The task of reaching and engaging with young, so essential to the legitimacy and economic sustainability of media companies, proves a challenging one as it requires both a relentless focus on the needs of younger audience, and a deep comprehension of the ways young people experience media and communication technology.

 Postdoctoral Fellow John Magnus Dahl takes on the task of understanding how Norwegian public broadcasters relate to, or fail to relate to young people’s media experiences and their social and cultural needs.
 

MediaFutures Centre's Director Christoph Trattner in conversation with the Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Bergen Næringsråd on the importance of developing responsible media technology. The article is  available in Norwegian only. 
 

Nudging Towards Health? Examining the Merits of Nutrition Labels and Personalization in a Recipe Recommender System by Ayoub El Majjodi, Alain D. Starke & Christoph Trattner and Designing for Collaborative Video Editing by Pavel Okopnyi, Oskar Juhlin & Frode Guribye are the centre's latest research publication. 

 

The 2nd workshop on Multi-Objective Recommender Systems (MORS) will be held in Seattle, USA, in conjunction with the 16th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (18-23 September). The organizers, among them Prof. Mehdi Elahi, welcome contributions that address the challenges related to having multiple objectives or multiple stakeholders in recommender systems. 

 

There is a vacancy for a PhD position in Work Package 2 User Modelling, Personalisation & Engagement at the centre. The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years. Closing date: 14 August. 

 

The Centre will close for summer break on July 18^th. 
Activities will resume on August 8^th.
 
We wish you a safe and relaxing summer!