Atle Hennum Haugsgjerd

• Haugsgjerd, Atle; Hesstvedt, Stine & Karlsen, Rune (2021). Increased media choice and political knowledge gaps: A comparative longitudinal study of 18 established democracies 1995-2015. Political Communication.  s 1- 20 . doi: 10.1080/10584609.2020.1868633 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  We investigate the often-stated, but disputed claim in the political science and political communication literature that increasing media choice widens inequalities in political knowledge. The assumption is that in a high-choice media environment, the politically interested will consume more news while the uninterested will avoid such content, leading, in turn, to widening differences in political knowledge. Although previous studies show that high media choice increases political knowledge gaps in the United States, comparative longitudinal evidence is currently lacking. To fill this gap, we draw on data from four rounds of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. Overall, we do not find general support for the high-choice knowledge gap thesis. In most countries, there is no indication that inequality in political knowledge has increased over time. Building on recent insights from political communication research, we question key assumptions of the high choice knowledge gap thesis.

• Bergh, Johannes; Haugsgjerd, Atle & Karlsen, Rune (2020). Norsk politikk siden 1945, I: Johannes Bergh; Atle Haugsgjerd & Rune Karlsen (red.),  Valg og politikk siden 1945. Velgere, institusjoner og kritiske hendelser i norsk politisk historie.  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-66460-2.  1.  s 13 - 37

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• Bergh, Johannes; Haugsgjerd, Atle & Karlsen, Rune (red.) (2020). Valg og politikk siden 1945. Velgere, institusjoner og kritiske hendelser i norsk politisk historie. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 978-82-02-66460-2.  297 s.

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• Bergh, Johannes & Haugsgjerd, Atle (2020). Hvilken valgordning får flest velgere til å stemme? Om sammenhengen mellom valgordninger og valgdeltakelse. (Vedlegg til NOU 2020:6 "Frie og hemmelige valg : ny valglov"). Full text in Research Archive.

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• de Blok, Lisanne & Haugsgjerd, Atle (2021). Take a Chance on Me: Experienced Risk and Political Trust.
• Finseraas, Henning; Haugsgjerd, Atle & Kumlin, Staffan (2021). Immigration Cues and Perceived Welfare State Sustainability: Understanding Variability in Political Reactions to Fiscally Costly Immigration.
• Haugsgjerd, Atle (2021, 15. september). En europeisk vänstersväng? Om det norska valet. [Radio].
• Haugsgjerd, Atle; Karlsen, Rune; Steen-Johnsen, Kari & Beyer, Audun (2021). Misinformed or uninformed? A panel-study of how the use of social media as a news source influences political knowledge.
• Haugsgjerd, Atle & Linde, Jonas (2021). Vehicles of democratic dissatisfaction? Populist radical right electoral success and satisfaction with democracy in Europe 1976-2019.
• Haugsgjerd, Atle & Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (2021). Innspill til debatten om strukturell rasisme: potensial, utfordringer og kritikk. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.  62(1), s 78- 79 . doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2021-01-04

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