Pia Majbritt Jensen

Background and research areas:

Pia Majbritt Jensen is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research revolves around the role of media in globalisation processes, and research topics include international television formats and genres, local media systemic conditions, and production and industry analyses. Besides this project, another of Pia’s ongoing projects includes a collaborative, comparative four-nation study of different audiences’ response to the same television format.

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Jensen, P. M. & Jacobsen, U. C. (2019). Augmenting proximities theory: Including other proximities in the transnational travel of Danish television drama. Paper presented at NordMedia 2019, Malmö, Sweden.

Jensen, P. M. (2019). "Othering the Self and Same-ing the Other": Australians Watching Scandi Noir. Abstract from EURONOIR, Aalborg, Denmark.

Jensen, P. M. (2019). Studying current media use among children and young audiences. Paper presented at Biannual Conference of the Television Studies Section of ECREA , Groningen, Netherlands.

Jensen, P. M. & Jacobsen, U. C. (2020). Augmenting proximities theory: Including other proximities in the transnational travel of Danish television drama. In A. M. Waade, E. N. Redvall & P. M. Jensen (Eds.), Danish Television Drama: Global Lessons from a Small Nation (pp. 169-186). Palgrave Macmillan.

Jensen, P. M. (2020). DANIMARCA. LASCIATECI CANTARE. Link. Idee per la television, (26), 16.

Waade, A. M., Redvall, E. N. & Jensen, P. M. (Eds.) (2020). Danish Television Drama: Global Lessons from a Small Nation. Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave European Film and Media Studies https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40798-8

Pagello, F., Schleich, M., Jensen, P. M., Bengesser, C. H., Spaletta, M., De Rosa, P. & Lupoli, L. (2020). European Creative Audiences.

Witcombe, N. A., Jacobsen, U. C. & Jensen, P. M. (2020). Global Audiences of Danish TV Drama. Pictures, Video and sound recordings (digital), Nordics.info. https://nordics.info/show/artikel/global-audiences-of-danish-tv-drama/

Mitric, P. & Jensen, P. M. (2020, Sept 25). How do children watch fiction in Denmark? And what content do they prefer? CSTonline.net. https://cstonline.net/how-do-children-watch-fiction-in-denmark-and-what-content-do-they-prefer/

Jensen, P. M. & McCutcheon, M. (2020). "Othering the Self and Same-ing the Other": Australians watching Nordic Noir. In P. M. Jensen & U. C. Jacobsen (Eds.), The Global Audiences of Danish TV Drama (pp. 21-37). Nordicom. https://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/system/tdf/publikationer-hela-pdf/the_global_audiences_of_danish_television_drama_web.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=40632&force=0

Jensen, P. M. & Jacobsen, U. C. (Eds.) (2020). The Global Audiences of Danish Television Drama. Nordicom. http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1414057&dswid=-2095

Waade, A. M., Redvall, E. N. & Jensen, P. M. (2020). Transnational Television Drama? Lessons Learned from Danish Drama. In A. M. Waade, E. N. Redvall & P. M. Jensen (Eds.), Danish Television Drama: Global Lessons from a Small Nation (Vol. 34, pp. 1-22). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40798-8

Jacobsen, U. C. & Jensen, P. M. (2020). Unfolding the global travel of Danish television drama series. In P. M. Jensen & U. C. Jacobsen (Eds.), The Global Travel of Danish Television Drama (pp. 9-20). Nordicom. https://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv

Bengesser, C. H., Jensen, P. M., Spaletta, M. & De Rosa, P. (2021). Audiences’ perceptions of place, society and (TV) culture in popular European audiovisual crime narratives. Abstract from NECS 2021, Palermo, Italy. https://create.piktochart.com/output/54843434-detect_audience

Jensen, P. M. & Mitric, P. (2021). Continuity, change or crisis? Producing and circulating fiction for Danish children and young audiences in the 2020s. Abstract from Nordmedia 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Bengesser, C. H., De Rosa, P., Jensen, P. M. & Spaletta, M. (2021, Oct 29). Detect’s European Audience Study: Insights into the preferences and passions of European crime viewers. https://cstonline.net/detects-european-audience-study-insights-into-the-preferences-and-passions-of-european-crime-viewers-by-cathrin-bengesser-marica-spalletta-pia-majbritt-jensen-paola-de-rosa/

Jensen, P. M. & Waade, A. M. (2021). Is the Nordic Media Welfare State facing a crisis? Young audiences' media use and their notions of quality and relevance. 1. Paper presented at The Fourth Nordic Challenges
, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Jensen, P. M. & Mitric, P. (2021). REACHING YOUNG AUDIENCES: A methodology to research children’s and adolescents’ notion of quality and relevance in audiovisual fiction. Abstract from SCMS 2021, United States.

Raats, T. & Jensen, P. M. (2021). The role of public service media in sustaining TV drama in small markets. Television & New Media, 21(5), 835-855. Article 1527476420913398. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476420913398

Jensen, P. M. & Waade, A. M. (2021). The Transnational Value Chain of Danish Television Drama Series. Abstract from NECS 2021, Palermo, Italy.

Jensen, P. M., Mitric, P., Sehested, T. & Mouritsen, A. S. (2021). What is Quality Audiovisual Fiction as Seen through the Eyes of Young Danish Viewers: Results from an Explorative Survey of 8–17 Year Old Children. Aarhus Universitet & Københavns Universitet. https://comm.ku.dk/research-data/danishchildrenreport_jensen__mitric__larsen___mouritsen.pdf/

Jensen, P. M. (2022). Far away, so close: Sydney-siders watching Forbrydelsen, Borgen and Bron\Broen. In R. McCulloch & W. Proctor (Eds.), The Scandinavian Invasion: Nordic Noir and Beyond (pp. 145-167). Peter Lang.

Jensen, P. M. & Mitric, P. (2022, Feb 4). New report: Quality audiovisual fiction as seen through the eyes of young Danish viewers. CSTonline.net. https://cstonline.net/new-report-quality-audiovisual-fiction-as-seen-through-the-eyes-of-young-danish-viewers-by-pia-majbritt-jensen-and-petar-mitric/

Bengesser, C. H., De Rosa, P., Jensen, P. M. & Spaletta, M. (2023). Audiences of popular European television crime drama: A nine-country study on consumption patterns, attitudes and drivers of transcultural connection. European Journal of Communication, 38(2), 148-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221112535

Jensen, P. M., Redvall, E. N. & Christensen, C. L. (Eds.) (2023). Audiovisual content for children and adolescents in Scandinavia: Production, distribution, and reception in a multiplatform era. Nordicom. https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855817

Jensen, P. M. (2023). Far Away, So Close: Sydney-Siders Watching Forbrydelsen, Borgen and Bron/Broen. In R. McCulloch & W. Proctor (Eds.), The Scandinavian Invasion: Nordic Noir and Beyond (pp. 145-168). Peter Lang.

Redvall, E. N. & Jensen, P. M. (2023). Fighting to keep up with children and young audiences: Reflections on Danish children’s television in the 2020s. The Children's Media Foundation. https://www.thechildrensmediafoundation.org/the-childrens-media-yearbook-2023

Redvall, E. N., Jensen, P. M. & Christensen, C. L. (2023). Introduction: Audiovisual content for children and adolescents in Scandinavia. In P. M. Jensen, E. N. Redvall & C. L. Christensen (Eds.), Audiovisual content for children and adolescents in Scandinavia: Production, distribution, and reception in a multiplatform era (pp. 9-26). Nordicom. https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855817-1

Jensen, P. M. & Mitric, P. (2023). The appeal of public service fiction in an internationalised media context: Findings from a survey of 8–17-year-old Danes. In Audiovisual content for children and adolescents in Scandinavia: Production, distribution, and reception in a multiplatform era (pp. 139-162). Nordicom. https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855817-8

Freudendal, J. & Jensen, P. M. (2024). The Audience Turn in Screen Production: Changing Audience Behaviour and New Audience-centric Production Methods in Fictional Screen Content for Adolescents. Abstract from Media Industries 2024, London, United Kingdom.

Jensen, P. M. & Christensen, C. L. (2024). Viscerality, mood control, and media literacy: Children’s perceptions of quality in films and series. Abstract from ECREA 2024: Communication & Social Disorder, Ljubljana, Slovakia.

Jensen, P. M. (2025, Feb 28). Changes to Media Content for Young People in Scandinavia since 2015: How to understand the internationalisation and digitalisation of children’s TV and film in a Nordic context. https://nordics.info/nnl/show/artikel/changes-to-media-content-for-young-people-in-scandinavia-since-2015?fbclid=IwY2xjawIze8VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfirys0ZJOy9smMGgJ63BoErk8BrYe3hhQHrmuiOjE2_-3QiXabmcl3JkQ_aem_VJJMit8uOk71L7GcjnARTQ

Freudendal, J., Christensen, C. L. & Jensen, P. M. (2025). Danish films and series in a no-win-situation? Analyzing the preferences of young audiences and domestic industry responses. Critical Studies in Television, 21(1), Article 17496020251383859. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251383859

Jensen, P. M. (2025, Mar 29). Young Audiences of Films and TV Series in Denmark: Exploring preferences for Anglo-American streaming content in the Nordics among teenagers and children. Nordics.info. https://nordics.info/nnl/show/artikel/young-audiences-of-films-and-tv-series-in-denmark

Steemers, J., Sundet, V. S. & Jensen, P. M. (Accepted/In press). Screen entertainment and the ‘youth challenge’: Home advantage, audience preferences and industry responses. Critical Studies in Television, 21(1), 3-15. Article 1.

Skytte, M. M. B. & Jensen, P. M. (Accepted/In press). Television and children. In Routledge Resources Online

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