Publications

Articles and book chapters

Stald, Gitte (2024). “I trust how it works — It is a democracy!” Young citizens on trust, information, civic engagement, and democracy. First Monday, 29(12). https.//doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i12.13842

Stald, Gitte and Balle, Mette Løye (2024). ‘“It’s better to just listen”. Three dichotomies regarding young citizens’ democratic self-confidence’, Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 19.3, pp. 285–303, https.//doi.org/10.1386/ ctl_00165_1 

Stald, Gitte (2023): “Mobile Democracy: Changing Conditions for Young Danes’ Democratic Information and Participation. Journalism and Media 4: 272–288. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia4010019

Stald, Gitte (2019): ”Tillid til medieplatforme og information” (”Trust in media platforms and information”), in DECIDIS SURVEY RAPPORT Demokratisk deltagelse via digitale medier.

Stald, Gitte (2016): “Youth Culture”, Chapter 8 in Adriana de Sousa e Silva (ed.): Debates on Mobile Communication. London: Routledge.

Neumayer, Christina & Gitte Stald (2014): “The mobile phone in street protest: Texting, tweeting, tracking, and tracing”.  In Mobile Media & Communication, Sage, vol. 2 no. 2 117-133.

Stald, Gitte et al (2014): Online on the mobile: Internet use on the smartphone and associated risks among youth in Europe. Report, EU Kids Online & Net Children Go Mobile.

Stald, Gitte et al (2014): Online on the mobile: Internet use on the smartphone and associated risks among youth in Europe. Report, EU Kids Online & Net Children Go Mobile.

Bertel, Troels Fibæk & Gitte Stald, (2013): “From SMS to SNS: The Use of the Internet on the Mobile Phone among Young Danes”. In Kathleen M. Cumiskey, Larissa Hjorth (eds.): Mobile Media Practices, Presence and Politic. The Challenge of Being Seamlessly Mobile. Routledge.

Stald, Gitte & Kjartan Olufsson (2012): “Mobile access – different users, different risks, different consequences?” In Sonia Livingstone, Leslie Haddon, Anke Goerzig (eds): Children, risk and safety online: Research and policy challenges in comparative perspective. Bristol: Policy Press.

O’Moore, Mona et al & Gitte Stald (2012): “Guidelines to prevent cyberbullying: a cross-national review”. In P.K. Smith & G Steffgen (eds.): Cyberbullying through the new media. Findings from an international network. London & New York: Psychology Press.

Stald, Gitte & Rich Ling (2010): “Mobile communities: Are we talking about a village, a clan or a small group?” In Caroline Haythornthwaite and Lori Kendall (eds.): Internet and Community, Special issue of American Behavioral Scientist.

Stald, Gitte & Leslie Haddon (2009): “Cultures of Research and Policy in Europe”, in S. Livingstone & L. Haddon (eds): European Children Online. London: Policy Press.

Stald, Gitte & Leslie Haddon (2009): “A Comparative Analysis of European Media Coverage of Children and the Internet”, in Sonia Livingstone and Panayiota Tsatsou (eds.): Comparative Issues and Findings for Children’s Internet Use in Europe. Special issue of Journal of Children and Media.

Stald, Gitte (2008): “Mobile Identity: Young Danes, identity, and mobile communication media”, in David Buckingham (ed.): Identity and Digital Media. New York: The MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. Boston: MIT Press.

Stald, Gitte (2007):  “Mobile Monitoring. Aspects of risk and surveillance and questions of democratic perspectives in young people’s uses of mobile phones”, in Peter Dahlgren (ed.) Young Citizens and New Media: Strategies of Learning for Democratic Engagement. London: Routledge.

Stald, Gitte (2005): ”Træfsikre mødesteder. Sociale og kulturelle møder i og omkring online multiplayer computerspil”, in Bo Kampmann Walther og Carsten Jessen (red.): Spillets verden. En bog om computerspil. København: DPUs Forlag.

Stald, Gitte (2004): “International Co-operation in Research: Children and their Changing Media Environments”, in Mike Grosse-Loheide & Uwe Hasebrink (eds.): Netzwerke für die Informationsgesellschaft. Bielfeld: GMK. English.

Stald, Gitte (2003): “Global Reach, Local Roots: Young Danes and the Internet”, in Mia Consalvo (ed.) Internet Research Annual Volume 1. Selected Papers from the Association of Internet Researchers Conferences, 2000-2002. NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Stald, Gitte (2003): “Online Communities, Game-Playing”, in Karen Christensen & David Levinson (eds.) Encyclopedia of Community, pp. 1020-1022. Thousands Oaks: Sage.

Stald, Gitte (2003): “Youth Groups”, in Karen Christensen & David Levinson (eds.) Encyclopedia of Community, pp. 1490-1492. Thousands Oaks: Sage.

Stald, Gitte (2003): “Outlook and Insight: Young Danes’ Uses of the Internet, Navigating Global Seas and Local Waters”, in Andrea Kavanaugh & Joseph Turow (eds.): The Wired Homestead. Boston: MIT-Press.

Stald, Gitte (2002): “The World is Quite Enough: Young Danes, Media and Identity in the Crossing between the Global and the Local”, in Gitte Stald og Thomas Tufte (eds.), Global Encounters – Media and Cultural Transformation. Luton: Luton Press.

Stald, Gitte (2002): “‘More Research Needs to be Done’. Problems and Perspectives in Research on Children’s Use of Interactive Media”, pp.47-56 in Nordicom News, Gothenburg: Nordicom.

Stald, Gitte (2000): ”Telefonitis. Unge danskeres brug af telefonen i IT-tidsalderen”, pp.4-22 in Kirsten Drotner (red.), special issue of MedieKultur nr.31. Aarhus: Sammenslutnin¬gen af Medieforskere i Danmark.

Stald, Gitte (1998): “Living with Computers. Young Danes’ Uses of and Thoughts on the Uses of Computers”, pp. 199-227 in Stig Hjarvard og Thomas Tufte (red.) Sekvens 1998. Audiovisual Media in Transition. Film & Media Studies, Copenhagen University.

Lemish, Dafna and Kirsten Drotner, Tamar Liebes, Eric Maigret, Gitte Stald (1998): “Global Culture in Practice. A look at Children and Adolescents in Denmark, France and Israel”, pp. 539-556 in European Journal of Communication. Vol.13, no.4. London: Sage.

Books

Stald, Gitte (2009): Globale medier, lokale unge (Global Media, Local Youth). Ph.d. dissertation. Copenhagen, Copenhagen University.

Fetveit, Arild & Gitte Stald (2007) (eds.): Digital Aesthetics and Communication. Northern Lights Yearbook 2007. Bristol: Intellect Books.

Stald, Gitte & Thomas Tufte (2002) (eds.): Global Encounters – Media and Cultural Transformation. Luton: Luton Press.

Research Reports

Stald, G. (2018). Youth at the centre of the information maelstrom. Paper presented at the 7th European Communication Conference (ECC), Lugano, Schweiz.

Stald, G. (2017). ‘All I know is that I know nothing’: (Some) Danish adolescents and democratic self-consciousness. Abstract fra ECREA Symposium: Digital Democracy, November 10-11 2017, Södertörn, Stockholm, Sverige.

Stald, G. (2017). “Young Danes and perceptions of information and political debate”, conference paper presented at ECREA’s Political Communication Section Interim Conference 2017, , Zürich, Schweiz.

Stald, G. (2016). Quiet living. Challenges of citizen participation in digitized society. Abstract fra 6th European Communication Conference. Mediated (Dis)Continuities: Contesting Pasts, Presents and Futures, Prague, Tjekkiet.

Stald, G. (2016). The practice of participation: youth’s vocabularies around digital and offline engagement. Abstract fra Internet Rules, Berlin, Tyskland.

Stald, G. (2016). Children as digital rights agents. Abstract fra IAMCR pre-conference Children’s Rights in the Digital Age, London July 26-28., London, Storbritannien.

Stald, Gitte (2016): “‘All I know is that I know nothing’: (Some) Danish adolescents and their lack of self-confidence in relation to information and political participation”, presented at SMID’s (Assoc. of Media Scholars in Denmark) annual meeting, Hindsgavl, Denmark, October 27-28.

Stald, Gitte (2016): “Quiet living. Challenges of citizen participation in digitized society”, paper presented at ECREA 2016, Prague November 09-12.

Stald, Gitte (2016): ”Old citizens, new logics: Digital literacy and elderly citizens in Denmark”, presented at the research seminar Becoming old in the age of mediatization, Copenhagen University, October 31- November 1.

Stald, Gitte (2016): “The practice of participation: youth’s vocabularies around digital and offline engagement”. Presented in panel: Opportunities and limitations: Emerging arenas of political participation through digital media practices, Association of Internet Researchers annual conference 2016, Berlin, Germany, October 05-08.

Stald, Gitte (2015): “Digital Literacy in a Danish Context“, presented at DIGITAL LITERACY: Policies, research and good practices, University of Padua, December 10.

Stald, Gitte (2015): “Would you vote from your mobile? Young Danes’ perceptions of the Mobile as a Democratic Tool and Symbol”. Presented at Association of Internet Researchers annual conference 2015, Phoenix, USA, October 21-24.

Stald, Gitte (2014): “To vote or not to vote from your mobile. Young Danes and their perceptions of the Mobile as a Democratic Tool and Symbol”. Paper presented at ECREA 2014, Lisbon, Portugal,  November 12-15.

Mascheroni, Giovanna & Gitte Stald (2013): “How internet agendas are influencing research on mobile devices: A case study of mobile internet risks to children”. Presented at ICA 2014, London, UK, June 17-21.

Stald, Gitte & Christina Neumayer (2011): “The politics of tracing and tracking: Mobile phones and civic engagement of young people”. Paper submitted to Association of Internet Researchers annual conference 2011, Seattle, USA, October 10-13.

Stald, Gitte & Troels Fibæk Bertel (2011): “From SMS to SNS: The Use of the Internet on the Mobile Phone among Young Danes”. Paper presented to NordMedia 2011, Akureyri, Iceland, August 11-13.

Stald, Gitte (2011): “Online on the mobile – new challenges for awareness, information and policies”. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17.

Stald, Gitte (2011): “Online on the mobile – risks, harms and coping strategies in context”. Paper presented at International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference, Boston, USA, May 26-29.

Stald, Gitte (2011): “Online on the mobile. Perspectives on young Danes’ uses of the internet on their mobiles”. Paper presented at International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference, Boston, USA, May 26-29.

Stald, Gitte (2009): “Online on the mobile. Critical perspectives on young Danes’ uses (or not) of the internet on their mobiles”. Internet Researchers, Internet: Critical 10.0, Milwaukee October 2009. Paper.

Stald, Gitte (2009): “Mobile empowerment. Meaning of accessible, ubiquitous information and communication around the globe”. The 19th Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research. Karlstad august 2009. Paper.

Stald, Gitte (2009): “Mobile empowerment. The development of a mobile e-learning platform for dyslectics”. The 19th Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research. Karlstad august 2009. Paper.

Stald, Gitte (2009): “Online opportunities and risks on the mobile. Young Danes uses (or not) of the internet on their mobiles”. Final conference: EU Kids Online: European research on cultural, contextual and risk issues regarding children and the internet. London June 2009. Paper.

Stald, Gitte (2007): “Instant Internet. Issues of problems and potentials of the mobile Internet with a specific focus on democracy and citizenship’. Paper presented to IR 6.0: Internet Generations. Association of Internet Researchers’ 6th Annual Conference, Chicago, USA, October 5th – 9th, 2005

Stald, Gitte (2005): ”Mobile muligheder. Spørgsmål om tillid og risiko i forbindelse med unge danskeres brug af mobiltelefonen”. Paper presented to the 17. Nordic Conference on Media and Communication Research, Aalborg, August 11th-14th, 2005.

Stald, Gitte (2005): ”Creativity and Innovation. Aspects of young Danes’ uses of mobile phones”. Paper presented to the conference Seeing, Understanding, Learning in the Mobile Age, Budapest, April 28th –30th, 2005.

Stald, Gitte (2004): “You’ve got the Whole Wide World in Your Hand – or do You”. Paper presented to IR.5: Ubiquity? Association of Internet Researchers annual conference. Sussex University, UK, September 19th-22nd, 2004.

Stald, Gitte (2004): “Mobile Media, Local Youth”, paper presented to the conference The Global and the Local in Mobile Communication. Budapest Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile/Hungary, June 10th-11th, 2004.

Stald, Gitte (2004): “Mobile Youth. Communication, entertainment, cultural display, social relations”. Paper presented to the conference Mobile Entertainment: User Centred Perspectives. CRIC, University of Manchester, UK, March 25th-27th.

Stald, Gitte (2003): “Forum Cyberium. Freedom of Speech (plus Questions of Modality and Normativity) in Online Gaming Communities”. Paper presented to Internet Research 4.0: Broadening the Band. Fourth International Conference of Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Canada. October 16th-19th, 2003.

Stald, Gitte (2002/2003): “To Kill or not to Kill. Attraction of Violent Death (and Meaning of Stats) in Online Multiplayer Computer Games”.’ Paper presented to Internet Research 3:0: NET / WORK / THEORY. Third International Conference of Association of Internet Researchers, Maastricht, Holland, October 13th-16th, 2002. Revised version presented to Digital Games Research Conference, University of Utrecht, November 4th-6th, 2003.

Stald, Gitte (2001): “Meeting in the Combat Zone. Online Multiplayer Computer Games as Spaces for Social and Cultural Encounters”. Paper presented to Interconnections. Second International Conference of The Association of Internet Researchers, Minneapolis, USA, October 10th-14th, 2001.

Stald, Gitte (2000): “Global and Local Aspects of Young Danes’ Media Cultures”. Paper presented to International Forum of Researchers on Young People and the Media, Millennium Hotel, Sydney, Australia, November 26th-29th, 2000.

Stald, Gitte (1997): “Børns mediebrug mellem fortid og fremtid” (Childrens’ media uses between the past and the future), paper for the 13th Nordic Conference for Mass Communication research, Jyväskyla, Finland.

Popular publications

Stald, Gitte (2013): ”Mobile unge, mobil trivsel”, in Per Straarup Søndergaard (ed.) Digital trivsel – En antologi om børn og unges onlineliv. Aarhus: Turbine Forlaget.

Stald, Gitte (2005): ”Medieret ungdom”, in Skårhøj, Rie & Østergaard, Søren: Generation Happy – en profiltegning af danske teenagere anno 2005. Copenhagen: Unitas.

Stald, Gitte (2005): “Teens in Denmark“, in Shirley R. Steinberg (ed.) Teen Life in Europe. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Stald, Gitte (2004): ”Billeder af børns og unges mediebrug“, pp. 36-59 in Dansk Pædagogisk Tidsskrift nr.1, 2004, theme issue Børn og medier (Children and Media).

Stald, Gitte (2001): “Søger net – chat, netværk, unge”, pp. 31-39 in Uddannelse 10/2001. København: Undervisningsministeriet. Formidlingsartikel. 

Stald, Gitte (2001): ”Ude er godt, hjemme er bedst”, in CEFU 5/2001. Roskilde: CEFU.

Presentations (most recent)

Keynotes

2018, November 7: Media literacy in a Danish context. Presented at the international conference Addressing Hate Speech in the Media. The role of regulatory authorities and the judiciaries. Organized by the Council of Europe, Zagreb, Croatia.

2017, November 9: Young citizens, media, democracy & voting, keynote at the symposium Youth. Media, World. Narva, Estonia.

2016, October 11: Managing citizenship in digital society. Keynote presented to the Annual Conference in i-Society. http://www.i-society.eu/

2015, April 23: Børn, unge og digitale medier – muligheder, udfordringer og perspektiver (Children, youth and digital Media – opportunities, challenges and perspectives). Keynote given to Det Kriminalpræventive Råds Årsmøde (Danish Agency for Crime Prevention’s annual conference), Ålborg, Denmark.

2015, March 14: Evolution or revolution? Diffusion and adaptation of (smart) mobile phones among children and adolescents. Keynote given at the parallel ESociety & Mobile Learning conferences, Madeira, Portugal.

2015, March 11: Den mediekompetente borger – media literacy i en dansk kontekst (The media competent citizen – media literacy in a Danish context). Konference in collaboration with The agency for Culture and the Danish Media Council.

 

Invited presentations

2021, October 28: Media Literacy: an experience story from Denmark. Presented at the high-level international conference MEDIA LITERACY. ROADMAPS during the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week, 28-29 October 2021. http://medijpratiba.neplpadome.lv/home/

2018,  September 21: Unge og digitalt medborgerskab, Presentation at Temadag om Digitalt medborgerskab for unge. Gentofte Bibliotek.

2017, May 4: Literacy og medborgerskab i det digitale samfund (Literacy and citizenship in Danish digital society). Presented at the 9^th Nordic ‘Klarsprogskonference’, Schäfergården, Gentofte.

2016, September 09: “Would you vote from your mobile? Young Danes’ perceptions of the Mobile as a Democratic Tool and Symbol”, University of Calgary.

2015, November 23: “Managing citizenship in digital society”, presentation in the Centre for Digital Citizenship, Leeds University.

2015, October 10: “Media literacy i en dansk kontekst”, Kulturstyrelsens årsmøde, Nyborg.

2015, April 21: ” Danske børn på nettet”, Socialstyrelsens Team Overgreb. Temadag om Børn på nettet og overgreb.

2014, November 16: “Results from EU KIDS ONLINE & NET CHILDREN GO MOBILE”, Save the Children, Denmark.

2014, October 19: “The Media Competent Citizen and Media Literacy in a Danish Context”, European Commission, Media Literacy Expert Group, Brussels.

2014, May 19: “European Youth Online opportunities, challenges and perspectives”, SALTO Training Course, Høje Taastrup, Denmark.

2014, April 3: “Studying Mobile Communication over Time: Methods, Trends and Change”, Ph.d. School Aarhus University: Methodologies: Mobile Media & Mobility.

2014, June 10: “Media usage among European Children. Research Results, Methodological Strategies and Challenges”, Ph.d. School, Aarhus University: Media, Children, and Family Culture.

2011, August 30: “Mobile Kids. Children, mobiles and perspectives on online opportunities and risks”, Mobile HCI, Stockholm.