Professor, writer, speaker, blogger
Bergen Area, Norway
- Current
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- Associate Professor at University of Bergen
- Freelance speaker and writer at Jill Walker Rettberg
- Blogger at jill/txt
- Past
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- Head of Department at Dept of Humanistic Informatics, University of Bergen
- PhD Fellowship at University of Bergen
- Visiting Scholar at RMIT University
- Researcher at Lingo project, University of Bergen
- Education
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- Universitetet i Bergen
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Universitetet i Stavanger
- Universitetet i Bergen
- Bergen Katedralskole
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Jill Walker Rettberg’s Summary
I research the ways we tell stories online, and have studied social media, hypertext fiction, weblogs, World of Warcraft, MOOs, electronic literature and spam fiction. My book, Blogging, came out on Polity Press in 2008 and an anthology of critical essays about World of Warcraft I co-edited was published by MIT press earlier the same year. I frequently give talks about social media, blogs, electronic literature and the web.
Jill Walker Rettberg’s Specialties:
Blog research, social media, new media research, narratology, teaching with blogs, lectures on blogs and new media.
Jill Walker Rettberg’s Experience
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Associate Professor
University of Bergen
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Research on networked literature and art and on social media, especially blogs. Advisor to post grad students, teach lower and upper level courses in subjects including Digital Media Aesthetics, ICT & Learning, Web Design, Digital Culture.
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Freelance speaker and writer
Jill Walker Rettberg
(Internet industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)
I give talks at seminars, conferences and internal workgroups on topics within the general field of current digital culture, and on social media and blogging in particular. I have given talks on corporate blogging to Microsoft Norway, PricewaterhouseCooper, Chess Communications and the Norwegian Advertisers' Union, among others, and on social software in journalism for NRK and Bergens Tidende. I have also frequently given talks about social media, blogging and electronic literature for groups of librarians, literature and media teachers, artists and the general public. Additionally, I write reviews and other popular articles within these areas. I grew up in Norway with Australian parents, so am equally comfortable speaking in English or Norwegian.
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Blogger
jill/txt
(Online Media industry)
October 2000 — Present (9 years 2 months)
I was one of the first academic bloggers, and still use my blog jill/txt (http://jilltxt.net) to publish work-in-progress, research notes, ideas, probings and the occasional personal note. I have also published various academic articles on blogging, including a much-cited definition of weblogs for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory and a book simply titled "Blogging" to be published by Polity Press in 2008.
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Head of Department
Dept of Humanistic Informatics, University of Bergen
(Higher Education industry)
February 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 5 months)
Coordinated teaching for department, was responsible for hiring short-term staff, managing research and initiating and encouraging projects. Also in charge of department's budget and coordinating strategic planning for department.
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PhD Fellowship
University of Bergen
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2000 — December 2002 (3 years )
PhD. Thesis: "Fiction and Interaction: How Clicking a Mouse Can Make You Part of a Fictional World".
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Visiting Scholar
RMIT University
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 1 month)
Visiting scholar at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology for a month at a time on several different occasions 2000-2002.
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Researcher
Lingo project, University of Bergen
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year )
Research and implementation of courseware for teaching English literature in online collaborative environments (MOOs). http://lingo.uib.no/dream/
Jill Walker Rettberg’s Education
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Universitetet i Bergen
Dr. art. , Humanistic Informatics, humanistisk informatikk , 2000 — 2002
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Universitetet i Bergen
Cand. philol. , Comparative Literature , 1995 — 1998
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Universitetet i Stavanger
Høgskolekandidat , Kultur- og mediefag , 1993 — 1995
University College of Stavanger, now the University of Stavanger.
- Activities and Societies:
- Journalist for Hugin.
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Universitetet i Bergen
Cand. mag. , Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies (mellomfag litt. vit., grunnfag teatervit.) , 1991 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Studentradioen, StudVest, Prosopopeia, et par semestre i Universitetets symfoniorkester.
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Bergen Katedralskole
1987 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- SOS Rasisme, Elevrådet, RadioAktiv.
Additional Information
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Jill Walker Rettberg’s Groups:
Association of Internet Researchers, Digital Arts and Culture, SigWEB, Electronic Literature Organization, Kritikerlaget, Forskerforbundet, Chicago Metaverse Meetup
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VERDIKT utlyser 200 millioner til Fremtidens internett
Jill Walker Rettberg’s Honors:
The Meltzer Foundation's Prize for Excellence in Dissemination of Research, 2006.
The Inaugural Ted Nelson Newcomer Award for Best Paper by a Newcomer, ACM Hypertext 1999.
Jill Walker Rettberg’s Contact Settings
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