I have a PhD from University of Oslo (2007). My work is grounded in feminist and media studies, including theoretical perspectives on affect and emotion and critical psychological perspectives on well-being. In short my work addresses empirically grounded exploration of affective and intimate practices in the context of digital and visual media cultures. I explore how affect and emotion are woven through how we express ourselves, and how these affective discursive practices constitute subjectivities and feelings of belonging, including collective and political actions.

 

Conference lecture

• Lin Prøitz (2026). 'You should be slim, smooth, preferably shorter, and a passive receiver’: A qualitative study of international LGBTQ+ adoptees’ embodied experiences of sexualised racialisation in Norway. (external link)
• Hilde G. Corneliussen; Lin Prøitz (2015). Kids Code in a remote village in Norway. Code clubs as a new arena for increasing girls' digital interest and competence?. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2021). ‘From Boyhood to Radicalised Masculinity – Thematising Incels’. (Arranged by Prøitz & Langeland). (external link)
• Katrina Roen; Lin Prøitz; Erik Carlquist (2018). Social movements online: Intersex embodiment and affect. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Lin Prøitz (2018). "bare fem minutter til": En kvalitativ studie om dataspill blant familier med innvandrerbakgrunn. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2013). Opplevelsens HerVær. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Katrina Roen (2018). ‘i feel there's no point in going anywhere anymore’: The workings of emotion and affect in the context of web based interactions among people affected by diverse sex development. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2004). The Monster, The Myth, The Metaphor. Mobile Phone and New Intimacy?. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2004). The Mobile Gender. A Study of Young Norwegian People's Gender Performances in Text Messages. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2012). Love Actually. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2004). Mobile Communication and New Interfaces: The relation between young people�s use and domestication of personal ICT-based media. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2004). Mobile gender. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2005). Dislocating Gender. Young Norwegian's Love projects in text- and multimedia messages. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2011). The fall of private intimacy. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2011). Familie uten grenser, slektskap uten bånd: om hvordan en koreanskadoptert blir i slekt med Oscar II. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Erik Carlquist (2018). "Enjoyment is a serious thing": Intimacy, affect and humor in young Norwegians' Snapchat practices. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2012). “Es casi como un accidente de tráfico: tienes que mirar…” Intimidad y privacidad en las vidas públicas de la gente ordinaria. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2004). Intimacy fiction. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2010). Camphone culture. A qualitative study of young Norwegian's camphone pictures of the family. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2010). Intimitet er antall centimeter du har mellom .... (external link)
• Erik Carlquist; Lin Prøitz; Katrina Roen (2017). A psychological study of digital youth practices and affect. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2013). "Vær stille mitt hjerte, du har kjent verre enn dette". (external link)
• Grete Netteland; Lin Prøitz (2016). Digital and paper-based public information– a “must” for work immigrants in rural areas in Western Norway. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2009). Online male-streams. the aesthetics of men's personal ads. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2009). Toxic Queer? A study of self-performances in digital match-making and social networking societies among Norwegian men and women. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2010). New media genres, new citizenship?. (external link)
• Katrina Roen; Lin Prøitz; Erik Carlquist et al. (2017). Negotiations of intersectional identities and differences online. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2009). Gender and sexuality in autobiographical digital genres. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2010). Mobile Intimacies online. (external link)
• Henry Mainsah; Lin Prøitz (2024). Researching Incels and gender hate online: methodological and ethical challenges.. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2009). Norwegian youths and social media. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2007). Family album photos. 18th Nordic conference on media and communication, Helsinki. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2005). Gender and text messages. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2013). Words in motion. Book-apps and digital literature for children and youth. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2014). Digital Literature for Children and Youths. (external link)

Other presentation

• Sérgio Galvão Roxo; Tom Legierse; Joakim Johansen Østbye et al. (2026). Queer Research at the Center for Digital Narrative + Panel Participation. (external link)
• Sérgio Galvão Roxo; Tom Legierse; Joakim Johansen Østbye et al. (2026). Workshop: Queer Games and AI Resistance | Facilitator. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Lin Prøitz (2026). Affect in the classroom: Self-reflections towards professional growth. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2005). Intimacy Fiction Intimate Discourses in Mobile Phone Communication amongst Norwegian Youth. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2007). Mobile Media and Genres of the Self. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2007). 'Alle har sitt familietre - og her er mitt' Å skrive sin egen historie. En studie av familiebildepraksis via familiealbum til mms. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Beathe Due (2010). Å tilskrive samtalen kjønn. En studie av kjønn og språk i en norsk telefonhistorisk kontekst. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Carol Dralega Azungi; Hilde G. Corneliussen (2017). Mediebruk, samfunnsengasjement og sosial kapital i en digital æra: På jakt etter minoritetskvinner sine stemmer. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2014). Den digitale tekstsyklusen. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Elise Seip Tønnessen (2014). Tekstpraksis i mediesamfunnet. (external link)
• Ingvil Hellstrand; Lin Prøitz; Marit Pleym (2012). Søndagsmiddag. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2012). Uten grenser. (external link)
• Carol Azungi Dralega; Gilda Seddighi; Hilde G. Corneliussen et al. (2019). From helicopter parenting to co-piloting: Models for regulating video gaming among immigrant youth in Norway. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2014). Male-stream móvil. Un estudio de la estética y los significados de los anuncios personales masculinos en deiligst.no. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Larissa Hjorth; Amparo Lasén (2017). Textures of intimacy: Witnessing embodied mobile loss, affect, and heartbreak. (external link)

Academic article

• Henry Mainsah; Lin Prøitz; Lilliana Andrea Del Busso (2026). Young people, social media, and critical health media literacies. (external link)
• Erik Carlquist; Lin Prøitz; Katrina Roen (2019). Streams of fun and cringe: Talking about Snapchat as mediated affective practice. (external link)
• Hilde G. Corneliussen; Lin Prøitz (2015). Kids Code in a rural village in Norway: could code clubs be a new arena for increasing girls’ digital interest and competence?. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Erik Carlquist; Katrina Roen (2018). Affected and connected: feminist and psychological perspectives on emotion in social media. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Lin Prøitz (2016). #SELFIE. (external link)
• Henry Mainsah; Lin Prøitz (2019). Notes on technology devices in research: negotiating field boundaries and relationship. (external link)
• Fredrik Langeland; Lin Prøitz; Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes et al. (2022). I de sosiale ytterkantene. Konstruksjoner av kjønn og maskuliniteter hos norske menn i ufrivillig sølibat. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2005). Cute Boys or Game Boys? The Embodiment of Femininity and Masculinity in Young Norwegians’ Text Message Love-Projects http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue6/issue6_proitz.html. (external link)
• Marika Lüders; Lin Prøitz; Terje Rasmussen (2010). Emerging personal media genres. (external link)
• Katrina Roen; Erik Carlquist; Lin Prøitz (2020). ‘Does anyone else have this?’ The role of emotion in forum discussions about medical conditions affecting sex characteristics. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2017). Visual social media and affectivity: the impact of the image of Alan Kurdi and young people’s response to the refugee crisis in Oslo and Sheffield. (external link)
• Finn Ove Båtevik; Brita Gjerstad; Gro Marit Grimsrud et al. (2019). Gjestar som blir? Arbeidsinnvandring som utfordring for kommunar på Vestlandet. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2011). Disturbing Fine Memories? An empirical study of young people’s camphone family pictures. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Lin Prøitz; Fredrik Langeland; Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes et al. (2022). Hybride maskuliniteter og hatideologi på nett: en litteraturgjennomgang om incels i et feministisk medievitenskapelig perspektiv. (external link)

Media interview

• Kjersti Nipen; Lin Prøitz (2010). Facebook - en sosial epidemi. (external link)
• Robin Fiske; Lin Prøitz (2011). Online dagen er søndag. (external link)
• Tove GISKEØDEGÅRD; Lin Prøitz (2011). NETTDATING. (external link)
• Robin Fiske; Lin Prøitz (2011). Treff en partner på nettet NETTDATE. (external link)
• S. Kværnes; Lin Prøitz (2011). Digital Kjærlighetsjakt. (external link)
• Kristine Hovda; Lin Prøitz (2011). Amors Sil. (external link)
• Aslaug Tangvald-Pedersen; Lin Prøitz (2011). DIGITAL LIVSSTIL - Nettsjekkerne er blitt ærlige. (external link)
• Kjersti Nipen; Lin Prøitz (2010). Kjønnsforskere vil reise kjerringa. (external link)
• Unn Conradi Andersen; Lin Prøitz (2009). Fotofortellinger. (external link)
• Eldrid Borgan; Lin Prøitz (2019). Sosiale medier: Hva gjør andres feriebilder med sommeren din?. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2017). Med skeivt blikk på verden <portrettintervju>. (external link)
• Hilde Hartmann Holsten; Lin Prøitz (2018). How does internet use affect well-being?. (external link)
• Kent-Amar Eriksen; Lin Prøitz (2013). Notorisk utro mot nye medier!. (external link)
• Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl; Lilliana Andrea Del Busso; Camilla Hardeland et al. (2022). MoU og samarbeid mellom Høgskolen i Østfold og Högskolan i Skövde.. (external link)
• Siobhan O'Grady; Rick Noack; Lin Prøitz (2019). Photo of drowned migrant child recalls an image that shocked the world in 2015. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Claude r. Olsen (2004). "Ungdommens Nye Kroppsdel". (external link)
• tonje bergmo; Lin Prøitz (2014). Møt Duckface og Stoneface Kjønnsforskjeller forsterkes på nett. Der jenter dominerer i sosiale medier, spiller guttene helst spill. (external link)
• Hilde Hartmann Holsten; Lin Prøitz; Fulvio Castellacci (2018). Riktig bruk av sosiale medier kan gjøre deg lykkelig Vi bruker internett til å pleie forholdet til de vi kjenner. Det gjør oss mindre ensomme.. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Siri Lindstad (2013). Til sengs med mobilen. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Gro Lien Garbo (2018). Fortsatt ikke lett å komme ut av skapet. (external link)
• Geir Amundsen; Lin Prøitz (2014). Gutta inntar Snapchat. Lavere terskel for å være "drøy" på Snapchat. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Tone Larsen Hoel (2020). Psykt tabu. (external link)
• Hilde Hartmann Holsten; Fulvio Castellacci; Lin Prøitz (2018). How does social media affect your well-being?. (external link)
• Steffen Pedersen Øberg; Lin Prøitz (2015). Ny forskningsrapport: - Alan Kurdi (3) forandret flyktningdebatten. (external link)

Non-fiction book chapter

• Henry Mainsah; Lin Prøitz (2015). Two Journeys into Research on Difference in a Nordic Context: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnography. (external link)

Research report

• Lin Prøitz; Henry Mainsah; Fredrik Langeland (2021). FROM BOYHOOD TO RADICALISED MASCULINITY: A rapid research response from the International Symposium on Incels. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Hilde G. Corneliussen; Carol Dralega Azungi (2016). En studie i norske muslimske kvinners mediebruk og mediedeltakelse. (external link)
• Henry Mainsah; Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes; Lin Prøitz (2020). The consumer literacies of teenagers in virtual gaming environments. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2020). Psykt tabu: En kvalitativ studie av unge voksne med flyktning og innvandrerbakgrunns forståelser av psykisk helse og erfaringer fra møter med helsepersonell.. (external link)
• Carol Dralega Azungi; Lin Prøitz (2015). Mapping digital paths to integration in local municipalities in Sogn og Fjordane: The case of Stryn municipality. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2009). Media use and lifestyles among youth in rural and urban Ukraine- Co-authors: Hanne Cecilie Geirbo, Mona Hovland Jakobsen and Per Hlemersen. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2007). Youth 2007. Co-authors: H.C. Geirbo, M. Jensen, K. Thrane, T.E. Johnsen. (external link)
• Elisabeth Stubberud; Lin Prøitz; Hasti Hamidiasl (2018). Den eneste skeive i bygda? Unge lhbt-personers bruk av kommunale helsetjenester. (external link)
• Finn Ove Båtevik; Brita Gjerstad; Gro Marit Grimsrud et al. (2017). Arbeidsinnvandrere som ressurs i regional utvikling. (external link)

Book anthology

• Marika Lüders; Lin Prøitz; Terje Rasmussen (2007). Personlige medier. Livet mellom skjermene. (external link)

Lecture

• Grete Netteland; Lin Prøitz (2015). «Kunnskap om offentlige informasjon til og for arbeidsinnvandrere». (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2018). Selvbilde. (external link)
• Grete Netteland; Lin Prøitz (2014). "Kunnskap om offentlige informasjon til og for arbeidsinnvandrere». Statusrapport for delprosjekt 3 i prosjektet "Arbeidsinnvandring på Vestlandet - arbeidsinnvandrarar som regional ressurs”. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz; Beathe Due (2003). Nye grensesnitt, mobile kjønn. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2011). Internett og dating. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2014). Digital barnelitteratur i Norge - en innføring. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2014). Den digitale tekstsyklusen (Digital Litteratur). (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2013). #Øyeblikkfang. Instagram og det sosiale fotografiets grenser. (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2014). Fra SMS til Selfies. Selvframstillinger i en visuell digital ungdomskultur. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Kirsti Kraft; Lin Prøitz (2013). Blir vi mer sosiale av sosiale medier?. (external link)
• Oslo NRK; Lin Prøitz (2012). Puls. (external link)
• Sandra Marie Kristiansen; Lin Prøitz (2013). Mobilvaner God morgen Norge. (external link)
• Kaja Næss; Lin Prøitz (2013). familiebilder på mobil. (external link)

Introduction

• Ingvil Hellstrand; Marit Pleym; Lin Prøitz (2012). Moving Lines and Knots. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Lin Prøitz (2007). The Mobile Phone Turn – A Study of Gender, Sexuality and Subjectivity in Young People’s Mobile Phone Practices. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Lin Prøitz (2010). Intimitet som ferskvare. (external link)

Popular science article

• Lin Prøitz (2004). "Det Finnes Ikke Homoseksuelle i Pakistan". (external link)
• Lin Prøitz (2004). CUL8!. (external link)

Exhibition production

• Hege Oulie; Hanne Holm-Johnsen; Lin Prøitz (2015). Fra synsmaskin til Instagram, Preus Museum. (external link)

Visual arts

• Ingvil Hellstrand; Lin Prøitz; Marit Pleym (2011). Moving lines and knots. Installasjon i utstilingen "Sammen om det?". (external link)

Academic monograph

• Lin Prøitz (2016). Selvbilde: Fra selvportrett til #selfie. (external link)

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