Faculty of Social Sciences

Guðbjörg Hildur Kolbeins

Associate Professor
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Location

  • Utan skólans / Off Campus

Specialisation

Mass communication Media effects Journalism
Research portal - Guðbjörg Hildur Kolbeins 

General information

Courses 2026 - 2027

FJR0276230
Media effects
LOK2790170
MA project
FJR0176120
Journalism and Democracy
FJÖ0176220
Introduction to Mass Communication
PRN0176230
Text and Photography
FJR0276230
Media effects
FJÖ0176220
Introduction to Mass Communication
PRN0176230
Text and Photography

Education

2014
University of Iceland, MS Strategic management
2004
Stockholm University, Viðbótardiplóma Global electronic journalism
2003
University of Wisconsin - Madison, PhD Mass communication
1994
University of Iceland, Viðbótardiplóma Teacher's credentials
1992
University of Minnesota, MA Mass communication
1989
Moorhead State University, BS Mass communications (journalism)

Career

2021
University of Akureyri, Associate professor
2019
Bifröst University, Adjunct
2020 - 2021
University of Iceland, Researcher
2015 - 2019
Bifröst University, Lecturer
2003 - 2014
University of Iceland, Lecturer
2004 - 2006
University of Iceland, Country co-ordinator
1998 - 2003
University of Iceland, Assistant professor

Research

2019
A welfare state of mind? Nordic journalists’ conception of their role and autonomy in international context. Book chapter
2017
Íslenskar fjölmiðlarannsóknir: Fræði á flæðiskeri? Journal article
2017
Country report: Journalists in Iceland. Report
2016
Klámnotkun íslenskra framhaldsskólanema. Conference paper
2016
Public opinion polls and experts in election news. Journal article
2015
Icelandic media firms viewed from the perspective of agency theory. Journal article
2014
The applicability of agency theory to the management of media organizations in Iceland. Dissertation
2012
Siðferði og starfshættir íslenskra blaða- og fréttamanna. Conference paper
2012
Hvaða áhrif hefur Facebook haft á samskipti fólks? Online resource
2012
The Icelandic media coverage of the constitutional assembly election. Journal article
2011
..svo sem vér og fyrirgefum...: Fyrirgefningin og hrunið. Conference paper
2010
Facebook: Flagð undir fögru skinni? Conference paper
2010
The effect of media coverage on IPOs. Conference paper
2009
Svona eru stelpur bara: Tengsl fjölmiðla og fyrirmynda við átröskun, líkamsímynd og BMI-stuðul grunnskólanema. Conference paper
2008
Af hverju er talað um gulu pressuna? Online resource
2008
Hversu áreiðanlegir eru fjölmiðlar? Online resource
2007
Samfélag í viðjum sjónvarps. Conference paper
2007
Sólsetur Dagsbrúnar. Magazine article
2007
Exposed: Icelandic teenagers’ exposure to pornography. Book chapter
2007
Pornography and sex among adolescents in Iceland. Book chapter
2006
Hvað einkennir svokallaða klámkynslóð? Online resource
2006
Af kaupmönnum og hjartans börnum. Conference paper
2006
Fáein orð um íslensk fjölmiðla- og fjarskiptafyrirtæki. Magazine article
2006
Hafa fjölmiðlar góð eða vond áhrif á viðhorf okkar til kynlífs? Online resource
2006
Hvað eru fjölmiðlar? Online resource
2006
Geta auglýsingar haft bein áhrif á börn? Online resource
2005
Tengsl tölvuleikjanotkunar og afbrotahegðunar unglinga. Book chapter
2005
What produces television attention and attention style? Genre, situation, and individual differences as predictors. Journal article
2004
Spotlight and blind spots: Global news in 2004. Conference paper
2004
Eru tölvuleikir skaðvaldur eða saklaus skemmtun? Magazine article
2004
The non-finding of the cultivation effect in Iceland. Journal article
2004
Árásarhneigð unglinga og áhorf þeirra á klám og erótík. Book chapter
2004
Íslenskar fjölmiðlarannsóknir á fertugsaldri. Book chapter
2003
Hafa sjónvarp, tónlistarmyndbönd og tónlist slæm áhrif á börn og unglinga? Online resource
2003
Hver er saga myndbandavæðingarinnar og hverju breytti hún? Online resource
2003
Er hægt að greina bein áhrif fjölmiðla á hegðun fólks? Online resource
2003
Hvað er skjámiðill? Online resource
2003
Hvaða áhrif hafa hálfnaktar poppstjörnur á 8-12 ára stelpur? Online resource
2003
Hvaða áhrif hafa tölvuleikir sem innihalda klám og ofbeldi á börn? Online resource
2003
Rásaflakk og viðhorf til sjónvarpsauglýsinga. Conference paper
2003
Children see, children do: The effects of the home environment on Icelandic adolescents’ viewing of violent and non-violent television programs and the effects of violence viewing on their antisocial behavior. Dissertation
2003
Er áherslumunur í fréttaflutningi hjá ólíkum fjölmiðlum, svo sem dagblöðum, útvarpi og sjónvarpi? Book chapter
2002
Greinargerð um áhrif ofbeldis í kvikmyndum, sjónvarpi og tölvuleikjum á börn og unglinga. Fylgiskjal I með þingsályktunartillögu um aðgerðir til að draga úr ofbeldisdýrkun og framboði ofbeldisefnis (þingskjal 798, 486. mál á 128 löggjafarþingi), lagt fram á Alþingi. Report
2002
Hvað er klám? Online resource
2002
Delinquency and adolescents’ viewing of television violence. Journal article
2002
What holds attention to television? Strategic inertia of looks at content boundaries. Journal article
2001
Afbrot unglinga: Sekt eða sakleysi sjónvarps. Conference paper
2001
If college students are appointment television viewers. Journal article
2001
Predicting Selection and Activity in Television Genre Viewing. Journal article
2000
Áfanga náð. Book chapter
2000
Áhrif sjónvarps á börn og unglinga: Getur Jóladraumurinn valdið martröð? Magazine article
1999
The effects of family cohesion and tension on Icelandic adolescents’ motivations and viewing of television programs. Book chapter
1992
The cultivation effect: Icelandic children’s and adolescents’ viewing of U.S. television programs. Dissertation