I have a background in philosophy, logic, and ethics - in particular ethical issues in research and information technology. In the last few years I have focussed on methods for the anlaysis of how opinions spread over disital, social networks, and how these technologies affect democracy. This part of my research is concerned in particular on the study of how attitudes to climate change plays of over digital, social networks. 

Current research interest: what are the possibilities for democratic control and regulation of AI - in particular thought the new AI Act. 

 

Teach the courses AIKI210 AI Ethics, DIGI115 Data og demokrati og DiGI614/114 Grunnkunnskap om Kunstig Intelligens. 

Media feature article

• Dag Elgesem (2025). KI overvurderes i bransjer der KI kommer til å påvirke jobbene mest. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Gilda Seddighi; Dag Elgesem (2017). Politicization of grievable lives on the Iranian Facebook pages. Case study of three Iranian Facebook pages. (external link)
• Mofizur Rhaman; Elisabeth Eide; Dag Elgesem (2018). Climate Change Journalism in Bangladesh. Professional Norms and Attention in Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change. (external link)
• Bjarte Johansen; Bjørnar Tessem; Dag Elgesem et al. (2019). Automated analysis of Norwegian text. (external link)
• Samia Touileb; Dag Elgesem; Andrew Salway (2017). Automatically Inducing Information Structures. A Text Mining Approach Based on the Distributional Hypothesis. (external link)

Academic article

• Dag Elgesem; Ingo Feinerer; Lubos Steskal (2016). Bloggers’ responses to the Snowden affair: combining automated and manual methods in the analysis of news blogging. (external link)
• Hannah Schmid-Petri; Ueli Reber; Dorothee Arlt et al. (2019). A Dynamic Perspective on Publics and Counterpublics: The Role of the Blogosphere in Pushing the Issue of Climate Change During the 2016 US Presidential Campaign. (external link)
• Raul Ferrer-Conill; Michael Karlsson; Mario Haim et al. (2021). Toward ‘Cultures of Engagement’? An exploratory comparison of engagement patterns on Facebook news posts. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2019). The Meaning of Links. On the interpretation of hyperlinks in the study of polarization in blogging about climate change. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2008). Search engines and the public use of reason. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Michael Brüggemann (2022). Polarisation or just differences in opinion: How and why Facebook users disagree about Greta Thunberg. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Erik Knudsen; Kjersti Fløttum (2024). The Impact of Climate Change on Lifestyle Journalism. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Helen Kennedy; Christina Miguel (2017). On fairness: user perspectives on social media data mining. (external link)
• Richard Elling Moe; Dag Elgesem (2013). Compact trie clustering for overlap detection in news. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Lubos Steskal; Nicholas Diakopoulos (2015). Structure and content of the discourse on climate change in the blogosphere: The big picture. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2014). The concept of a routine in Segerberg’s philosophy of action. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2017). Polarization in blogging about the paris meeting on climate change. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Andrea Kronstad Felde (2021). ‘How dare you!’ – anklager og mot-anklager på Facebook knyttet til Greta Thunbergs FN-tale 23. ­september 2019. (external link)
• Mario Haim; Michael Karlsson; Raul Ferrer-Conill et al. (2021). You should read this study! It investigates Scandinavian social media logics. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2006). Normative structures in trust management. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Linda Elen Olsen (2013). Ungdoms forhold til nyheter. En studie basert på mediadagbok. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Dag Elgesem (2006). Normative structures in trust management. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2006). Generating trust on the internet - the problem of self-defeating strategies. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2006). Models of search behavior and the problem of search engines as gatekeepers to the web. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2006). Deliberativ teknologi?. (external link)
• Andrew Salway; Nicholas Diakopoulos; Dag Elgesem (2012). Visualizing Information Diffusion and Polarization with Key Statements. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Joan C. Nordbotten (2007). The role of context in the interpretation of images. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2007). Search engines and the problem of transparency. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2012). The question of anonymity in debates in online newspapers. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2007). Search engines and the maxim of self preservation of reason. (external link)
• Kjersti Fløttum; Dag Elgesem; Ida Vikøren Andersen et al. (2022). Voices on lifestyle in a climate change perspective. (external link)
• Linda Elen Olsen; Dag Elgesem (2011). Ungdoms forhold til nyheter – en studie basert på mediedagbok. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2012). Anonymitet og kvalitet i nettdebatten. (external link)
• Katherine Duarte; Dag Elgesem (2012). Who are the Experts? Audiences’ perception of climate change and the framing of expertise in print and online media. (external link)
• Kjersti Fløttum; Dag Elgesem (2021). Citizen opinions about authorities’ (lack of) facilitation of climate-friendly lifestyle choices. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Michael Brüggemann (2018). A not so ideal speech situation: Reconstructing the hoax discourse surrounding climate change in the blogosphere. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2005). P3P and the new market for personal information: an ethical evaluation. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Hannah Schmid-Petri (2018). A dynamic perspective on publics and counterpublics: The role of the blogosphere in pushing the issue of climate change during the 2016 US presidential campaign. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2005). Modellering og håndtering av tillit. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Kjersti Fløttum (2022). Political measures and individual choices of climate friendly behavior. (external link)
• Kjersti Fløttum; Helge Drange; Dag Elgesem et al. (2023). CLIMLIFE project. (external link)

Research report

• Dag Elgesem; Hallvard Moe; Helle Sjøvaag et al. (2010). NRKs nyhetstilbud på Internett i 2009. (external link)
• Kjersti Fløttum; Ida Vikøren Andersen; Trine Dahl et al. (2023). Living with climate change Report from the CLIMLIFE project 2023. (external link)

Professional article

• Hannah Schmid-Petri; Ueli Reber; Dorothee Arlt et al. (2019). A Dynamic Perspective on Publics and Counterpublics: The Role of the Blogosphere in Pushing the Issue of Climate Change During the 2016 US Presidential Campaign. (external link)
• Michael Brüggemann; Dag Elgesem; Nils Bienzeisle et al. (2020). Mutual Group Polarization in the Blogosphere: Tracking the Hoax Discourse on Climate Change. (external link)

Media interview

• Dag Elgesem (2012). Intervju om studie av nettdebatt. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Bjørnar Solhaug; Dag Elgesem; Ketil Stølen (2007). Why Trust is not Proportional to Risk. (external link)
• Bjørnar Solhaug; Dag Elgesem; Ketil Stølen (2007). Specifying Policies Using UML Sequence Diagrams - An Evaluation Based on a Case Study. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2008). Lik tilgang for alle?. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2008). Information Technology Research Ethics. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2023). The AI Act and the risks posed by generative AI models. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2015). Consent and information - ethical considerations when conducting research on social media. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2014). Fra klimaskepsis til energipolitikk. Klimablogging på norsk. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2007). Deliberativ teknologi?. (external link)
• Elisabeth Eide; Dag Elgesem; Siri Gloppen et al. (2014). Norske paradokser. (external link)

Lecture

• Dag Elgesem (2005). Tillit, personvern og risiko - etiske spørsmål. (external link)
• Samia Touileb; Dag Elgesem; Lubos Steskal (2012). Networks of texts and people. (external link)
• Andrew Salway; Dag Elgesem; Knut Hofland et al. (2016). Topically-focused Blog Corpora for Multiple Languages. (external link)
• Nicholas Diakopoulos; Amy Zhang; Dag Elgesem et al. (2014). Identifying and Analyzing Moral Evaluation Frames in Climate Change Blog Discourse. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2005). Personvern versus ytringsfrihet. Et filosofisk perspektiv. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2005). Hellerprosjektet: metadata, emenkart og klassifisering av bilder. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem; Andrew Salway (2015). Traitor, whistleblower or hero? Moral evaluations of the Snowden-affair in the blogosphere. (external link)
• Andrew Salway; Dag Elgesem; Kjersti Fløttum (2015). Representations of the future in "accepting" and "sceptical" climate change blogs. (external link)
• Ågot Aakra; Thea Gregersen; Ernst Kristian Rødland et al. (2022). Hva gjør klima- og miljøendringene med den psykiske helsa vår?. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2006). Nettverksbasert offentlighet. (external link)

Conference poster

• Joan C. Nordbotten; Dag Elgesem (2007). The Role of Context in Image Interpretation. (external link)

Book anthology

• Dag Elgesem (2005). Deliberative Technology?. (external link)
• Elisabeth Eide; Dag Elgesem; Siri Gloppen et al. (2014). Klima, medier og politikk. (external link)
• Thomas Ågotnes; jan broersen; Dag Elgesem (2012). Deontic Logic in Computer Science: 11th International Conference, DEON 2012, Bergen, Norway, July 16-18, 2012, Proceedings. (external link)
• Adam Wierzbicki; Dag Elgesem (2009). Proceedings of the International Workshop on Social Informatics SOCINFO 2009. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2017). Polarization in Blogging About the Paris Meeting on Climate Change. (external link)

Journal review

• Dag Elgesem (2008). Anmeldelse av Heidi Mork Lomell: Selektive overblikk. En studie av videoovervåkingspraksis. (external link)
• Dag Elgesem (2020). Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age. (external link)

Non-fiction book chapter

• Dag Elgesem; Thomas Vie Nordeide (2016). Anonymity and Tendentiousness in Online Newspaper Debates. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.