Details
Role
Work Package Co-Leader and Task Leader
Work Package Co-Leader and Task Leader
Connected to
WP3: Media Content Production & Analysis
WP3: Media Content Production & Analysis
Affiliation
University of Bergen
University of Bergen
Contact
/ Biography
Professor Bjørnar Tessem holds a master in computer science (artifical intelligence, game tree search) from the University of Bergen (1985) and a PhD in computer science (artifical intelligence, Bayesian networks) from the University of Bergen (1990). His research interests include artifical intelligence applied in news media analysis and content production, analogical reasoning, Bayesian networks, machine learning, and natural language understanding. Tessem has also conducted many empirical studies of software development process. He has published more than 100 scientific articles in journals, conferences, and workshops, and has led and participated in numerous projects involving artificial intelligence applied to the media and in other domains.
/ Publications
Publications from 2020 and before are not direct results of the SFI MediaFutures, but are key results from our team members working on related topics in MediaFutures.
2023
Tessem, Bjørnar; Tverberg, Are; Borch, Njål
The future technologies of journalism Conference
Centeris, 2023.
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abstract = {The practice of journalism has undergone many changes in the last few years, with changes in technology being the
main driver of these changes. We present a future study where we aim to get an understanding of what technologies
will become important for the journalist and further change the journalist’s workplace. The new technological
solutions will have to be implemented in the media houses’ information systems, and knowledge about what
technologies will have the greatest impact will influence IS strategies in the media house. In the study we
interviewed 16 experts on how they envision the future technologies of the journalist. We analyzed the interviews
with a qualitative research approach. Our analysis shows that technologies for multi-platform news production,
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The practice of journalism has undergone many changes in the last few years, with changes in technology being the
main driver of these changes. We present a future study where we aim to get an understanding of what technologies
will become important for the journalist and further change the journalist’s workplace. The new technological
solutions will have to be implemented in the media houses’ information systems, and knowledge about what
technologies will have the greatest impact will influence IS strategies in the media house. In the study we
interviewed 16 experts on how they envision the future technologies of the journalist. We analyzed the interviews
with a qualitative research approach. Our analysis shows that technologies for multi-platform news production,
automated news content generation, cloud services for flexible production, content search, and content verification
are the most important in terms of needs and competitiveness.
main driver of these changes. We present a future study where we aim to get an understanding of what technologies
will become important for the journalist and further change the journalist’s workplace. The new technological
solutions will have to be implemented in the media houses’ information systems, and knowledge about what
technologies will have the greatest impact will influence IS strategies in the media house. In the study we
interviewed 16 experts on how they envision the future technologies of the journalist. We analyzed the interviews
with a qualitative research approach. Our analysis shows that technologies for multi-platform news production,
automated news content generation, cloud services for flexible production, content search, and content verification
are the most important in terms of needs and competitiveness.
Tessem, Bjørnar; Ocaña, Marc Gallofré; Opdahl, Andreas L.
Construction of a relevance knowledge graph with application to the LOCAL news angle Proceedings Article
In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org) , 2023.
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abstract = {News angles are approaches to journalism content often used to provide a way to present a new report
from an event. One particular type of news angle is the LOCAL news angle where a local news outlet
focuses on an event by emphasising a local connection. Knowledge graphs are most often used to
represent knowledge about a particular entity in the form of relationships to other entities. In this paper
we see how we can extract a knowledge sub graph containing entities and relevant relationships that are
connected to the locality of a news outlet. The purpose of this graph is to use it for automated journalism
or as an aid for the journalist to find local connections to an event, as well as how the local connection
relate to the event. We call such a graph a relevance knowledge graph. An algorithm for extracting such
a graph from a linked data source like DBpedia is presented and examples of the use of a relevance graph
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News angles are approaches to journalism content often used to provide a way to present a new report
from an event. One particular type of news angle is the LOCAL news angle where a local news outlet
focuses on an event by emphasising a local connection. Knowledge graphs are most often used to
represent knowledge about a particular entity in the form of relationships to other entities. In this paper
we see how we can extract a knowledge sub graph containing entities and relevant relationships that are
connected to the locality of a news outlet. The purpose of this graph is to use it for automated journalism
or as an aid for the journalist to find local connections to an event, as well as how the local connection
relate to the event. We call such a graph a relevance knowledge graph. An algorithm for extracting such
a graph from a linked data source like DBpedia is presented and examples of the use of a relevance graph
in a LOCAL news angle context are provided.
from an event. One particular type of news angle is the LOCAL news angle where a local news outlet
focuses on an event by emphasising a local connection. Knowledge graphs are most often used to
represent knowledge about a particular entity in the form of relationships to other entities. In this paper
we see how we can extract a knowledge sub graph containing entities and relevant relationships that are
connected to the locality of a news outlet. The purpose of this graph is to use it for automated journalism
or as an aid for the journalist to find local connections to an event, as well as how the local connection
relate to the event. We call such a graph a relevance knowledge graph. An algorithm for extracting such
a graph from a linked data source like DBpedia is presented and examples of the use of a relevance graph
in a LOCAL news angle context are provided.
Opdahl, Andreas L.; Tessem, Bjørnar; Dang-Nguyen, Duc-Tien; Motta, Enrico; Setty, Vinay; Throndsen, Eivind; Tverberg, Are; Trattner, Christoph
Trustworthy Journalism Through AI Journal Article
In: Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Elsevier, 2023.
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abstract = {Quality journalism has become more important than ever due to the need for quality and trustworthy media outlets that can provide accurate information to the public and help to address and counterbalance the wide and rapid spread of disinformation. At the same time, quality journalism is under pressure due to loss of revenue and competition from alternative information providers. This vision paper discusses how recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in Machine Learning (ML) in particular, can be harnessed to support efficient production of high-quality journalism. From a news consumer perspective, the key parameter here concerns the degree of trust that is engendered by quality news production. For this reason, the paper will discuss how AI techniques can be applied to all aspects of news, at all stages of its production cycle, to increase trust.},
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Fatemi, Bahareh; Rabbi, Fazle; Tessem, Bjørnar
Fairness in automated data journalism systems Journal Article
In: NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning, 2023.
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2022
Tessem, Bjørnar; Nyre, Lars; Mulholland, Paul
Deep Learning to Encourage Citizen Involvement in Local Journalism Book Chapter
In: Mari K. Niemi Ville J. E. Manninen, Anthony Ridge-Newman (Ed.): Chapter 3, pp. 211-226, Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2022.
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We discuss the potential of a mobile app for news tips to local newspapers to be augmented with artificial intelligence. It can be designed to encourage deliberative, consensus-oriented contributions from citizens. We presume that such an app will generate news stories from multi-modal data in the form of photos, videos, text elements, location information, and the identity of the contributor. Three scenarios are presented to show how image recognition, natural language processing, narrative construction, and other AI technologies can be applied. The scenarios address three interrelated challenges for local journalism. First, text and photos in tips are often of low quality for journalism purposes. Second, peer-to-peer dialogue about local news takes place in social media instead of in the newspaper. Third, readers lack news literacy and are prone to confrontational debates and trolling. We show how advances in deep learning technology makes it possible to propose solutions to these problems.
Tessem, Bjørnar
The Future Technologies in Journalism Presentation
EBU Metadata Network 2022 Online Conference, 01.01.2022.
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Tessem, Bjørnar; Nyre, Lars; dos Santos Mesquita, Michel; Mulholland, Paul
Deep Learning to Encourage Citizen Involvement in Local Journalism Proceedings Article
In: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
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2021
Tessem, Bjørnar; Nyre, Lars; dos Santos Mesquita, Michel; Mulholland, Paul
Deep Learning to Encourage Citizen Involvement in Local Journalism Journal Article
In: Futures of Journalism. Palgrave Macmillan. , 2021.
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Trattner, Christoph; Jannach, Dietmar; Motta, Enrico; Meijer, Irene Costera; Diakopoulos, Nicholas; Elahi, Mehdi; Opdahl, Andreas L.; Tessem, Bjørnar; Borch, Njål; Fjeld, Morten; Øvrelid, Lilja; Smedt, Koenraad De; Moe, Hallvard
Responsible media technology and AI: challenges and research directions Journal Article
In: AI and Ethics, 2021.
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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s43681-021-00126-4.pdf},
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Tessem, Bjørnar
Når kunstig intelligens inntar redaksjonen Medium
2021.
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Tverberg, Are; Agasøster, Ingrid; Grønbæck, Mads; Monsen, Marius; Strand, Robert; Eikeland, Kristian; Throndsen, Eivind; Westvang, Lars; Knudsen, Tove B.; Fiskerud, Eivind; Skår, Rune; Stoppel, Sergej; Berven, Arne; Pedersen, Glenn Skare; Macklin, Paul; Cuomo, Kenneth; Vredenberg, Loek; Tolonen, Kristian; Opdahl, Andreas L.; Tessem, Bjørnar; Veres, Csaba; Dang-Nguyen, Duc-Tien; Motta, Enrico; Setty, Vinay Jayarama
WP3 2021 M3.1 Report The industrial expectations to, needs from and wishes for the work package Technical Report
University of Bergen, MediaFutures 2021.
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Nyre, Lars; Tessem, Bjørnar
Automatiske nyhende Online
Dag og Tid 2021, visited: 26.03.2021.
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Nyre, Lars; Tessem, Bjørnar
Auka røynd (AR) Medium
Dag og Tid, 2021.
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Nyre, Lars; Tessem, Bjørnar
Ting i internettet Medium
Dag og Tid, 2021.
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Automatiske nyhende Medium
Dag og Tid, 2021.
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Nyre, Lars; Tessem, Bjørnar
Kva datamaskiner kan gjere Medium
Dag og Tid, 2021.
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Nyre, Lars; Tessem, Bjørnar
Kvifor Google-briller vart ein fiasko Medium
Dag og Tid, 2021.
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Tessem, Bjørnar; Opdahl, Andreas L.
Content Analysis and Production Presentation
MediaFutures Annual Meeting 2021, 01.01.2021.
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2020
Motta, Enrico; Daga, Enrico; Opdahl, Andreas L.; Tessem, Bjørnar
Analysis and design of computational news angles Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 120613-120626, 2020, (Pre SFI).
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abstract = {A key skill for a journalist is the ability to assess the newsworthiness of an event or situation. To this purpose journalists often rely on news angles, conceptual criteria that are used both i) to assess whether something is newsworthy and also ii) to shape the structure of the resulting news item. As journalism becomes increasingly computer-supported, and more and more sources of potentially newsworthy data become available in real time, it makes sense to try and equip journalistic software tools with operational versions of news angles, so that, when searching this vast data space, these tools can both identify effectively the events most relevant to the target audience, and also link them to appropriate news angles. In this paper we analyse the notion of news angle and, in particular, we i) introduce a formal framework and data schema for representing news angles and related concepts and ii) carry out a preliminary analysis and characterization of a number of commonly used news angles, both in terms of our formal model and also in terms of the computational reasoning capabilities that are needed to apply them effectively to real-world scenarios. This study provides a stepping stone towards our ultimate goal of realizing a solution capable of exploiting a library of news angles to identify potentially newsworthy events in a large journalistic data space.},
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Opdahl, Andreas L.; Tessem, Bjørnar
Ontologies for finding journalistic angles Journal Article
In: Software and Systems Modeling, pp. 1-17, 2020, (Pre SFI).
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2019
Tessem, Bjørnar
Analogical News Angles from Text Similarity Conference
Artificial Intelligence XXXVI, no. 11927, Springer International Publishing, 2019, (Pre SFI).
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date = {2019-11-19},
booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence XXXVI},
number = {11927},
pages = {449–455},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
abstract = {The paper presents an algorithm providing creativity support to journalists. It suggests analogical transfer of news angles from reports written about different events than the one the journalist is working on. The problem is formulated as a matching problem, where news reports with similar wordings from two events are matched, and unmatched reports from previous cases are selected as candidates for a news angle transfer. The approach is based on document similarity measures for matching and selection of transferable candidates. The algorithm has been tested on a small data set and show that the concept may be viable, but needs more exploration and evaluation in journalistic practice.},
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The paper presents an algorithm providing creativity support to journalists. It suggests analogical transfer of news angles from reports written about different events than the one the journalist is working on. The problem is formulated as a matching problem, where news reports with similar wordings from two events are matched, and unmatched reports from previous cases are selected as candidates for a news angle transfer. The approach is based on document similarity measures for matching and selection of transferable candidates. The algorithm has been tested on a small data set and show that the concept may be viable, but needs more exploration and evaluation in journalistic practice.
Tessem, Bjørnar; Opdahl, Andreas L.
Supporting Journalistic News Angles with Models and Analogies Conference
2019 13th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS), 2019, (Pre SFI).
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title = {Supporting Journalistic News Angles with Models and Analogies},
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year = {2019},
date = {2019-05-31},
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abstract = {News angles are approaches to content presentation in journalism, where the journalist chooses which facts of an event to present. The News Angler project investigates how to computationally support the creation and selection of original news angles for a news event based on information from big data sources. At least two creative approaches are possible. One is to maintain a library of well-known news angles represented in a suitable modeling language, matching published reports on a current event to news angles in order to identify possible angles that have not yet been used. A second approach is not to represent news angles explicitly, instead matching the current event with previous events, and transferring angles from past to present reports by similarity and analogy. Both approaches are described and technologies needed to proceed in either direction are discussed.},
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News angles are approaches to content presentation in journalism, where the journalist chooses which facts of an event to present. The News Angler project investigates how to computationally support the creation and selection of original news angles for a news event based on information from big data sources. At least two creative approaches are possible. One is to maintain a library of well-known news angles represented in a suitable modeling language, matching published reports on a current event to news angles in order to identify possible angles that have not yet been used. A second approach is not to represent news angles explicitly, instead matching the current event with previous events, and transferring angles from past to present reports by similarity and analogy. Both approaches are described and technologies needed to proceed in either direction are discussed.
2018
Ocaña, Marc Gallofré; Nyre, Lars; Opdahl, Andreas L.; Tessem, Bjørnar; Trattner, Christoph; Veres, Csaba
Towards a big data platform for news angles Workshop
Norwegian Big Data Symposium 2018, 2018, (Pre SFI).
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title = {Towards a big data platform for news angles},
author = {Marc Gallofré Ocaña and Lars Nyre and Andreas L. Opdahl and Bjørnar Tessem and Christoph Trattner and Csaba Veres},
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date = {2018-11-01},
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abstract = {Finding good angles on news events is a central journalistic and editorial skill. As news work becomes increasingly computer-assisted and big-data based, journalistic tools therefore need to become better able to support news angles too. This paper outlines a big-data platform that is able to suggest appropriate angles on news events to journalists. We first clarify and discuss the central characteristics of news angles. We then proceed to outline a big-data architecture that can propose news angles. Important areas for further work include: representing news angles formally; identifying interesting and unexpected angles on unfolding events; and designing a big-data architecture that works on a global scale.
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Finding good angles on news events is a central journalistic and editorial skill. As news work becomes increasingly computer-assisted and big-data based, journalistic tools therefore need to become better able to support news angles too. This paper outlines a big-data platform that is able to suggest appropriate angles on news events to journalists. We first clarify and discuss the central characteristics of news angles. We then proceed to outline a big-data architecture that can propose news angles. Important areas for further work include: representing news angles formally; identifying interesting and unexpected angles on unfolding events; and designing a big-data architecture that works on a global scale.
2017
Nyre, Lars; Ribeiro, Joao; Tessem, Bjørnar
Business models for academic prototypes: A new approach to media innovation Journal Article
In: he Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 4-19, 2017, (Pre SFI).
@article{Nyre2017,
title = {Business models for academic prototypes: A new approach to media innovation},
author = {Lars Nyre and Joao Ribeiro and Bjørnar Tessem},
url = {https://journals.uio.no/TJMI/article/view/2616/5101},
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year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-18},
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number = {2},
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abstract = {This article introduces the concept of academic prototypes, and shows how they can lead to technological innovation in journalism. We propose an innovation method that transforms a value-oriented academic prototype into a market-oriented journalistic service. The principles for product development presented here are based on the lean startup method as well as business model canvassing. A prototype scenario shows how the locative information app PediaCloud could be transformed into a locative news service for a regional newspaper in Western Norway. Ideally, the academic prototype will be transformed into a novel and engaging way of reading news stories, and a profitable solution for the newspaper. Realistically, the team will have acquired empirical validation of the business model's strong and weak points. In the conclusion, we summarize the utility of the approach for validated learning, and make recommendations for further research on innovation with academic prototypes.},
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This article introduces the concept of academic prototypes, and shows how they can lead to technological innovation in journalism. We propose an innovation method that transforms a value-oriented academic prototype into a market-oriented journalistic service. The principles for product development presented here are based on the lean startup method as well as business model canvassing. A prototype scenario shows how the locative information app PediaCloud could be transformed into a locative news service for a regional newspaper in Western Norway. Ideally, the academic prototype will be transformed into a novel and engaging way of reading news stories, and a profitable solution for the newspaper. Realistically, the team will have acquired empirical validation of the business model's strong and weak points. In the conclusion, we summarize the utility of the approach for validated learning, and make recommendations for further research on innovation with academic prototypes.