B. 1969. Dr. polit. I have been working at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen since 2009, from 2016 as full professor.
From 2000-2010 I held a variety of posts at the Department of Media and Journalism, Volda University College, including assistant professor, doktor stipendiate and post.doc. From fall 2011 to summer 2012 I also held the post of associate professor (20%) at the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo.
My doctoral thesis, Profane and Sacred (2009) is a study of the Norwegian Journalistic Field.
I have publised articles in Convergence, Game Studies, Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies, Media, Culture & Society, Norsk Medietidsskrift, Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy, Nordicom Information, Nordicom Review, Poetics, Praktiske Grunde and Sosiologisk tidsskrift (Norwegian Journal of Sociology).
Mail: Jan Fredrik Hovden, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, PO box 7802, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Phone : +4748003395 (mobile)