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.

Publications

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Aveyard, K., Jensen, P. M. & Moran, A. (Eds.) (2016). New Patterns in Global Television Formats. Intellect Ltd.

Aveyard, K., Jensen, P. M. & Moran, A. (2016). Introduction: A Changing Format Mosaic. In K. Aveyard, P. M. Jensen & A. Moran (Eds.), New Patterns in Global Television Formats (pp. 1-16). Intellect.

Aveyard, K., Jensen, P. M. & Moran, A. (2016). Introduction: A changing format Mosaic. In New Patterns in Global Television Formats (pp. 1-15). Intellect Ltd..

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

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

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/

Degn, H.-P., Jensen, P. M. & Krogager, S. G. S. (2015). Danish Drama Series: An Export Success Cradled on the Domestic Market. Abstract from IAMCR 2015, Montreal, Canada.

Esser, A. & Jensen, P. M. (2013). The Use of International Television Formats by Public-Service Broadcasters in Australia, Denmark and Germany. Paper presented at IAMCR 2013, Dublin, Ireland.

Esser, A. & Jensen, P. M. (2015). The use of international television formats by public-service broadcasters in Australia, Denmark and Germany. The International Communication Gazette (Online), 77(4), 359-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048514568766

Esser, A., Jensen, P. M., Keinonen, H. & Lemor, A. M. (2016). The duality of banal transnationalism and banal nationalism: television audiences and the musical talent competition genre. In K. Aveyard, A. Moran & P. M. Jensen (Eds.), New Patterns in Global Television Formats (pp. 295-309). Intellect.

Falahey, A. & Jensen, P. M. (2011). Making Television around the World: Some indicators of a pilot study comparing Danish and Australian adaptations of global format television productions. Paper presented at The annual conference of the Australian Sociological Association, Newcastle, Australia.

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.

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

Jacobsen, U. C. & Jensen, P. M. (2015). A three-tier, seven country audience study on the emergence of Denmark's transnational TV culture. Abstract from Nordmedia 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jacobsen, U. C. & Jensen, P. M. (2016). Born European, born regional, or born global? Language convergence in The Team. Nordic Journal of Media Studies, 14(1), 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1386/nl.14.1.123_1

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

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. (2005). Formatversionering. Et overblik. MedieKultur, 39, 4-13.

Jensen, P. M. (2007). Danish and Australian Television: The Impact of Format Adaptation. Media International Australia, 124.

Jensen, P. M. (2005). Formatversionering i krig mod medieimperialismen. SAMSON, 15(1), 20-22.

Jensen, P. M. (2009). How Media Systems Shape the Localization of TV Formats: A Transnational Case Study of The Block and Nerds FC in Australia and Denmark. In A. Moran (Ed.), TV Formats Worldwide: Localizing Global Programs (pp. 163-186). Intellect.

Jensen, P. M. (2008). The International Extent and Elasticity of Lifestyle Television. MedieKultur, 45.

Jensen, P. M. (2012). How media system rather than culture determines national variation: Danish and Australian Idols compared. In K. Zwaan & J. De Bruin (Eds.), Adapting Idols: authenticity, identity and performance in a global TV format (pp. 27-40). Ashgate.

Jensen, P. M. (2012). Danska javna radiotelevizija - primerjalna zgodba o uspehu. 15. medijska preza (Media Watch journal), (43), 36-37. http://digital.edition-on.net/Mirovni_Institut/mirovni_institut_preza_december2012.html

Jensen, P. M. & Waade, A. M. (2013). Nordic Noir Challenging "The Language of Advantage": Setting, Light and Language as Production Values in Danish Television Series . The Journal of Popular Television, 1(2), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1386/jptv.1.2.259_1

Jensen, P. M., Esser, A., Keinonen, H. & Lemor, A. M. (2013). A Trans-National Audience Study of a Global Format Genre: Talent Shows in Denmark, Finland, Germany and Great Britain. Paper presented at IAMCR 2013, Dublin, Ireland.

Jensen, P. M. (2013). The Use of Television Format Adaptation in Denmark: Public Service Broadcasters Compared to Commercial Broadcasters. Paper presented at NordMedia 2013, Oslo, Norway.

Jensen, P. M. (2013). Reception of Talent Shows in Denmark: First Results from a Trans-National Audience Study of a Global Format Genre. Paper presented at nordmedia 2013: Defending Democracy, Oslo, Norway.

Jensen, P. M. (2013). The Use of Format Adaptation in Danish Public Service Programming. Critical Studies in Television, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.7227/CST.8.2.9

Jensen, P. M. & Waade, A. M. (2013). When public service drama travels: Production funding models and the schisms involved. Paper presented at Making Television in the 21st Century, Aarhus, Denmark. http://dac.au.dk/fileadmin/dac/Forskning/Forskningsprogrammer/abstractsECREA.pdf

Jensen, P. M. (2015). The transnational appeal of Danish TV series. Paper presented at Media Engagement International Conference, Lund, Sweden.

Jensen, P. M. (2015). Why does Danish TV Drama Travel? A Three-Tier Seven-Country Audience Study on the Rise of Denmark’s Transnational TV Culture: A Three-Tier Seven-Country Audience Study on the Rise of Denmark’s Transnational TV Culture. Paper presented at IAMCR 2015, Montreal, Canada.

Jensen, P. M. (2015). Global Export Patterns and Potential Impacts of Danish TV Drama. Abstract from New directions in film and television production studies, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Jensen, P. M. (2015). The transnational appeal of Danish TV series: a buyer’s and distributor's perspective. Abstract from TV in the Age of Transnationalisation and Transmedialisation, London, United Kingdom.

Jensen, P. M., Nielsen, J. I. & Waade, A. M. (2016). When public service drama travels: the internationalization of Danish television drama and the associated production funding models. The Journal of Popular Television, 4(1), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1386/jptv.4.1.91_1

Jensen, P. M. (2015). Trine Syvertsen, Gunn Enli, Ole J. Mjøs and Hallvard Moe. The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Digital Age. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. 2014. MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research, 31(59). http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/article/view/21770/20299

Jensen, P. M. (2016, Jul 11). C'é del drama in Danimarca. http://www.linkideeperlatv.it/drama-danimarca/

Jensen, P. M. (2016, Jul 18). Le basi per una crescita internazionale. http://www.linkideeperlatv.it/danimarca-ep2/

Jensen, P. M. (2016). Global impact of Danish drama series: a peripheral, non-commercial creative counter-flow. Kosmorama, (263). http://www.kosmorama.org/Artikler/Global-Impact-of-Danish-Drama-Series.aspx

Jensen, P. M. (2016). The peripheral counter-flow of Danish TV drama and the reasons behind it: a non-anglophone turn in global television?. Paper presented at ECREA 2016 Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

Jensen, P. M. (2016). Why Does the World Love Danish Television Drama?. Abstract from SMID Biennial Meeting, Middelfart, Denmark.

Jensen, P. M. & Raats, T. (2016). Bringing distinctive TV drama? The role and effectiveness of public service media as lever for tv drama production: a two-case comparison. Paper presented at RIPE@2016 Public Service Media in a Networked Society?, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Jensen, P. M. (2016). The Global Rise of the Danish TV Drama. Paper presented at Transnational Audiences, Wollongong, Australia.

Jensen, P. M. & Jacobsen, U. C. (2017). The 'three-leaf clover': A methodological lens to understand transnational audiences. Critical Studies in Television, 12(4), 430-444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602017729312

Jensen, P. M. (2018). Mediesystemer. In P. S. Lauridsen & E. Svendsen (Eds.), Medieteori (pp. 175-190). Samfundslitteratur.

Jensen, P. M. & McCutcheon, M. (2017). Ratings behaving madly: Danish TV drama’s fortuitous success in Australia. Paper presented at Nordmedia 2017, Tampere, Finland. http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/Conferences/NordMedia2017/Divisions/Division10/Division10_Abstracts.pdf

Jensen, P. M. (2017). “Original Good, Adaptation Bad”: Investigating the Deeper Reasons behind Australian Audience Preference for the Nordic Versions of Forbrydelsen and Bron/Broen. Paper presented at Media Mutations 9: The Format Factor, Bologna, Italy.

Jensen, P. M. (2017). ‘Far Away, So Close’: Sydney-siders Watching Forbrydelsen, Borgen And Bron/Broen . Paper presented at ECREA TV Section Conference 2017, Málaga, Spain.

Jensen, P. M. & Jacobsen, U. C. (2017). Danish TV drama: behind the unexpected popularity. Critical Studies in Television, 12(4), 325-330. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602017733562

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

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