Magnus DanielsonAssociate Professor
About me
In 2016 I defended my PhD-thesis in Journalism Studies at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University. Since then I have been Director of Studies at that same department (2016-2018), and Head of Department and researcher at Linneaus University (2019-2023). Since August 2023 I am Senior Lecturer at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
- Danielson, M., Nykvist, A. (2023). From investigative to critical local journalism : A quantitative content analysis of critical reporting in local Swedish newspapers with a new analytical focus. Journalistica. 17 (1). 1-20.
Status: Published - Danielson, M. (2023). Disclaiming, Mitigating, and Character Boosting : How Targets of Investigate Journalism Negotiate Guilt, Excuses, Justification, and Morality. Journalism Studies. 24 (4). 532-551.
Status: Published - Danielson, M., Rolandsson, T. (2020). Politicians as entertainers : a political performance of the personal. Continuum. Journal of Media and Cultural Studies. 34 (5). 733-748.
Status: Published - Danielson, M. (2019). Crafting Deviance : Moral Construction as Narrative Strategy in Investigative TV-journalism. Media and Communication (Mediji i Komunikacije). 5 (9). 33-48.
Status: Published - Enghel, F., Danielson, M. (2019). Bad news : seeing communication for and about development through an exposé of Swedish aid to Zambia. Journal of International Communication. 25 (2). 254-274.
Status: Published - Danielson, M. (2013). "Shaming the Devil!" : Performative Shame in Investigative TV-journalism. Nordicom Review. (Special issue). 61-74.
Status: Published
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Danielson, M., Kemani, M. (2021). When Saga Norén meets neurotypicality : A liminal encounter along The Bridge. Normalizing Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in Entertainment Media : Quieting the Madness. London & New York, Taylor & Francis. 96-109.
Article in journal (Other academic)
- Danielson, M. (2017). Mediet som hatets prefix. Socionomens forskningssupplement. (3). 20-21.
Status: Published
Chapter in book (Other academic)
- Börjesson, B., Danielson, M., Johansson, B., Von Krogh, T., Lidbom, O., et al. (2020). Dold kamera och journalistikens anspråk på ”rätten att straffa”. Uthängd! Inte bara #metoo. Stockholm, Institutet för mediestudier. 153-168.
- Danielson, M. (2017). Paternalism, samhällsgranskning och filantropi : Mediala modeller för engagemang i välfärdsfrågan. Den kantstötta välfärden. Lund, Studentlitteratur AB. 306-329.
Other (Other academic)
- Danielson, M. (2016). Den granskande makten : Institutionell identitet och rättsnarrativ i SVT:s Uppdrag granskning. Stockholm, Institutionen för mediestudier, Stockholms universitet. 303.
Research
My research interests are: journalism and power - popular culture and societal development. At present I am engaged in research projects on: news and emotions, depictions of neurodiversity in popular culture and the use of hidden camera in investigative journalism.