Category: The Nordic region
Mapping media and Internet use in the Nordic region
Media usage and digital consumption are rapidly evolving in the Nordic region. A new mapping now compiles key publicly funded studies on media habits and Internet use in the Nordics. The factsheet highlights the challenges of comparing data across countries but also lists international studies that provide comparable statistics.
Digital hangover? How technology affects family, school and work
On January 28, Nordicom is hosting a seminar at Goto10 in Malmö, based on the book The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection. The seminar will address digital disconnection in the context of schools and education, as well as other aspects of how digitalisation has impacted our daily lives, work, and health.
Call for papers: Media and the past: Mediating the past
Nordic Journal of Media Studies invites contributions to the 2026 issue exploring the relationship between media, communication, and the past, focusing on international as well as Nordic perspectives.
Call for papers: Extremism on social media: Nordic perspectives
The SMIDGE research project (HorizonEurope), Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at University of Copenhagen, and Nordicom invite scholars from a broad range of disciplines to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review. The issue will focus on contemporary trends in extremism on social media in the Nordic countries, including mainstreaming processes, hybrid threats, conspiracy theories, and social media practices and phenomena, which enable shifts toward the extremes of the Nordic public cultures.
Nordic insights into the intersection of media and gender
Following the #metoo movement, discussions on gender inequality in the Nordics have evolved. The latest issue of Nordic Journal of Media Studies explores the intersection of media and gender, highlighting new trends and challenges.
Latest updates about Nordic media policy
The Norwegian Broadcasting Act is about to go through major changes. In Denmark, there are plans to raise the subsidy ceiling in the support system for weekly newspapers, while the Swedish government is considering whether it should introduce a temporary digital transition subsidy for magazines. Finland is reorganising its Ministry of Communications. New Icelandic statistics show that almost half of the media investments in the country goes to foreign players. Read more in April’s Nordic Media Policy newsletter.
New book delves into the future of the Nordic media model
A new anthology, published by Nordicom, explores the future of the Nordic media landscape. The contributors delve into the specificities of Nordic media systems, analysing changes and continuity in the midst of global transformations.
New special issue explores the challenges of “digital disintegration” in democratic societies
The latest special issue of Nordicom Review addresses the challenges of "digital disintegration" within democratic societies. Eight articles provide in-depth analyses from various perspectives, theoretical lenses, and methodological approaches. From political communication to citizen perspectives, the issue explores the impact of digital transformations on democracy and public debates.
Workshop on academic publishing for doctoral students
Publishing in international journals is a given for researchers. Nevertheless, it can often be difficult to get an overview of the range of journals and to understand the different steps involved in the publication process. There are many pieces that need to be in place before a manuscript reaches its readers. Among other things, there is a review process where you – as a scholar – make sure that another’s manuscript meets the highest standards of scientific quality. To help sort things out, Nordicom is organising a workshop on academic journal publishing.