Kenneth Andresen

• Andresen, Kenneth; Siapera, Eugenia & Fieldler, Anke (2025). Mediation of Memories of Past Conflict. In Siapera, Eugenia; Fiedler, Anke & Andresen, Kenneth (Ed.), Media and Past Conflict in Europe: Dynamics of Mediation and Power. Routledge. ISSN 9781032513959. p. 1–13. doi: 10.4324/9781003402008-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This introductory chapter sets the theoretical and conceptual framework for analyzing the mediation of memories of past conflicts in Europe. It begins by situating the study within the broader socio-political context of contemporary Europe, marked by resurging tensions, austerity, and contested technological progress. Drawing on the RePAST project's research and focusing on six countries—Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Kosovo, and Bosnia & Herzegovina—the chapter introduces the central questions on how media systems mediate collective memories of conflict. The chapter combines the circuit of culture approach with theories of power and mnemonic hegemony to develop a model that accounts for production, representation, and reception processes. The main argument underpinning the chapter and the book more broadly is that the mediation of past conflicts is deeply entangled with present-day power dynamics, identity politics, and struggles over historical narratives. Further, the chapter outlines key concepts such as media memory, the role of genre and form, the contested nature of hegemonic and counter-memories, and the performative nature of collective remembrance. It also identifies gaps in previous research, including the need for comparative and longitudinal analyses of media memory and the influence of digital media environments. Finally, the chapter introduces the structure of the book, explaining how it is organized into three interrelated sections: Production and Institutional Power, Representational Struggles, and Reception and Politics from Below. By developing a theoretical foundation, this chapter sets the stage for the empirical studies that follow, emphasizing that the mediation of troubled pasts is not about remembering but about ongoing contests over meaning, identity, and political legitimacy.

• Hoxha, Abit; Andresen, Kenneth; Paschalidis, Panagiotis & Fiedler, Anke (2025). Producing indefinite drafts of history: Journalists’ roles in historic revisionism in Europe and beyond. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. ISSN 1464-8849. 26(2), p. 387–405. doi: 10.1177/14648849241233381. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This paper seeks to explore to what degree revisionism and journalism interact in a European context. By looking at countries with troubled pasts, such as Greece and Spain, which are well into the European Union and also the euro-public sphere, and Kosovo, which uses European Integration as a framework to deal with its conflicting past, we aim to answer the crucial questions of what historical revisionism in journalistic productions is; how it emerges and how it is addressed by journalistic productions in such discourses. We use data from 22 semi-structured in-depth interviews with selected journalists who cover ‘troubled past,’ identified by searching content on the media with the same keywords. These journalists represent a pool of professionals who research the past and forensically deconstruct events and documents to come to new conclusions or re-interpretations of the past through present journalistic productions. Our data suggest that journalists indeed have a narrative of the past in their minds and are eager to explore it further in seeking an ideal professional role of finding out the truth as a counter-revisionist measure. In doing so, journalists also face competing loyalty between their identity and professionalism, belonging, and political situation. Greece, Spain, and Kosovo have suffered very different past conflicts and have different ways of dealing with the past, but journalists in all three countries compete for the true narratives of war and the past. Writing the first draft of history, they argue that the latter is continuously under revision.

• Hoxha, Abit & Andresen, Kenneth (2024). Future of Dark Tourism in Kosovo: From Divisions to Digital Possibilities. In Stone, Philip R. & Wright, Daniel W.M. (Ed.), The Future of Dark Tourism. Channel View Publications. ISSN 9781845418977. doi: https:/www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/the-future-of-dark-tourism/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-65d5d7bb89a3f. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It outlines key features of difficult heritage and future cultural trauma and highlights the role of technology, immersive visitor experiences and the thanatological condition of future dark tourism.

• Hoxha, Abit; Andresen, Kenneth & Mulliqi, Getoarbë (2024). Solidarity, safety and journalism: Collaboration between Ukrainian and Kosovar journalists in times of war. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. ISSN 1464-8849. p. 1–19. doi: 10.1177/14648849241303112. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This paper discusses the issues of safety and solidarity of journalists for journalists in a cooperative project where Ukrainian journalists fled to Kosovo at the time of war in Ukraine. Through international non-governmental mediation, several journalists have moved to Kosovo after the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to continue the work of reporting from Kosovo. This is done with the help of journalist peers in Kosovo. The political situation is not favorable for journalists in Ukraine, also considered the fact that Ukraine has not recognized Kosovo as a sovereign state, but this provides a political opportunity to extend this solidarity in political spectrum as well. Interviewed journalists claim that this “functional solidarity” is essential in media development and aid in the future and is a new way to look at safety of journalists. The altruistic solidarity of journalists for journalists also has its culprits of political consequences such as being part of political agendas to try and develop political bridges at the times of war. Findings such as willingness to extend help, planning for solidarity and joint interactions will further advance studies on safety of journalists and reflect on best practices of solidarity among journalists for the future endeavors of similar nature. The role of existing institutions such as journalist associations and international non-government organization are explored as well, defining their role in the process. Ukrainian journalists are in Kosovo to reveal this story of unusual collaboration.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2022). Book review: Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Joy Jenkins, Ryan J. Thomas, & Oscar Westlund (Eds.) Critical Incidents in Journalism: Pivotal Moments Reshaping Journalism around the World. Nordicom Review. ISSN 1403-1108. 43(1), p. 131–133. doi: 10.2478/nor-2022-0008. Full text in Research Archive
• Nicolaidou, Iolie; Zupancic, Rok; Fiedler, Anke; Andresen, Kenneth; Hoxha, Abit & Ntaltagianni, Christina [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Virtual tours as emerging technologies to engage children and youth with their country’s historical conflicts. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). ISSN 1868-8799. 17(21), p. 164–183. doi: 10.3991/ijet.v17i21.32853. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2021). Book review: Critical Incidents in Journalism: Pivotal Moments Reshaping Journalism around the World. Nordicom Review. ISSN 1403-1108. 43(1), p. 131–133. doi: 10.2478/nor-2022-0008. Full text in Research Archive
• Baloch, Kiyya & Andresen, Kenneth (2020). Reporting in Conflict Zones in Pakistan: Risks and Challenges for Fixers. Media and Communication. 8(1), p. 37–46. doi: 10.17645/mac.v8i1.2514. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  As a backbone of reporting in war and conflicts, fixers offer essential assistance to the foreign correspondent in conflict zones, also in Pakistan. With valuable local knowledge and contacts, fixers can arrange travel to secure entry of foreign correspondents into conflict zones in addition to securing interviews with otherwise unattainable figures, while offering reliable translation services. Pakistani media, despite being one of the largest and most developed in South Asia, remains under the strict control of powerful military establishment and government, while seeming to mirror the overarching government sentiment with a distinct lack of research-based news. Challenging this state of affairs, local journalist fixers seek to conduct research and investigative journalism, making them an attractive asset for western correspondents travelling to Pakistan. Based on data from interviews with local fixers and journalists in Pakistan, this article reveals the many security problems for local fixers in the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions in Pakistan. It also shows that the fixers’ rights and interests are not protected by media organizations or the governments. Additionally, fixers face increasing censorship from security agencies and death threats from militants. This study discusses the harsh realities fixers face in the conflict zones of Pakistan where international press lack access due to increasing restrictions imposed by the government, and the violence perpetrated against media workers by the Islamic State and other radical groups, like Taliban and Baloch separatists.

• Sweeney, James; Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2020). Transitional Justice and Transitional Journalism: Case-Study on Kosovo. International Journal of Transitional Justice. ISSN 1752-7716. 14(3), p. 483–503. doi: 10.1093/ijtj/ijaa017. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoxha, Abit & Andresen, Kenneth (2020). Violence, War, and Gender: Collective Memory and Politics of Remembrance in Kosovo. In Ana, Milosevic & Tamara, Trost (Ed.), Europeanisation and Memory Politics in the Western Balkans. Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783030546991. p. 263–283. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-54700-4_11. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth; Siapera, Eugenia; Fiedler, Anke; Hoxha, Abit & Traunspurger, Julia (2020). Report on the state of the art in the field of memory, conflict and media. Troubled Pasts in Journalistic and Citizen-led Media. CORDIS, the European Commission's official information service for Research & Development - 'Technology Marketplace'. doi: 10.3030/769252. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2019). Verdifull ressurs om religion, medier og samfunnsendringer. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 26(4), p. 1–4. doi: 10.18261/ISSN.0805-9535-2019-04-07. Full text in Research Archive
• Skjerdal, Terje; Josephi, Beate; Hanusch, Folker; Alonso, Martin Oller; Shapiro, Ivor & Andresen, Kenneth [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2019). Profiles of journalists: Demographic and employment patterns. In Hanitzsch, Thomas; Hanusch, Folker; Ramaprasad, Jyotika & Beer, Arnold S. de (Ed.), Worlds of Journalism. Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe. Columbia University Press. ISSN 9780231186438. p. 67–102. doi: 10.7312/hani18642-005. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2019). The Development of Roles in Kosovo: From Fixers to Journalists. Journalism Studies. ISSN 1461-670X. 20(12), p. 1732–1746. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2019.1639539. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoxha, Abit & Andresen, Kenneth (2017). Training journalists in times of transition: The case of Kosovo. Journalism Education. ISSN 2050-3903. 6(2), p. 37–47. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth; Hoxha, Abit & Godole, Jonila (2017). New Roles for Media in the Western Balkans: A study of transitional journalism. Journalism Studies. ISSN 1461-670X. 18(5), p. 614–628. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2016.1268928. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). Erfaringer fra Kosovo - kan medieledelse eksporteres? In Vaagan, Robert Wallace & Barland, Jens (Ed.), Entreprenørskap og ledelse i media. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202447823. p. 341–360. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth; Paterson, Chris & Hoxha, Abit (2012). The manufacture of an International News Event. The Day Kosovo Was Born. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. ISSN 1464-8849. 13(1), p. 103–120. doi: 10.1177/1464884911400846. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  When the new country of Kosovo declared its independence in 2008 it received extensive, but fleeting, international news coverage. This study seeks to provide insight into how an international news event was orchestrated by participants and how news coverage was planned and implemented by international media. We do so by investigating factors initiating, enabling, shaping, and limiting the global news coverage of this story. Particular attention is paid to the close relationship between local ‘fixers’ and media representatives, which is instrumental in most international news coverage, but which has received little scholarly examination; and to the influential role of the UK-based international television news agencies.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2009). Producing ‘protocol news’ in Kosovo’s public broadcaster: Journalism culture in a transitional risk society. Conflict & Communication Online. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2009). Fikseren: mer enn journalistens usynlige hjelper? Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 15(2), p. 146–149. Full text in Research Archive

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• Siapera, Eugenia; Fiedler, Anke & Andresen, Kenneth (2025). Media and Past Conflict in Europe: Dynamics of Mediation and Power. Routledge. ISBN 9781032513959. doi: https:/www.routledge.com/Media-and-Past-Conflict-in-Europe-Dynamics-of-Mediation-and-Power/Siapera-Fiedler-Andresen/p/book/9781032513959. Full text in Research Archive
• Zupancic, Rok; Kocan, Faris; Andresen, Kenneth; Bojarska, Katarzyna; Farrell, Seamus & Dacosta, Ricardo [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2023). Troubled Pasts in Europe. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529233629. 205 p. doi: 10.51952/9781529233643. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Based on the findings of a major research project, this book investigates how European societies confront their troubled pasts. The text explores what measures can be taken and which strategies endorsed to overcome difficult historic legacies in seven European states, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Cyprus and Poland

• Andresen, Kenneth (1998). Mediekunnskap 4 Radio. NKI Forlaget. ISBN 9788256243853. 202 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Andresen, Kenneth (2023). Dark tourism - presentasjon av undervisningsopplegg for Virke. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Dark tourism I EU-prosjektet RePAST (Horisont 2020), er det undersøkt hvordan fortellinger om konflikter og vanskelig fortid preger en rekke land i Europa. Et av områdene som er kartlagt er konseptet «dark tourism» - turisme til områder som har opplevd eller opplever krig og konflikter. Prosjektet RePAST-NOR (UiA) har også utviklet et gratis undervisningsopplegg om dette temaet på norsk som kan passe for museums- og reiselivssektoren. Kenneth Andresen, som er dosent ved Universitetet i Agder, informerer om dette og det blir åpent for spørsmål.

• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2023). Du kan få den versjonen av fortiden som passer for deg (Kronikk i Fædrelandsvennen). Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2023). Intervjuet på NRK Sørlandets morgensending på radio i forbindelse med RePAST-NOR. [Radio]. Kristiansand. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2023). Seminar: Lansering av nytt spill og unik vandretur om andre verdenskrig i Kristiansand. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sluttseminar med presentasjon og evaluering av RePASTs aktiviteter Vi arrangerte et sluttseminar for RePAST-NOR 1. juni 2023, i samarbeid med Arkivet freds- og menneskerettighetssenter. Vi inviterte deltakere fra høyere utdanning, videregående skoler, reiseliv, frivillige organisasjoner og privatpersoner. Det var ca. 80 deltakere fra alle disse sektorene. Seminaret inneholdt foredrag om Dark Tourism ved Dr. Philip Stone (verdens ledende forsker på området), presentasjoner av den digitale vandreturen og «Historiejakten», samt at alle deltakerne testet ut begge deler. Det ble en workshop med verdifulle tilbakemeldinger på hvordan RePASTs ulike produkter fungerte. Program: Program: 09.00-09.15 Kaffe/te/drikke og forfriskninger 09.15-09.25 Velkommen og informasjon om dagen 09.30-10.15 Dr. Philip Stone: Dark Tourism and Difficult Heritage: Concepts, & Consequences 10.15-10.30 Pause med kaffe/te 10.30-10.45 Lansering av vandreturen i fotsporene fra andre verdenskrig i Kristiansand – fra Odderøya til ARKIVET 11.00-12.30 Vi tar vandreturen!' Avgang fra ARKIVET med buss til Odderøya. Så går vi i grupper gjennom Kvadraturen og stopper ved stedene som er lagt inn i appen/vandreturen og ender opp i ARKIVET. 12.00-13:00 Lunsj serveres på ARKIVET 13.00-13.15 Samtale om vandreturen 13.15-14:00 Lansering av dataspillet Historiejakten – en jakt på kilder om andre verdenskrig i Kristiansand. Vi spiller! 14.00 Tilbakemelding på spillet, oppsummering og avslutning.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2023). 25. mai 2023: Intervjuet av NRK Sørlandet i forbindelse med lanseringen på Arkivet av digital vandretur og spillet "Historiejakten". [Radio]. Kristiansand. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2023). Unveiling the Dark Secrets: Exploring Kristiansand’s Dark Tourism. [Internet]. ClioMuse hjemmeside (Athen, Hellas). Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Feature story about the development of the WWII digital walkong tour in Kristiansand, a cooperation between ClioMuse, UiA, and Arkivet.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2022). Kampen om historien: Når fortiden brukes og misbrukes i krig og konflikter. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2022). Kampen om historien: Når fortiden misbrukes i kriger og konflikter (seminar på Arendalsuka 2022). Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2022). RePAST - findings and lessons learned. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  ABSTRACT RePAST investigated how European societies deal with their troubled pasts in the present through the analysis of conflict discourses rooted in those pasts. The project also explored the impact of those discourses on European integration, and focused on four fundamental spaces of civil society and sources of informal education: oral and official history; journalistic and citizen-led media; arts and culture; and formal and informal politics. Eight countries were selected as cases: Cyprus, Germany, Poland, Greece, Bosnia, Kosovo, Ireland and Spain. RePAST interdisciplinary approach involved cross-country comparative analysis and innovative actions for citizens’ engagement with troubled pasts. UiA led a work package on professional media, cutting across all countries under study. The talk will focus on three main findings: The respondents with indirect conflict experience (e.g. those who fled conflict or are part of families who directly experienced conflict) are less likely to reconcile with the troubled past than those with direct experience in conflict. For those with indirect experience, media, family and social context provide an amplified view of the conflict, whereas those who experienced the conflict troubles during their life time, are more likely to move on. Narratives from the troubled past have an influence on what is going on today. Narratives of past injustice and improper dealing with the troubled past do influence the present, as manifested with the decrease in trust in political and justice institutions but also in media. There is a need for more history teaching. The formal curriculum should include oral history, alternative sources and other sources of information, so that a broader range of views are represented in historical accounts. This should be done with technology and digital means such as games and other innovative tools (RePAST-NOR)

• Andresen, Kenneth (2022). Foredrag: Krigens retorikk - om hvordan fortiden brukes i politisk retorikk i dag. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Foredrag på et europaseminar der RePAST-NOR var en del av innholdet.

• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2022). Andre verdskrig i Kristiansand blir digitalt formidla. [Internet]. uia.no. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Artikkel i forbindelse med lanseringen av RePAST-NORs aktiviteter 1. juni 2023. Intervju med Kenneth Andresen, Abit Hoxha og direktør ved Arkivet, Kristine Storesletten Sødal.

• Andresen, Kenneth; Mustad, Jan Erik & Ruhaven, Ingvild (2022). Colletts kafé: Kampen om historien - når fortiden brukes og misbrukes i krig og konflikt. Full text in Research Archive
• Hoxha, Abit; Andresen, Kenneth & Karsrud, Signe Tørå (2021). Promo for dokumentarfilmen "Five days a human". Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  1) Dokumentarfilm, arbeidstittel «Five days half human» (pilot og manusutvikling) Vi har utviklet en pilot og en del av manus til en dokumentarfilm basert på livet til en av de overlevende fra Kosovo-krigen i 1998-1999. Han forteller sin historie, hvordan han har det i dag og besøker området i Kosovo der han og familien måtte flykte til. Dette er utviklet i et samarbeid mellom Universitetet i Agder og produksjonsselskapet Dokufilm AS i Kristiansand. Neste steg blir å sikre finansiering for videre opptak og produksjon.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2021). Pressefrihet er ferskvare. p. 44–45. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2021). Må rippe opp i gamle sår. [Journal]. Forskerforum. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2021). How do journalists in Europe deal with historical revisionism? The cases of Spain, Greece, and Kosovo. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2019). Opplevelser, minner og historier. Hvordan preger konfliktene oss? Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2019). Intervjuet av fire ulike TV-stasjoner i Kosovo i forbindelse med mitt postkort-prosjekt som omfatter en samling på 1,500 historiske postkort fra Kosovo. [TV]. Prishtina, Kosovo.. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2019). Preliminary results from Kosovo in the Horizon2020 Project RePAST. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2019). Divided societies and divided past.How journalists deal with the past in Kosovo. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2019). Intervju om pressefrihet for journalister på World Press Freedom Day på RTK (Radio Television Kosovo) 3. mai 2019. [TV]. Prishtina, Kosovo. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2019). Politics of Memory in Post-War Kosovo: Restarting collective memory. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2019). Challenges to freedom of expression and safety of journalists, implementation of rule of law in ending impunity for crimes against journalists & Gender equality in media. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2018). The early correspondents: Multimodal narratives told through postcards from Kosovo 1900-1999. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2018). The development of roles in Kosovo: From fixers to journalists. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2018). I forskningens Champion League. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Et to siders intervju i Fædrelandsvennen forbindelse med tildelingen av Horizon 2020 prosjektet "RePAST" ved UiA der jeg er prosjektleder. Intervjuet ble også publisert i nettutfaven samme dag. fredag 26. jaunuar 2018.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2018). RePAST: Strengthening European integration through the analysis of conflict discourses: revisiting the past, anticipating the future. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2018). Bidrar til betre integrering i Europa. Om UiAs Horizon2020 - prosjekt RePAST. [Internet]. uia.no. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Når forskarar frå EU og UiA hentar fram gamle konfliktar i Europa og ser korleis dei verte framstilte i dag, er det for at barn og unge skal kunne leve betre saman i morgon. – Etter at vi alle har arbeidt med kvart vårt tema i eit halvt år nå, startar prosjektet verkeleg å ta form. Det styrker også trua på at vi kan få fram ny kunnskap gjennom forsking som kan føre til betre integrasjon i Europa på sikt. Det seier dosent Kenneth Andresen ved UiA sitt institutt for nordisk og mediefag, som nylig kom heim frå det første halvårsmøtet i Horizon 2020-prosjektet RePAST i Brussel. Det treårige prosjektet, som EU-kommisjonen støttar med 2,5 millioner euro, fokuserer på korleis gamle konfliktar i Europa blusser opp igjen med ujamne mellomrom og splitter meir enn inkluderer menneska som vert rørt av dei.

• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2017). Working conditions and threats dichotomy for journalists in trensitional societies and influence in media production: The case of Western Balkans. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Abit, Hoxha (2017). Journalism and dealing with the past: Transitional journalism and the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS). Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2017). Lack of trust in a post-truth age: Journalists and long-term fake news in the Western Balkans. Full text in Research Archive
• Abit, Hoxha & Andresen, Kenneth (2017). Transitional Journalism: Kosovar journalists dealing with the past. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2016). Book review: Ambitious and timely about international journalism: Kristin Skare Orgeret and William Tayeebwa (eds.): Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions. Worldwide Perspectives. Nordicom, 2016. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 23(4), p. 1–4. doi: 10.18261/issn.0805-9535-2016-04-09. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth & Hoxha, Abit (2016). Challenges in a transitional society: journalistic ethics in Kosovo. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). "Snart dødsannonser på sosiale medier". [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). "Deler IS-videoer uten å tenke seg om". [TV]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). "Søgnemann med doktorgrad om journalistikk i konfliktområder". [Journal]. www.bsnett.no (Søgne og Songdalen Budstikke). Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). Intervju i NRK Sørlandet om min PhD-avhandling "Journalism under pressure. The case of Kosovo". [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2013). Ambivalente Erfahrung (Ambivalent Experience)- about fixers in Kosovo. Message. ISSN 1438-499X. p. 48–49. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2013). Crisis Communication in post-war Kosovo. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2013). Intervju i NRK Sørlandet der jeg ga en faglig vurdering i forbindelse med "Kors-saken" (Nyhetsoppleser Siv Kristin Sællmann som bar et lite korssmykke under en nyhetssending). [TV]. NRK Sørlandet. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2012). Risks and benefits: Foreign journalists’ cooperation with fixers in wars and conflicts. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2012). A tool of professionalization? Foreign journalists’ cooperation with fixers in wars and conflicts. Full text in Research Archive
• Hodøl, Hans-Olav & Andresen, Kenneth (2012). Fremtidens medielandskap skapes i dag. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2008). The art of organizing news production in a transitional society: ‘Protocol journalism’ and pragmatic solutions in Kosovo’s public broadcaster “Radio Television Kosovo” (RTK). Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2006). News Production in Kosovo: Journalists and Organizations under Pressure. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2005). News Production Ethnography in Kosovo Newsrooms. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth; Fiedler, Anke; Siapera, Eugenia & Hoxha, Abit (2021). Troubled pasts and the media. European Commission. doi: 10.3030/769252. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Abstract This report presents the empirical findings of the research into the media, conflict and memory of troubled pasts. Theoretically, the report relies on the circuit of culture, which understands media and cultural artefacts as emerging out of five processes connected in a circuit. Building upon the discussion of previous iterature in the report D3.1, the research design focuses on the processes or production, representation, reception and identity, where we had previously identified conceptual openings and lack of data across all eight case studies. In approaching the process of production, we conducted in depth interviews with journalists covering the memory of conflict; to address openings in the study of representation, we conducted a discourse analysis in different significant moments of time; in understanding reception and use, we conducted focus group discussions with members of the lay public and social media analyses across three digital platforms. The findings are discussed both in terms of the national case studies and their specificities and in a comparative manner. The analysis and discussion of the key findings indicate that in media memories of past conflict, the circuit of culture is characterised by disconnects, interruptions, and blockages. In production, we identified contradictions between journalists’ perceived role of objective observer and polarized and ethnically segmented news outlets; Representations tended to follow well trodden paths and were resistant to change; reception and use showed a polyphony and diversity of views and experiences, introduced new dimensions, such as the role of socio-economic divisions and everyday life concerns, and a concern with healing the traumas left by the conflict. Finally, we present the findings in terms of a typology of conflict discourses in the media while paying attention to power asymmetries between hegemonic, counter and silenced memories.

• Andresen, Kenneth; Hoxha, Abit & Hoxha-Dubronaj, Arbesa (2017). Journalists in Kosovo. Country Report from the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS), 2012-2016. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft. Full text in Research Archive
• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). Journalism under pressure. The case of Kosovo. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Using Kosovo as its case, this dissertation discusses links between journalism’s historical development, daily practice and potential in a post-war society. In theory on media in post-communist Eastern Europe, journalists and editors are criticized for being unprofessional and for not contributing to development of society. Scholars argue that it is both due to an unwillingness to professionalize as well as historical close ties with politicians. The dissertation applies a three-legged approach; a historical-political analysis discusses how media in Kosovo early developed as arenas of forming national identity, later as tools in ethnic conflicts and wars, but also with brief moments of journalistic professionalism. The news production study in four major newsrooms (Express, Koha Ditore, RTK, and Radio Kontakt Plus) in post-war Kosovo (2005-2006) reveals how journalists and editors continue to battle with the historical aspects of political interference and ethnic conflicts. This study shows that the challenges of the past continue in the post - 1999 war environment, also in times when journalists and editors have attended numerous training courses in Kosovo. The international media support, with a goal of professionalizing the journalists, has had limited effect, the study reveals. Instructors and media support organizations did not utilize the journalists’ experience in their eagerness to implement western journalistic standards. Neither did they understand the massive political pressure in Kosovo. The dissertation concludes that in order to assist media development in Kosovo, media support must to a larger degree be aware of the links between the historical-political lack of journalistic autonomy, today’s post-war practice in the newsrooms, and the journalists’ previous experience. In this, there is a potential capital that can be utilized.

• Andresen, Kenneth (2015). Journalism under pressure. The case of Kosovo. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Using Kosovo as its case, this dissertation discusses links between journalism’s historical development, daily practice and potential in a post-war society. In theory on media in post-communist Eastern Europe, journalists and editors are criticized for being unprofessional and for not contributing to development of society. Scholars argue that it is both due to an unwillingness to professionalize as well as historical close ties with politicians. The dissertation applies a three-legged approach; a historical-political analysis discusses how media in Kosovo early developed as arenas of forming national identity, later as tools in ethnic conflicts and wars, but also with brief moments of journalistic professionalism. The news production study in four major newsrooms (Express, Koha Ditore, RTK, and Radio Kontakt Plus) in post-war Kosovo (2005-2006) reveals how journalists and editors continue to battle with the historical aspects of political interference and ethnic conflicts. This study shows that the challenges of the past continue in the post - 1999 war environment, also in times when journalists and editors have attended numerous training courses in Kosovo. The international media support, with a goal of professionalizing the journalists, has had limited effect, the study reveals. Instructors and media support organizations did not utilize the journalists’ experience in their eagerness to implement western journalistic standards. Neither did they understand the massive political pressure in Kosovo. The dissertation concludes that in order to assist media development in Kosovo, media support must to a larger degree be aware of the links between the historical-political lack of journalistic autonomy, today’s post-war practice in the newsrooms, and the journalists’ previous experience. In this, there is a potential capital that can be utilized.

• Nordås, Frode Nesbø; Kartveit, Kate & Andresen, Kenneth (2011). Uttalelse fra sakkyndig kommisjon for bedømming av søkere til stilling som førsteamanuensis/førstelektor/høgskolelektor i TV journalistikk ved adv. JBI, Høgskolen i Oslo. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Full text in Research Archive

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