Ole J. Mjøs

Position

Professor, Media Studies

Affiliation

Department of Information Science and Media Studies

E-mail: ole.mjos@uib.no
Phone number: +47 41682178; +47 55584126
Visitor address: Fosswinckels gate 6
5007 Bergen; Room: 526
Postal address: P.O. Box 7802

NO-5020 Bergen

Norway

Ole J. Mjøs

Position

Professor, Media Studies

Affiliation

Department of Information Science and Media Studies

Research

Ole J. Mjøs is Professor in Media Studies and author. He specializes in the fields of international communication and global media, focusing on the media, cultural and communications industries.

He is author of four books, and co-author of a fifth.

Ole's latest book is titled, Schibsted: The Digital Transformation of a Nordic Giant (Routledge, 2025). The book review in Norsk Medietidskrift / the Norwegian Journal of Media studies states:

"The most important contribution of the book is that it provides insight into a commercial media development that has received little attention." ... "The study provides valuable insight into how major corporate decisions are made and how leaders confront the pressures of global capital." (translated)

"The language of the book is exemplary—simple and well written for an academic work." (translated, 13. Barland, 13 October, 2025)

An Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century (Bloomsbury Academic) was published in 2023. The book review in the European Journal of Communications states:

"The book makes a strong contribution to the contemporary domain of knowledge on global media by drawing on a wide range of theoretical approaches to illustrate the diversity of media systems around the world." (25 August, 2023)

Ole is co-author of The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Digital Era (University of Michigan Press, 2014). The book review in the European Journal of Communications concludes:

"The book will likely become a standard reference for researchers and students who work with media in this region, and that will be well-deserved." (Kammer, 8 February, 2016).

"The Media Welfare State has been extremely influential since its publication – in fact, it is hard to find any academic work about Nordic media affairs that doesn’t cite, discuss, and critique it." (Kim Schrøder, keynote speech, NordMedia, 15 August, 2025)

He is also sole author of the research monographs Music, Social Media and Global Mobility (Routledge, 2012), and Media Globalization and the Discovery Channel Networks (Routledge, 2010).

Ole’s work has appeared in journals such as Media, Culture and Society, First Monday, International Communication Gazette, and Communication Research and Practice.

He is member of the international advisory board of the academic journal Global Media and Communication, and elected member of the International Council of the International Association for Media and Communications Research, 2024-2028.

Ole has been a visiting researcher at the Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University, UK, and Visiting Scholar at the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

His previous practical experience in the media and creative sector includes work in television documentary production, and contributions on many records within the wide genre of electronic music.

Ole received his PhD in Media and Communications from University of Westminster, UK, and an MA in Transnational Communications and the Global Media, Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Publications

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