Pandemic Breakfast #4
Join us to learn about groundbreaking research on pandemics and multi-crises across various disciplines
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We are happy to have three of the authors of the book Navigating Pandemic Phases at this Pandemic Breakfast.
Professor Øyvind Ihlen, Department of Media and Communication, UiO and Professor Jens Elmelund Kjeldsen and researcher Ranhild Mølster, both Department of Information Science and Media Studies, UiB are joining us for this spring pandemic breakfast.
This book analyses the rhetorical strategies of the Norwegian public health authorities as the COVID-19 pandemic moved through phases that presented different rhetorical problems and challenges. Many consider the Norwegian response successful, making it a particularly interesting case. Adopting an organisation-focused viewpoint, the analysis examines communication strategies through a dataset collected as the pandemic evolved. This included observations within communication departments of the main public health agencies during March and April 2020.
Topics presented are:
- Trust and Credibility as Building Blocks
- Openness and Disagreement: The Role of Rhetoric in Crises
- The Norwegian Dugnad Spirit: Collective Action and Individual Choices During the Pandemic
Welcome!
Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 08.30-09.30
Format: Hybrid, link to the seminar here
Place: Alrek, Årstadveien 17, 2nd Floor (Tarlebø) or online
Language: Norwegian
Remember to register.
