooks of Communication Science DeGruyter Mouton, (10.1515/9783110238174.305)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. The Chicago School and the pre-history of communication studies. In: Valdivia, A. N. et al. eds. The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies: 7 Volume Set. Wiley-Blackwell
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. Is Wikileaks challenging the paradigm of journalism? Boundary work and beyond. International Journal of Communication 8, pp. 2581-2592.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. From letters to tweeters: media communities of opinion. In: Conboy, M. and Steel, J. eds. Routledge Companion to British Media History. Routledge, pp. 571-581.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. Changing technologies, changing journalistic epistemologies: Public participation, emotionality and the challenge to objectivity. In: Schreiber, M. and Zimmerman, C. eds. Journalism and Technological Change: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Trends. Campus Verlag, pp. 264-283.
2013
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Pantti, M. 2013. The ethics of global disaster reporting: journalistic witnessing and the challenge to objectivity. In: Ward, S. J. A. ed. Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 191-213.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. The strategic ritual of emotionality: A case study of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles. Journalism 14(1), pp. 129-145. (10.1177/1464884912448918)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. Remote, elitist, or non-existent: British political actors discuss the European public sphere. Javnost/The Public 20(3), pp. 23-38.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. Subjectivity and story-telling in journalism: Examining expressions of affect, judgement and appreciation in Pulitzer Prize-winning stories. Journalism Studies 14(3), pp. 305-320. (10.1080/1461670X.2012.713738)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. Is Wikileaks challenging the paradigm of journalism? Boundary work and beyond. In: Christiansen, C. ed. The Wikileaks Reader. London: Peter Lang
2012
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2012. Future directions for political communication scholarship: considering emotion in mediated public participation. In: Valdivia, A. N. ed. The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies: 6 Volume Set. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 455-478.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hunt, J. R. 2012. Journalism, accountability and the possibilities for structural critique: A case study of coverage of whistleblowing. Journalism 13(4), pp. 399-416. (10.1177/1464884912439135)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2012. The discursive construction of women politicians in the European press. Feminist Media Studies 12(3), pp. 422-441. (10.1080/14680777.2011.615636)
- Pantti, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Cottle, S. 2012. Disasters and the media. Global Crises and the Media Vol. 7. New York: Peter Lang.
2011
- Williams, A., Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Wardle, C. 2011. 'More Real and Less Packaged': Audience discourse on amateur news content and its effects on journalism practice. In: Anden-Papadopoulos, K. and Pantti, M. eds. Amateur Images and Global News. Bristol: Intellect, pp. 193-210.
- Williams, A., Wardle, C. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2011. "Have they got news for us"? Audience revolution or business as usual at the BBC?. Journalism Practice 5(1), pp. 85-99. (10.1080/17512781003670031)
- Pantti, M. K. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2011. ‘Not an act of God’: anger and citizenship in press coverage of British man-made disasters. Media Culture Society 33(1), pp. 105-122. (10.1177/0163443710385503)
- Williams, A., Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Wardle, C. 2011. Studying user-generated content at the BBC: a multi-site ethnography. In: Domingo, D. and Paterson, C. A. eds. Making online news. Vol. 2, Newsroom ethnographies in the second decade of internet journalism. Digital Formations Vol. 67. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 115-128.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2011. Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.), Internationalizing Media Studies. Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2009. Xiii + 336 pp. US$35.95 (pbk)[Book Review]. Discourse and Communication 5(2), pp. 197-199. (10.1177/17504813110050020502)
2010
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Cushion, S., Williams, A., Guerra, S., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Tsagalas, D. 2010. Diversity and the European public sphere: The case of United Kingdom. Project Report. [Online]. EUROSPHERE. Available at: http://eurospheres.org/files/2010/06/UK.pdf
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. and Wardle, C. 2010. Audience views on user-generated content: exploring the value of news from the bottom up. Northern Lights 8(1), pp. 177-194. (10.1386/nl.8.177_1)
- Williams, A., Wardle, C. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The limits of audience participation: UGC @ the BBC. In: Franklin, R. A. and Carlson, M. eds. Journalists, Sources, and Credibility: New Perspectives. Routledge Research in Journalism Vol. 1. London: Routledge, pp. 152-166.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The discursive construction of women politicians in the European press [conference paper]. Presented at: ICA 2010 Conference, Singapore, June 22-26, 2010.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The illusion of the European public sphere: British political actors and their perception of citizens’ political participation in EU politics. Presented at: IAMCR Annual Conference, Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The illusion of the European public sphere: British political actors and their perception of citizens’ political participation in EU politics. Presented at: Transcultural Communication – Intercultural ComparisonsEuropean Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Hans Bredow Institute, Hamburg, 12 - 15 October 2010.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Wardle, C. 2010. Audience views on user-generated content: exploring the value of news from the bottom up. Presented at: ICA 2010 Conference - Singapore, Singapore, June 22-26, 2010.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2010. The illusion of the European public sphere. Presented at: ECREA - The 3rd European Communication Conference, Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, 12-15 October 2010.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. British traditions of journalism studies research: between practice and critique. Presented at: National Conference for Media Reform, Boston, April 8-10, 2011.
2009
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. Cultural citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, consumerism and television in a neoliberal age. Journal of Communication 59(1), pp. 190-192. (10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.01411_2.x)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. 2009. The handbook of journalism studies. International Communication Association (ICA) handbook series. New York: Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. News production, ethnography, and power: On the challenges of newsroom-centricity. In: Bird, S. E. ed. The Anthropology of News and Journalism: Global Perspectives. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2009. Are voters engaged citizens? British voters and the European election 2009. Presented at: ECREA - "Mediated Citizenship: Political Information and Participation in Europe", University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Sep 17 - Sep 18, 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2009. Are voters engaged citizens? British voters and the European election 2009. Presented at: ECREA Conference - Media, Communication and the Spectacle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 26-27 November 2009.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. The discursive construction of women politicians in the European press [conference poster]. Presented at: MeCCSA 2009 Conference, The National Media Museum, Bradford, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. J. and Wardle, C. 2009. Beyond user-generated content: a production study examining the ways in which audience material is used at the BBC. Presented at: 2009 Annual Conference - Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 21-25 May 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2009. The representation of women politicians in the European press: a case study of coverage of the 2008 Spanish general election. Presented at: MeCCSA 2009 Conference, The National Media Museum, Bradford, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. The tension between ideals and practices of political discussion. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2009, The National Media Museum, Bradford, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. and Wardle, C. 2009. UGC @ the BBC: audience revolution or business as usual?. Presented at: Future of Journalism Conference, School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, 9 - 10 September 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Williams, A. 2009. User-generated content: who does it and what do audiences think about it?. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2009, The National Media Museum, Bradford, UK, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. Higgins, Michael: Media and their publics - 192 pp, Open University Press, Maidenhead, 2008, Hardback, £55.00,ISBN 9-78-033521-929-2 [Book Review]. Social Semiotics 19(4), pp. 519-521. (10.1080/10350330903361190)
- Garia Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. Migrant women and the representation of immigration. Feminist Media Studies 9(2), pp. 256-259.
2008
- Housley, W. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Theorizing the democratic gaze: Visitors' experiences of the new Welsh Assembly. Sociology 42(4), pp. 726-744. (10.1177/0038038508091625)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. History of Elections and Media. In: Donsbach, W. ed. The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 1494-1497.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Franklin, R. A. 2008. Journalism research in the UK. From isolated efforts to an established discipline.. In: Löffelholz, M., Weaver, D. and Schwarz, A. eds. Global journalism research: theories, methods, findings, future. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 172-184.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Disgust, pleasure and the failure of the liberal democratic model. tabloid talk, media capital and emotional citizenship. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics 4(2), pp. 145-162.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Cole, B. 2008. Newspapers in Sierra Leone: a case study of conditions for print journalism in a postconflict Society. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies 29(1), pp. 1-20. (10.1080/02560054.2008.9653372)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. On the public sphere, deliberation, journalism and dignity. Journalism Studies 9(6), pp. 962-970. (10.1080/14616700802373870)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. ed. 2008. Mediated citizenship. London: Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Op-ed pages. In: Franklin, R. ed. Pulling newspapers apart: analysing print journalism. London ; New York: Routledge, pp. 70-78.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. 2008. Introduction: On why and how we should do journalism studies. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. The Handbook of Journalism Studies. New York: Routledge, pp. 3-16.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. 2008. Preface: The handbook of journalism studies. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. The handbook of journalism studies. International Communication Association (ICA) handbook series New York: Routledge, pp. xi-xii.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Pantti, M. 2008. Not an Act of God: anger in British disaster coverage. Presented at: CRESC Annual Conference, 2008.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Truth in media content. In: Donsbach, W. ed. The international encyclopedia of communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 5185-5188.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Media and Citizenship. In: Andersen, R. and Gray, J. eds. Battleground: The Media. Greenwood, pp. 221-226.
2007
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2007. Journalists and the public: newsroom culture, letters to the editor and democracy. Hampton Press.
2005
- Lewis, J. M. W., Inthorn, S. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2005. Citizens or consumers: What the media tell us about political participation. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
2004
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2004. How not to found a field: new evidence on the origins of mass communication research. Journal of Communication 54(3), pp. 547-564. (10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02644.x)
2002
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2002. Coping with the meaninglessness of politics: citizenspeak in the 2001 British General Elections. Javnost - The Public 9(3), pp. 65-82.
2001
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2001. Letters to the Editor as a forum for public deliberation: Modes of publicity and democratic debate. Critical Studies in Media Communication 18(3), pp. 303-320. (10.1080/07393180128085)
Articles
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Boelle, J. 2024. Vernacular journalism: Local news and everyday life. Journalism 25(8), pp. 1603-1619. (10.1177/14648849231209707)
- Boelle, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2024. Emotionality in the television coverage of airplane disasters. Journalism Practice 18(5), pp. 1158-1174. (10.1080/17512786.2022.2085618)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2024. Local knowledge and epistemic authority in entrepreneurial journalism. Digital Journalism 12(1), pp. 48-62. (10.1080/21670811.2022.2128388)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Rowe, C. 2024. Time poverty and its impact on research culture. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal
- Singer, J. B., Lewis, S. C. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Journalism in the Quarterly: a century of change in the industry and the academy. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 100(4), pp. 773-792. (10.1177/10776990231189455)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs. Journalism 24(10), pp. 2118-2135. (10.1177/14648849221115223)
- Tumola, S. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Emotion mobilisation through the imagery of people in Finnish-language right-wing alternative media. Digital Journalism 11(1), pp. 61-79. (10.1080/21670811.2022.2061551)
- Roberts, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2022. Reporting the news: how Breitbart derives legitimacy from recontextualised news. Discourse and Society 33(6), pp. 833-846. (10.1177/09579265221095422)
- Quandt, T. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2022. The Coronavirus pandemic and the transformation of (digital) journalism. Digital Journalism 10(6), pp. 923-929.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Quandt, T. 2022. Introduction: global perspectives on journalism and the coronavirus pandemic. Journalism Studies 23(5-6), pp. 545-550. (10.1080/1461670X.2022.2039879)
- Pantti, M. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Journalism and emotional work. Journalism Studies 22(12), pp. 1567-1573. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1977168)
- Quandt, T. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. The coronavirus pandemic as a critical moment for digital journalism. Digital Journalism 9(9), pp. 1199-1207. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1996253)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2021. Cohort profile: The UK COVID-19 Public Experiences (COPE) prospective longitudinal mixed-methods study of health and well-being during the SARSCoV2 coronavirus pandemic. PLoS ONE 16(10), article number: e0258484. (10.1371/journal.pone.0258484)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. The affordances of interview research on Zoom: New intimacies and active listening. Communication, Culture and Critique 14(2), pp. 373-376.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Pantti, M. 2021. Introduction: the emotional turn in journalism. Journalism 22(5), pp. 1147-1154. (10.1177/1464884920985704)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Considering the emotional turn in journalism studies: Towards new research agendas (translated into Chinese).. Journalism and Mass Communication Monthly (新闻界)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Carlson, M. 2021. Conjecturing fearful futures: Journalistic discourses on deepfakes. Journalism Practice 15(6), pp. 803-820. (10.1080/17512786.2021.1908838)
- Berry, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2021. British public service broadcasting, the EU and Brexit. Journalism Studies 22(15), pp. 2082-2102. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1981154)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. An emotional turn in journalism studies?. Digital Journalism 8(2), pp. 175-194. (10.1080/21670811.2019.1697626)
- Matheson, D. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. The epistemology of live blogging. New Media and Society 22(2), pp. 300-316. (10.1177/1461444819856926)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Questioning the ideal of the public sphere: the emotional turn. Social Media and Society 5(3), pp. 1-3. (10.1177/2056305119852175)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Challenging presentism in journalism studies: An emotional life history approach to understanding the lived experience of journalists. Journalism 20(5), pp. 670-678. (10.1177/1464884918760670)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. The challenge of local news provision. Journalism 20(1), pp. 163-166. (10.1177/1464884918809281)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. and Hintz, A. 2018. Introduction: Changing relationships between news organizations and audiences. Digital Journalism 6(8), pp. 945-950. (10.1080/21670811.2018.1505439)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Media coverage of shifting emotional regimes: Donald Trump's angry populism. Media, Culture & Society 40(5), pp. 766-778. (10.1177/0163443718772190)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Towards a typology of mediated anger: routine coverage of protest and political emotion. International Journal of Communication 12, pp. 2071-2087.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Berry, M., Garcia-Blanco, I., Bennett, L. and Cable, J. 2017. Rethinking balance and impartiality in journalism? How the BBC attempted and failed to change the paradigm. Journalism 18(7), pp. 781-800. (10.1177/1464884916648094)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. K. and Cable, J. 2017. Surveillance normalization and critique: News coverage and journalists’ discourses around the Snowden revelations. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 386-403. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1250607)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Bennett, L. 2017. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance - introduction. Digital Journalism 5(3), pp. 256-261. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1266134)
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. Digital citizenship and surveillance society - introduction. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 731-739.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Bennett, L. and Taylor, G. 2017. The normalization of surveillance and the invisibility of digital citizenship: media debates after the Snowden revelations. International Journal of Communication 11, pp. 740-762.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Studies 17(7), pp. 801-807. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1199486)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism 4(7), pp. 809-815. (10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2016. Introduction: the future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Journalism Practice 10(7), pp. 808-814. (10.1080/17512786.2016.1199485)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. The Chicago School and ecology: A reappraisal for the digital era. American Behavioral Scientist 60(1), pp. 8-23. (10.1177/0002764215601709)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Ye, W. 2015. Gender and politics. The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication (10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc144)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. Is Wikileaks challenging the paradigm of journalism? Boundary work and beyond. International Journal of Communication 8, pp. 2581-2592.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. The strategic ritual of emotionality: A case study of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles. Journalism 14(1), pp. 129-145. (10.1177/1464884912448918)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. Remote, elitist, or non-existent: British political actors discuss the European public sphere. Javnost/The Public 20(3), pp. 23-38.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. Subjectivity and story-telling in journalism: Examining expressions of affect, judgement and appreciation in Pulitzer Prize-winning stories. Journalism Studies 14(3), pp. 305-320. (10.1080/1461670X.2012.713738)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hunt, J. R. 2012. Journalism, accountability and the possibilities for structural critique: A case study of coverage of whistleblowing. Journalism 13(4), pp. 399-416. (10.1177/1464884912439135)
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2012. The discursive construction of women politicians in the European press. Feminist Media Studies 12(3), pp. 422-441. (10.1080/14680777.2011.615636)
- Williams, A., Wardle, C. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2011. "Have they got news for us"? Audience revolution or business as usual at the BBC?. Journalism Practice 5(1), pp. 85-99. (10.1080/17512781003670031)
- Pantti, M. K. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2011. ‘Not an act of God’: anger and citizenship in press coverage of British man-made disasters. Media Culture Society 33(1), pp. 105-122. (10.1177/0163443710385503)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2011. Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.), Internationalizing Media Studies. Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2009. Xiii + 336 pp. US$35.95 (pbk)[Book Review]. Discourse and Communication 5(2), pp. 197-199. (10.1177/17504813110050020502)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. and Wardle, C. 2010. Audience views on user-generated content: exploring the value of news from the bottom up. Northern Lights 8(1), pp. 177-194. (10.1386/nl.8.177_1)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. Cultural citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, consumerism and television in a neoliberal age. Journal of Communication 59(1), pp. 190-192. (10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.01411_2.x)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. Higgins, Michael: Media and their publics - 192 pp, Open University Press, Maidenhead, 2008, Hardback, £55.00,ISBN 9-78-033521-929-2 [Book Review]. Social Semiotics 19(4), pp. 519-521. (10.1080/10350330903361190)
- Garia Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. Migrant women and the representation of immigration. Feminist Media Studies 9(2), pp. 256-259.
- Housley, W. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Theorizing the democratic gaze: Visitors' experiences of the new Welsh Assembly. Sociology 42(4), pp. 726-744. (10.1177/0038038508091625)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Disgust, pleasure and the failure of the liberal democratic model. tabloid talk, media capital and emotional citizenship. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics 4(2), pp. 145-162.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Cole, B. 2008. Newspapers in Sierra Leone: a case study of conditions for print journalism in a postconflict Society. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies 29(1), pp. 1-20. (10.1080/02560054.2008.9653372)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. On the public sphere, deliberation, journalism and dignity. Journalism Studies 9(6), pp. 962-970. (10.1080/14616700802373870)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2004. How not to found a field: new evidence on the origins of mass communication research. Journal of Communication 54(3), pp. 547-564. (10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02644.x)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2002. Coping with the meaninglessness of politics: citizenspeak in the 2001 British General Elections. Javnost - The Public 9(3), pp. 65-82.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2001. Letters to the Editor as a forum for public deliberation: Modes of publicity and democratic debate. Critical Studies in Media Communication 18(3), pp. 303-320. (10.1080/07393180128085)
Book sections
- Roberts, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Strategies of alternative right-wing media: The case of Breitbart News. In: Morrison, J., Birks, J. and Berry, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. London: Routledge, (10.4324/9780429284571-15)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Boelle, J. 2021. British community journalism's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Reappraising Local and Community News in the UK. Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 42-55., (10.4324/9781003173144-4)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Precarity in community journalism start-ups: The deep story of sacrifice. In: Steiner, L. and Chadha, K. eds. Precarity in journalism. Routledge
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Journalism studies and citizen media. In: Baker, M. et al. eds. Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. Routledge
- Roberts, J. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Breitbart’s attacks on mainstream media: victories, victimhood, and vilification. In: Boler, M. and Davis, E. eds. Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means. Routledge, pp. 170-185.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Intimacy, emotion and journalism. In: Örnebring, H. ed. Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Oxford University Press
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Preface to the Japanese edition: Emotions, media and politics. In: Emotions, media and politics. Mitani, F. and Yamakoshi, S. Keiso Shobo
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2020. Foreword. In: Cavanagh, A. and Steel, J. eds. Letters to the Editor: Comparative and historical perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. v-x.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. 2019. Journalism studies: developments, challenges, and future directions.. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. Handbook of Journalism Studies (2nd edition). Routledge, pp. 3-20.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Schmidt, T. 2019. News and storytelling. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. Handbook of Journalism Studies (2nd edition). Routledge, pp. 261-276.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Creating an emotional community: the negotiation of anger and resistance to Donald Trump. In: Graefer, A. ed. Media and the Politics of Offence. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 47-64.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Emotionality and news. In: Vos, T. P. and Hanusch, F. eds. International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Wiley, (10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0039)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Kilby, A. 2019. Journalism and its audiences. In: Nussbaum, J. F. ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.86)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. The emotional architecture of social media. In: Papacharissi, Z. ed. Networked Self: Platforms, Stories, Connections. Routledge, pp. 77-93.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Public displays of disaffection: the emotional politics of Donald Trump.. In: Boczkowski, P. J. and Papacharissi, Z. eds. Trump and the Media. MIT Press, pp. 79-86.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. A manifesto of failure for digital journalism. In: Boczkowski, P. J. and Anderson, C. W. eds. Remaking the News: Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age. Inside Technology Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 251-266.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Jones, K. 2017. Justifying surveillance: the new discursive settlement in UK opinionated journalism. In: Kunelius, R. et al. eds. Journalism and the NSA Revelations: Privacy, Security and the Press. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism London and New York: I.B.Tauris, pp. 51–68., (10.5040/9781350986954.ch-003)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2017. Is there a 'postmodern turn' in journalism?. In: Peters, C. and Broersma, M. eds. Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal role and public relevance in a digital age. Routledge, pp. 97-111.
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Surveillance in a digital age. In: Franklin, B. and Eldridge II, S. eds. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 579-588.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Emotion and journalism. In: Witschge, T. et al. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism. SAGE Publications, pp. 128-143., (10.4135/9781473957909)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. Challenges to journalistic professionalism: on technological change and epistemologies of journalism. In: Sobczak, J. and Skrzypczak, J. eds. Professionalism in Journalism in the Era of New Media. Logos Verlag, pp. 21-26.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2016. L’émotion dans l’information médiatique (Emotion in media information).. In: Bouko, C. ed. Vivre ensemble dans un monde médiatisé (Living together in a mediatized society). Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles/Conseil supérieur de l'éducation aux médias, pp. 109-127.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2015. Resisting epistemologies of user-generated content? Cooptation, segregation and the boundaries of journalism. In: Boundaries of Journalism. Routledge, pp. 169-185.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. The production of political journalism: The push and pull of power, routines and constraints. In: Reinemann, C. ed. Political Communication. Handbooks of Communication Science DeGruyter Mouton, (10.1515/9783110238174.305)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. The Chicago School and the pre-history of communication studies. In: Valdivia, A. N. et al. eds. The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies: 7 Volume Set. Wiley-Blackwell
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. From letters to tweeters: media communities of opinion. In: Conboy, M. and Steel, J. eds. Routledge Companion to British Media History. Routledge, pp. 571-581.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2014. Changing technologies, changing journalistic epistemologies: Public participation, emotionality and the challenge to objectivity. In: Schreiber, M. and Zimmerman, C. eds. Journalism and Technological Change: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Trends. Campus Verlag, pp. 264-283.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Pantti, M. 2013. The ethics of global disaster reporting: journalistic witnessing and the challenge to objectivity. In: Ward, S. J. A. ed. Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 191-213.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2013. Is Wikileaks challenging the paradigm of journalism? Boundary work and beyond. In: Christiansen, C. ed. The Wikileaks Reader. London: Peter Lang
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2012. Future directions for political communication scholarship: considering emotion in mediated public participation. In: Valdivia, A. N. ed. The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies: 6 Volume Set. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 455-478.
- Williams, A., Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Wardle, C. 2011. 'More Real and Less Packaged': Audience discourse on amateur news content and its effects on journalism practice. In: Anden-Papadopoulos, K. and Pantti, M. eds. Amateur Images and Global News. Bristol: Intellect, pp. 193-210.
- Williams, A., Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Wardle, C. 2011. Studying user-generated content at the BBC: a multi-site ethnography. In: Domingo, D. and Paterson, C. A. eds. Making online news. Vol. 2, Newsroom ethnographies in the second decade of internet journalism. Digital Formations Vol. 67. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 115-128.
- Williams, A., Wardle, C. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The limits of audience participation: UGC @ the BBC. In: Franklin, R. A. and Carlson, M. eds. Journalists, Sources, and Credibility: New Perspectives. Routledge Research in Journalism Vol. 1. London: Routledge, pp. 152-166.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. News production, ethnography, and power: On the challenges of newsroom-centricity. In: Bird, S. E. ed. The Anthropology of News and Journalism: Global Perspectives. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. History of Elections and Media. In: Donsbach, W. ed. The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 1494-1497.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Franklin, R. A. 2008. Journalism research in the UK. From isolated efforts to an established discipline.. In: Löffelholz, M., Weaver, D. and Schwarz, A. eds. Global journalism research: theories, methods, findings, future. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 172-184.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Op-ed pages. In: Franklin, R. ed. Pulling newspapers apart: analysing print journalism. London ; New York: Routledge, pp. 70-78.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. 2008. Introduction: On why and how we should do journalism studies. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. The Handbook of Journalism Studies. New York: Routledge, pp. 3-16.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. 2008. Preface: The handbook of journalism studies. In: Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. The handbook of journalism studies. International Communication Association (ICA) handbook series New York: Routledge, pp. xi-xii.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Truth in media content. In: Donsbach, W. ed. The international encyclopedia of communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 5185-5188.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2008. Media and Citizenship. In: Andersen, R. and Gray, J. eds. Battleground: The Media. Greenwood, pp. 221-226.
Books
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. eds. 2020. Journalism, citizenship and surveillance society. Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2019. Emotions, media and politics. Contemporary Political Communication). Polity.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. 2019. The handbook of journalism studies. Routledge.
- Hintz, A., Dencik, L. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2018. Digital citizenship in a datafied society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- Allan, S. et al. eds. 2018. The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. London and New York: Routledge.
- Pantti, M., Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Cottle, S. 2012. Disasters and the media. Global Crises and the Media Vol. 7. New York: Peter Lang.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T. eds. 2009. The handbook of journalism studies. International Communication Association (ICA) handbook series. New York: Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. ed. 2008. Mediated citizenship. London: Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2007. Journalists and the public: newsroom culture, letters to the editor and democracy. Hampton Press.
- Lewis, J. M. W., Inthorn, S. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2005. Citizens or consumers: What the media tell us about political participation. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Conferences
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2021. Precarity in community journalism start-ups: the deep story of sacrifice. Presented at: 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2021), Virtual, 27-31 May 2021.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The discursive construction of women politicians in the European press [conference paper]. Presented at: ICA 2010 Conference, Singapore, June 22-26, 2010.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The illusion of the European public sphere: British political actors and their perception of citizens’ political participation in EU politics. Presented at: IAMCR Annual Conference, Braga, Portugal, 18-22 July.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. The illusion of the European public sphere: British political actors and their perception of citizens’ political participation in EU politics. Presented at: Transcultural Communication – Intercultural ComparisonsEuropean Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Hans Bredow Institute, Hamburg, 12 - 15 October 2010.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Wardle, C. 2010. Audience views on user-generated content: exploring the value of news from the bottom up. Presented at: ICA 2010 Conference - Singapore, Singapore, June 22-26, 2010.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2010. The illusion of the European public sphere. Presented at: ECREA - The 3rd European Communication Conference, Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, Hamburg, 12-15 October 2010.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2010. British traditions of journalism studies research: between practice and critique. Presented at: National Conference for Media Reform, Boston, April 8-10, 2011.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2009. Are voters engaged citizens? British voters and the European election 2009. Presented at: ECREA - "Mediated Citizenship: Political Information and Participation in Europe", University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Sep 17 - Sep 18, 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2009. Are voters engaged citizens? British voters and the European election 2009. Presented at: ECREA Conference - Media, Communication and the Spectacle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 26-27 November 2009.
- Garcia-Blanco, I. and Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. The discursive construction of women politicians in the European press [conference poster]. Presented at: MeCCSA 2009 Conference, The National Media Museum, Bradford, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. J. and Wardle, C. 2009. Beyond user-generated content: a production study examining the ways in which audience material is used at the BBC. Presented at: 2009 Annual Conference - Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, 21-25 May 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Garcia-Blanco, I. 2009. The representation of women politicians in the European press: a case study of coverage of the 2008 Spanish general election. Presented at: MeCCSA 2009 Conference, The National Media Museum, Bradford, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2009. The tension between ideals and practices of political discussion. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2009, The National Media Museum, Bradford, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Williams, A. and Wardle, C. 2009. UGC @ the BBC: audience revolution or business as usual?. Presented at: Future of Journalism Conference, School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, 9 - 10 September 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Williams, A. 2009. User-generated content: who does it and what do audiences think about it?. Presented at: MeCCSA Conference 2009, The National Media Museum, Bradford, UK, 14-16 January 2009.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Pantti, M. 2008. Not an Act of God: anger in British disaster coverage. Presented at: CRESC Annual Conference, 2008.
Monographs
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2020. Advice for journalists covering Covid-19: Welsh NHS confederation. Documentation. Cardiff: School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., Cushion, S., Williams, A., Guerra, S., Garcia-Blanco, I. and Tsagalas, D. 2010. Diversity and the European public sphere: The case of United Kingdom. Project Report. [Online]. EUROSPHERE. Available at: http://eurospheres.org/files/2010/06/UK.pdf
Websites
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. 2023. Trust and audience behavior in the hybrid media system. [Online]. Social Science Research Council. Available at: https://mediawell.ssrc.org/articles/trust-and-audience-behavior-in-the-hybrid-media-system/
Research
My research focuses on the relationship between citizenship, media and emotion - and how it is affected by rapid technological change and innovation. I am developing new research projects on right-wing populist media, "deep fakes" and community journalism. I recently won funding from the British Academy for the project, “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community journalism start-ups in the UK” (2020-2022). I also serve as Partner Investigator on Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, “Evaluating the challenge of ‘fake news’ and other malinformation (PI: Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology (2020-2023).
I have carried out extensive work on how citizens are represented in and participate through news forms and genres, including vox pop interviews, letters to the editor, disaster coverage and user-generated content. I am now turning to investigating how journalists experience and adapt to dramatic transformations in their profession, and how these experiences and adaptations are shaped by organisational cultures and resources.
Links to Research Projects
Teaching
I teach on the undergraduate module "Media and Democracy" and the MA module "Introduction to Journalism Studies" as well as on the school’s PhD seminars.
I have supervised more than ten PhD students to completion, in addition to more than 50 students across BA and MA levels. I welcome PhD applications in areas relating to emotions, media and democracy, including projects on populism and the media.
Biography
Education
- 2000: PhD (Communication), Stanford University, USA
- 1995: BA, double major in Communication Studies and Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, USA
Honours and awards
- 2019: Doctor Honoris Causa, Roskilde University, Denmark
Academic positions
- August 2012-present: Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
- Since August 2012: Director of Research Environment and Development – responsible for drafting REF 2021 Environment Statement.
- March 2017: Visiting Professor, Unidersidad del Norte, Colombia.
- February 2017: Visiting Professor, Monash University, Australia
- February 2017: Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- September 2014: Bonnier Visiting Professor, University of Stockholm.
- August 2008-August 2012: Reader, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
- March-April 2011: Visiting Scholar at the University of Gothenburg.
- January 2009: Visiting Professor at the Kosovo Institute for Journalism and Communication, delivering an MA-level courses on Communication Theory and Research Methods
- August 2005-August 2008: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
- August 2000-August, 2005: Lecturer B, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
- Summer 2003: Visiting Scholar, Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Supported by Cardiff University Young Researcher Travel Fellowship.
- September 1995-June 2000: Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication and Feminist Studies Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Committees and reviewing
Research evaluation
- 2018-2019: Chair, RED19 – Research Excellence Evaluation, Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 2014: Panel member, Ghent University Research Evaluation Exercise (Belgian equivalent of the REF, conducted at institutional level).
- 2013: External reviewer of REF publications, Department of Journalism, Strathclyde University, June.
- 2011: External expert reviewer of research quality, Department of Journalism, Roskilde University, Denmark (Danish equivalent of the REF, conducted at institutional level). Led the process of writing the final panel report.
Editorial boards
- Member of editorial boards for Journal of Communication, International Journal of Press/Politics, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism Studies, Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism, Communication Theory, Digital Journalism, Journal of International Communication, Social Media & Society, Annals of the International Communication Association, Communications: European Journal of Communication, Journalism and Discourse Studies, and SAGE's Encyclopedia of Journalism.
Other external service
- 2013 - : Jury member for social sciences in the UK Scopus Young Researcher Award.
- Have served as external examiner/opponent for 38 PhD thesis, in countries including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
- Frequent reviewer for external hiring and promotions panels
- Invited reviewer for more than 40 different journals for which I do not serve on the editorial board.
- External examiner for:
- MSc Programmes, London School of Economics (2016-2019).
- MA International Journalism, Erasmus Mundus; City University, Danish School of Journalism (2013-2016)
- BA in Journalism, Stirling University (2012-2016),
- MA in Journalism, University of East Anglia (2012-2016)
- BA in Journalism, Roskilde University, Denmark (2010-2014)
- MA in Social Media, University of Salford (2009-2012)
- MA in Mass Communication, Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester (2006-2010)
- BA in Journalism and Mass Communication at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (2004-2007)
Supervisions
I have supervised more than ten PhD students to completion, and welcome PhD applications in areas relating to emotions, media and democracy, as well as work focused on community/hyperlocal journalism.