Magnus Danielson Associate Professor

I am associate professor of Journalism studies. In 2016 I defended my PhD-thesis at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University. Since then I have been Director of Studies at that same department (2016-2018), and Head of Department and researcher at Linneaus University (2019-2023). Since August 2023 I am Senior Lecturer at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University.

Article in journal (Refereed)

• Danielson, M. (2025). The (far-) right kind of feeling: How representations of emotional experiences perform discourses in Swedish far-right alternative news media. Journalistica, 19(1), 225–248. https://doi.org/10.7146/journalistica.v19i1.142488 Status: Published
• Danielson, M. (2024). Researching Emotional Experiences as Discursive Elements – A Suggested Qualitative Method. The Qualitative Report, 29(5), 1346-1362. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2024.7223 Status: Published
• Danielson, M., Nykvist, A. (2023). From investigative to critical local journalism : A quantitative content analysis of critical reporting in local Swedish newspapers with a new analytical focus. Journalistica. 17 (1). 1-20.
  Status: Published
• Danielson, M. (2023). Disclaiming, Mitigating, and Character Boosting : How Targets of Investigate Journalism Negotiate Guilt, Excuses, Justification, and Morality. Journalism Studies. 24 (4). 532-551.
  Status: Published
• Danielson, M., Rolandsson, T. (2020). Politicians as entertainers : a political performance of the personal. Continuum. Journal of Media and Cultural Studies. 34 (5). 733-748.
  Status: Published
• Danielson, M. (2019). Crafting Deviance : Moral Construction as Narrative Strategy in Investigative TV-journalism. Media and Communication (Mediji i Komunikacije). 5 (9). 33-48.
  Status: Published
• Enghel, F., Danielson, M. (2019). Bad news : seeing communication for and about development through an exposé of Swedish aid to Zambia. Journal of International Communication. 25 (2). 254-274.
  Status: Published
• Danielson, M. (2013). "Shaming the Devil!" : Performative Shame in Investigative TV-journalism. Nordicom Review. (Special issue). 61-74.
  Status: Published

Chapter in book (Refereed)

• Danielson, M., Kemani, M. (2021). When Saga Norén meets neurotypicality : A liminal encounter along The Bridge. Normalizing Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in Entertainment Media : Quieting the Madness. London & New York, Taylor & Francis. 96-109.

Article in journal (Other academic)

• Danielson, M. (2017). Mediet som hatets prefix. Socionomens forskningssupplement. (3). 20-21.
  Status: Published

Chapter in book (Other academic)

• Danielson, M. (2020). Dold kamera och journalistikens anspråk på ”rätten att straffa” i Uthängd! Inte bara #metoo. Stockholm, Institutet för mediestudier. 153-168.
• Danielson, M. (2017). Paternalism, samhällsgranskning och filantropi : Mediala modeller för engagemang i välfärdsfrågan. Den kantstötta välfärden. Lund, Studentlitteratur AB. 306-329.

Other (Other academic)

• Danielson, M. (2016). Den granskande makten : Institutionell identitet och rättsnarrativ i SVT:s Uppdrag granskning. Stockholm, Institutionen för mediestudier, Stockholms universitet. 303.