Jakob Linaa Jensen - research, teaching, speeches, interets, publications

Jakob Linaa Jensen
Internet research, media studies, politics, sociology, cultural theory, cyberculture

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I have published a lot of articles about the internet, democracy, social capital and lately, travel. Most of them are available here, others are copyrighted by publishers and should be obtained there. Se publications for a complete list of articles, books and press coverage.

The articles below are for free personal use, provided that relevant quotations are made if the articles are referred to. More articles will appear here as they are published.

Democracy and the internet

Internettets demokratiske konsekvenser. My M.A.-thesis, the starting point of my internet research. An overview of the phenomenon. Read here.

"Politisk offentlighed på Internettet - perspektiver og hidtidige erfaringer", pp. 46-57 i Politologiske Studier, 4. årgang, nr. 4, december 2001 (in Danish). Article

"Demokratisk fornyelse via Internettet", pp. 4-7, Samson - et medietidsskrift, 11. årgang, nr. 4, december 2001 (in Danish). Article

Den virtuelle politiske offentlighed. On the possibility for a public sphere online. Papers from Centre for Internet Research, 07, Aarhus, 2003 (in Danish). Article

The study of online communities - a suggestion for a comprehensive framework, working paper, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, october 2003. Short article

"Demokrati på Nordjysk", paper presented at NOPSA, Nordisk Statskundskabskongres, Aalborg, Denmark, August 15th-17th, 2002. Paper

"Public Spheres on the Internet: anarchic or government-sponsored - a comparison", paper presented at AoIR 3.0, Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 13^th-16^th, 2002. Paper

Ph.d-dissertation: Den virtuelle kaffestue – deliberation og demokratisk inklusion i politiske debatter på internettet (in Danish). Århus: Institut for Statskundskab, in press. Read English abstract.

Social capital online

"The Internet as a social and political field - the consequences of capital", paper presented at ECPR Joint Sessions, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 28^th – April 2^nd, 2003. Paper

Internet theory

Metaforer om nettet. Article about various metaphors for describing the Internet (in Danish). Article

Teorier om nettet. Theories on the Internet (in Danish). Article