Research groups

Research groups and networks

The research groups are the department's primary professional forums, and the composition of them is therefore academically motivated. The groups organize research seminars, student seminars, guest lectures and other activities within their thematic fields.

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DARS research group

The DARS research group performs cutting-edge research in methods and applications in the context of behavioral data analytics and recommender systems.

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

The Interaction Research Group researches different types of interactions between humans and technology.

Journalism studies

Logic and AI

Our research is often interdisciplinary, in particular combining formal logic and computer science with ideas from the social sciences such as game theory and social network analysis.

Introbilde

Film, Television, and Visual Culture

The research group for Film, Television, and Visual Culture studies the aesthetic and narrative dimensions of audiovisual media.

Bilde professor Jens E. Kjeldsen

Research group for rhetoric, democracy and public culture

The research group for Rhetoric, democracy and public culture teaches and researches the genres and roles of the media in relation to influence, democracy and public conversation. In short: We examine the rhetoric in the media and the media's rhetoric.

Illustration of a research group for intelligent information systems

Intelligent Information Systems (I2S)

Foundation, development and evaluation of information systems that employ artificial intelligence and related techniques. We investigate application areas such as: digital multimedia forensics, decision making in health IS, personal data analysis, and sustainability.

Collage av mediebruk: Smarttelefon, kinopublikum, tv-titting og dataspilling

Bergen Media Use Research Group

Bergen Media Use Research Group is part of the Department of Information Science and Media Studies. The group researches how people use media - as audiences, users and citizens, and how they relate to each other and to society through media.

Demonstrasjon av AR

Research Group for Computer Games and Virtual Environments

Research Group for Computer Games and Virtual Environments focuses on social and cultural aspects of computer games and virtual environments.

Network for culture, inequality and democarcy

The network provides a forum for researchers, phd- and master students with a shared interest in cultural consumption and the cultural field , with a focus on social inequality and democracy.

19.02.2024