...is a sociologist and professor of media studies at the University of Oslo. Rasmussen’s research interests include political sociology and political theory, the history of public opinion and the media, online journalism and transformations of public spheres. He is currently engaged in the social and political history of the debate on sovereignty in Norway. He is the author of several books and articles on political history, digital media, ethics, journalism and social theory. Among his most recent books (in Norwegian) is a social history of the Norwegian political public sphere since 1945: Offentlig parlamentarisme – politisk strid og offentlig mening 1945 – 2000 (Pax 2015), and the biography of the leading Norwegian political profile Finn Gustavsen: Folkesosialisten (2020)