Henrik Grue Bastiansen (born 1964) is a Norwegian historian who specializes in

media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

. He took the

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 2006, with the thesis ''Da avisene møtte TV. Partipressen, politikken og fjernsynet 1960-1972''. He has published several books, about topics such as

freedom of speech Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recogni ...

in Norway, the Norwegian press, the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

, television documentaries and

telephony Telephony ( ) is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties. The history of telephony is i ...

, as well as general media history. Participated in the establishment of The University of Oslo Film Society 1989. Scholarship from The Research Council of Norway 1994. Academic degrees: Cand. Mag. (1991), Cand. Philol. (1995) and Dr. art. (2006). Member of the jury of the Norwegian Contest for Young Scientists 2001–2013. Member of the jury of the Holberg Prize School Project 2005–2011. Editor of book reviews in Norsk Medietidsskrift 2011–2015. Head of the jury of The Freedom of Expression Foundation's Competition for Young People 2013–2016. Chair on scientific conferences in Copenhagen (2015), Toronto (2016) and Tampere (2017). Leader of the Norwegian Association of Media History since 2017. Professor at Faculty of Media and Journalism at Volda University College, Norway.

Selected bibliography

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bastiansen, Henrik G. (2017): "Finne, granske, skrive: Kort innføring i mediehistorisk metode", in Mediehistorisk Tidsskrift nr. 27/2017, page 125–141,Oslo: Norsk Mediehistorisk Forening * Bastiansen, Henrik G. (2018): "Da Berlinmuren falt. En komparativ studie av presse, radio og TV i 1989", in Mediehistorisk Tidsskrift nr. 29/2018, page 35–90, Oslo: Norsk Mediehistorisk Forening * Bastiansen, Henrik G., Martin A. Klimke and Rolf Werenskjold (eds., 2019): Media and the Cold War. Between Star Wars and Glasnost, New York: Palgrave MacMillan * Bastiansen, Henrik G.: "Reporting Glasnost. The Changing Soviet News in a Norwegian Daily, 1985-1988", in Henrik G. Bastiansen, Martin A. KLimke and Rolf Werenskjold (eds. 2019): Media and the Cold War. Between Star Wars and Glasnost, New York: Palgrave MacMillan

References

List of publications
in BIBSYS 1964 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian historians University of Oslo alumni Media historians 21st-century Norwegian historians {{Norway-historian-stub