Start-Up Information - Campus Kristiansand

Meeting point: in front of the main cathedral in Kristiansand city center. The exact time will be announced later.

• A short city tour including a visit to the bus ticket office so you can buy a bus card.
• We take the bus together to NLA campus
• Lunch on the campus
• Welcome to NLA: Information about NLA and about your study programme
• Campus tour and group photo
• Information about registration and learning platforms
• Take a photo and get your student card

Meeting point: NLA campus Kristiansand

9.00 Lecture: Norwegian society

10.00 Practical and cultural information

11.00 Departure to Arendal (transport provided by NLA)

12.00 Arrival in Arendal (we will bring lunch)

Arendalsuka (“Arendal Week”) is an annual political and societal festival held in Arendal every August. Arendalsuka is a week-long event where politicians, organizations, researchers, businesses and citizens meet to discuss important issues in society. It is Norway’s biggest arena for public debate. The event is also called Norway’s democracy festival.

We will follow two panel discussions in Arendal.

13.00 Debate: Who controls my access to - and trust in the truth? (Venue: Skoleskipet MS Gann)

In the light of the Epstein scandal: how do we process information, mainstream and alternative? Are the algorithms in control?

14.00-15.40 Free time in Arendal

15.40 Meet by Trefoldighetskirken (Trinity Church) – we walk together to Bakgården

16.00 Media power in conflict: Israel, Palestine, Iran and the battle for public opinion (Venue: Båkgården, Nedre Tyholmsvei 16)

How is public opinion about the Middle East conflicts shaped by the media? What concepts, images, narratives and sources dominate the coverage of Israel, Palestine and Iran – and how does this affect the public’s understanding of the region?

In this event, we invite journalists, editors and professionals to an open and analytical conversation about the role of the media in the coverage of war, geopolitics and polarization. The aim is not to take a position on the conflicts, but to examine how journalistic choices – language, source use, historical context and angle – shape the narratives that characterize the public.

17.00 End of the programme.

Return to Kristiansand by public transport.

10.00 National and Global Media Use - Meet Norwegian BA students in Journalism and Media | Redaksjonen

11.30 Lunch

12.00 Visit Kristiansand Zoo. This is voluntary but highly recommended. Kristiansand Zoo is one of Norway's most visited tourist attractions. Free entrance by showing your student card (today only).

How to get to the Zoo: Take the bus 19 to UiA (bus stop "Universitetet"). From there, take the bus M1 to the Zoo (Dyreparken).

The Zoo is open until 17.00.

No programme. Time for you to take care of necessary practicalities before the lectures start on Monday 17 August.

The lectures start on Monday 17 August. There are lectures every day during the first week. After that, there are weekly seminars, mainly on Thursdays.