Raul Ferrer Conill

Professor i journalistikk

Raul Ferrer Conill

Kontakt

Telefon: 51832233

E-post: raul.ferrerconill@uis.no

Rom: EOJ SV-333

Organisasjonsenhet

Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet

Institutt for medie- og samfunnsfag

Kort om meg

My research research focuses on the intersection of digital journalism, media, and datafication processes. My work spans across various theoretical strands from media sociology, institutional theory, and socio-technical approaches. I am particularly interested in how engagement is quantified and instrumentalized, and how social processes become datafied.

I am involved in the research project "The datafication of communicative power: Towards an independent media policy for Norway’s digital infrastructures" funded by the Research Council of Norway. Here I investigate how datafication affects democratic processes, inclusive decision making and resource distribution within Norwegian society.

I currently lead the Digital Society Research Group, an interdisciplinary and multi-methodological research group focused on the digital transformation and its social and political implications.

Teaching 

I have over 3000 hours of teaching experience in practical, theoretical, and methodological courses. From Web Production to Technical Foundations of Digital Media, I have led courses at bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels.

Currently, I am responsible for the course Undersøkende journalistikk BJO201 here at UiS.

International participation

I am the chair of the Journalism Studies Division of Nordmedia.

I serve on the editorial board of Digital Journalism and Media and Communication.

I am currently a member of the following academic associations: ICA, ECREA, Nordmedia, AoIR, Emma, and IAMCR.

Previously, I was a member of the University Council of Karlstad University and served as the chair of the Graduate Student Association of Karlstad University.

Awards and honors

I am the recipient of the Bob Franklin Journal Article Award given by Taylor and Francis for the article "(Against A) Theory of Audience Engagement with News" with my colleagues Steen Steensen and Chris Peters.

I received an honorable mention (2nd place) for the Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Article of the Year Award granted by the International Communication Association.

I received an honorable mention (top 5) for the Best Teacher Award granted by the Karlstad Student Association, being recognised and voted by students across all the pedagogical staff of Karlstad University.

I won the Best Dissertation Award from the Swedish Media and Communication Research Association (FSMK) for my doctoral dissertation, titled Gamifying the news Exploring the introduction of game elements into digital journalism.

I have received several Top Factulty Paper and Top Student Paper awards from the International Communication Association.

Professional background

I have extended experience in the field of IT, with several years as a web designer and developer.
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Selected Publications

Ferrer-Conill, R., Knudsen, E., Lauerer, C., & Barnoy, A. (2021). The visual boundaries of journalism. Native advertising and the convergence of editorial and commercial content. Digital Journalism, 9:7, 929-951. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1836980

Cheruiyot, D., & Ferrer-Conill, R. (2020). Pathway outta pigeonhole? De-contextualizing Majority World Countries. Media, Culture & Society, 43:1, 189-197. DOI: 10.1177/0163443720960907

Steensen, S., Ferrer-Conill, R., & Peters, C. (2020). (Against a) Theory of Audience Engagement with the News. Journalism Studies, 21:12, 1662-1680. DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2020.1788414

Ferrer-Conill, R., Foxman, M., Jones, J., Sihvonen, T., & Siitonen, M. (2020). Playful approach to news engagement. Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 26:3, 1-14. DOI: 10.1177/1354856520923964

Ferrer-Conill, R. & Tandoc, E. (2018). The audience-oriented editor. Making sense of the audience in the newsroom. Digital Journalism, 6:4, 436-453. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1440972

 

Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Sjøvaag, Helle; Olsen, Ragnhild; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2024)

Delivering content: Modular broadcasting technology and the role of content delivery networks.

Telecommunications Policy.

ISSN 0308-5961.

DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102738

Sjøvaag, Helle; Ferrer Conill, Raul; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine

(2024)

Capture Beyond the Platforms: The Material and Infrastructural Conditions for Digital Journalism.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2024.2377078

Haim, Mario; Karlsson, Michael; Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Kammer, Aske; Elgesem, Dag; Sjøvaag, Helle

(2021)

You should read this study! It investigates Scandinavian social media logics.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 9.

Hefte 4.

s.406-426.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2021.1886861

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Karlsson, Michael; Haim, Mario; Kammer, Aske; Elgesem, Dag; Sjøvaag, Helle

(2021)

Toward ‘Cultures of Engagement’? An exploratory comparison of engagement patterns on Facebook news posts .

New Media & Society.

ISSN 1461-4448.

DOI: 10.1177/14614448211009246

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Karlsson, Michael; Van Couvering, Elizabeth

(2021)

Native advertising and the negotiation of autonomy transparency and deception. I: The Routledge companion to journalism ethics.

Routledge.

ISBN 9780367206475.

s.390-398.

Ferrer Conill, Raul; Foxman, Maxwell; Jones, Janet; Sihvonen, Tanja; Siitonen, Marko

(2020)

Playful approaches to news engagement.

Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.

ISSN 1354-8565.

Volum 26.

Hefte 3.

s.457-469.

DOI: 10.1177/1354856520923964

Steensen, Steen; Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Peters, Chris

(2020)

(Against a) Theory of Audience Engagement with News.

Journalism Studies.

ISSN 1461-670X.

Volum 21.

Hefte 12.

s.1662-1680.

DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2020.1788414

Wheatley, Dawn; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2020)

The temporal nature of mobile push notification alerts: A study of European news..

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 9.

Hefte 6.

s.694-714.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1799425

Cheruiyot, David; Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2020)

Pathway outta pigeonhole? De-contextualizing Majority World Countries.

Media, Culture and Society.

ISSN 0163-4437.

Volum 43.

Hefte 1.

s.189-197.

DOI: 10.1177/0163443720960907

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Knudsen, Erik; Lauerer, Corinna; Barnoy, Aviv

(2020)

The visual boundaries of journalism: Native advertising and the convergence of editorial and commercial content.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 9.

Hefte 7.

s.929-951.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1836980

Cheruiyot, David; Baack, Stefan; Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2019)

Data journalism beyond legacy media. The case of African and European civic technology organizations.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 7.

Hefte 9.

s.1215-1229.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2019.1591166

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Tandoc, Edson

(2019)

The audience-oriented editor. Making sense of the audience in the newsroom. I: Measurable Journalism. Digital Platforms, News Metrics and the Quantified Audience.

Routledge.

ISBN 9781032090009.

s.31-49.

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Karlsson, Michael

(2019)

The Gamification of journalism. I: Journalism and Ethics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice.

IGI Global.

ISBN 9781522583592.

s.639-666.

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8359-2.ch035

Cheruiyot, David; Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2018)

Fact-checking Africa. Epistemologies, data and the expansion of journalistic discourse.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 6.

Hefte 8.

s.964-975.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1493940

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Tandoc, Edson

(2018)

The audience-oriented editor. Making sense of the audience in the newsroom.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 6.

Hefte 4.

s.436-453.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1440972

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2017)

Quantifying journalism? A study on the use of data and gamification to motivate journalists.

Television & New Media.

ISSN 1527-4764.

Volum 18.

Hefte 8.

s.706-720.

DOI: 10.1177/1527476417697271

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Handler, Reinhard

(2016)

Open Data, Crowdsourcing and Game Mechanics. A case study on civic participation in the digital age.

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).

ISSN 0925-9724.

Volum 25.

Hefte 2.

s.153-166.

DOI: 10.1007/s10606-016-9250-0

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2016)

Camouflaging church as state: An exploratory study of journalism’s native advertising.

Journalism Studies.

ISSN 1461-670X.

Volum 17.

Hefte 7.

s.904-914.

DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2016.1165138

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2016)

Points, badges, and news. A study of the introduction of gamification into journalism practice.

Comunicació: Revista de Recerca i d’Anàlisi [Societat Catalana de Comunicació].

ISSN 2014-0304.

Volum 33.

Hefte 2.

s.45-63.

DOI: 10.2436/20.3008.01.148

Örnebring, Henrik; Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2016)

Outsourcing newswork. I: The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism.

Sage Publications.

ISBN 9781473906532.

s.207-221.

DOI: 10.4135/9781473957909.n14

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Karlsson, Michael

(2016)

The Gamification of journalism. I: Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification.

IGI Global.

ISBN 9781466686519.

s.356-383.

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8651-9.ch015

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2016)

Feeding the RedCritter: The gamification of project management software. I: The Business of Gamification.

Routledge.

ISBN 9781138340145.

s.21-39.

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2016)

Camouflaging church as state: An exploratory study of journalism’s native advertising. I: The Future of Journalism: Risks, Threats and Opportunities.

Routledge.

ISBN 9780367585938.

Bøker og kapitler

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2018)

Gamifying the news. Exploring the introduction of game elements into digital journalism.

Karlstad University Press.

ISBN 9789170638718.

Formidling

Sjøvaag, Helle; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2024)

The digital histories of press support schemes: A life course approach to media policy as strategic action fields of media industry interests.

ECREA;

2024-09-24 - 2024-09-27.

Sjøvaag, Helle; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2023)

Datasentre er en del av den digitale infra­strukturen – og må reguleres deretter.

Stavanger Aftenblad.

ISSN 0804-8991.

Ferrer Conill, Raul; Sjøvaag, Helle; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine

(2023)

Datafied Societies: Digital Infrastructures, Data Power, and Regulations.

Media and Communication.

ISSN 2183-2439.

Volum 11.

Hefte 2.

s.291-295.

DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.7317

Sjøvaag, Helle; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2023)

Digital communications infrastructures and the principle of universality.

Nordmedia 2023;

2023-08-16 - 2023-08-18.

Sjøvaag, Helle; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2023)

Infrastructure (re)capture beyond the platforms: How journalism is losing institutional power through the digital distribution chains .

Future of Journalism;

2023-09-14 - 2023-09-15.

Sjøvaag, Helle; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine; Ferrer Conill, Raul

(2023)

Whiteboarding with industry: Unpacking the television value chain using collaborative visual mapping.

Methods in Cultural Production and Media Industries Research (ECREA);

2023-10-12 - .

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Sjøvaag, Helle

(2022)

Communication Infrastructures as Boundary Objects: Untangling the Nature of Global Tech Corporations and Data Sovereignty.

ICA 2022 ;

2022-05-26 - 2022-05-30.

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Sjøvaag, Helle

(2022)

Global tech and data sovereignty: Communication infrastructures as boundary objects in the networked media economy.

European Communication Conference;

2022-10-19 - 2022-10-22.

Sjøvaag, Helle; Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Olsen, Ragnhild Kristine

(2021)

Mapping Norway's digital infrastructures: Actors, value streams and policy in the platform ecology.

Emma2021 Media Management and Sustainability ;

2021-10-27 - 2021-10-29.

Steensen, Steen; Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Peters, Chris

(2020)

(Against a) Theory of Audience Engagement with News.

CA 2020 - 70th Annual ICA Conference;

2020-05-20 - 2020-05-27.

Ferrer-Conill, Raul; Karlsson, Michael

(2019)

Klyftor mellan utbud och efterfrågan? Trafiksiffror, interaktionsspiraler, och den förändrade relationen mellan journalister och publik. I: Nyheter – allt mere n tolkningsfråga? Mediestudiers Innehållsanalys 2007-2018.

ISBN 9789198498219.

s.32-46.

Ferrer-Conill, Raul

(2015)

Carlson, M. & Lewis, S. (eds.) (2015). Boundaries of Journalism: Professionalism, Practices and Participation.

Digital Journalism.

ISSN 2167-0811.

Volum 4.

Hefte 3.

s.401-404.

DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2015.1087734