Richard Linklater’s films serve as a window into nineties slacker culture and youth life in the 1970s. Media researchers at UiO have published a book about the director behind 'Dazed and Confused' and the 'Before' Trilogy.
In particular, there is one reason why Instagram poems often lack some of the literary quality of other poetry, according to a professor of literature at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Music can be used to get people to move to the beat, but can you apply the same trick to robots?
Is it important to us that robots use body language when communicating?
With just one look at your eyes, experts can tell what kind of music you want to move to. The urge to dance becomes greater if you first allow yourself to stomp your feet to the beat.
Researchers are now trying to solve something they are calling a scientific word mystery.
In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent more of an oral and less of a learned form of written language.
Two out of three Norwegian boys play video games daily. But is it the mothers or the fathers who are most concerned? The answer might surprise you.
According to Professor Kjetil Fallan, design is an inevitable part of the environmental problem, but also part of the solution.
Your brain is always looking for patterns – even when there are none.
Science fiction is popular at the same time as a new wave of feminism hits China. This leads to more attention for female authors of the genre.
New research suggests that short breaks help you think more critically and creatively about what you are reading.
Norwegian media organisations make themselves relevant to young people by inviting influencers to create content with cross-generational appeal. But you will not find the same content on national broadcaster NRK as on YouTube.
A limit in our attention means that we don’t detect every single sound. However, new research suggests that we almost always pay attention to the human voice.
Records made from sugar and climate certificates are just some of the music industry’s efforts to improve on sustainability. “They mean well, but have limited opportunities to create change,” says music researcher at UiO.
A black dot in the midst of the eye can tell researchers whether you are lying or not – and about plenty of other mental processes.
Reading literature from multiple eras can give young people an understanding that our perceptions of nature are in a constant state of flux. It can give them new perspectives on sustainable development.
The Earth’s key ecosystems are being threatened by climate change. According to philosopher Alejandra Mancilla, the nations of the world must now take joint responsibility for protecting rather than exploiting the natural world.
In the Late Viking Age, a grave was built that looks very similar to one of the most spectacular graves of the Roman Age in Norway.
In the 1900s, the Farmers' Youth Society gave young people who migrated from the countryside a home in the Norwegian capital. The youth also became part of an ideological project.
Verb tenses, pronouns and metaphors are some of the features that could vary in a text when writers try to deceive us. Norwegian linguists and computer scientists are now working together to create tools that can detect online disinformation.
The bourgeois ideals that placed women in the home in the 1800s also gave them the opportunity for greater participation in society.
In the future, a new kind of composer may contribute to new kinds of music.
From monthly news stories about polar expeditions to an ideology of real time updates – developments in the media shape the events that unite us, according to a media researcher at the University of Oslo.
Qichao Lan wanted to make music live coding accessible to anyone. As part of his PhD, he made a music language and an app easily accessible in a web browser.
