Jakob Bjur

Jakob Bjur holds a PhD in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Gothenburg and is research fellow at the department of Journalism, Media and Communication. He is currently employed by Swedish Radio AB in Stockholm as a Researcher in Residence managing a research project on Future Patterns of Media Consumption aside with which he assists strategic programmes for SR’s future development. Jakob Bjur is part of the management committee of the European COST-network Transforming Audiences. Transforming Societies. comprising over 160 audience researchers from 30 countries. He heads, as Vice-Chair, one of its four working groups together with Prof. Kim Schröder, University of Roskilde (DK) and Prof Sonia Livingstone, LSE (UK). He is a member of the board of Swedish Association of Media and Communication Researchers (FSMK). Please contact me if you are interested in my research. +46 (0)706-51 52 51 (mobile), +46 (0)31-786 11 97 (work), e-mail: jakob.bjur@jmg.gu.se