Communicating Politics
Political Communication in the Nordic Countries
Modern politics is mediated politics, and the media constitute the most important source of information and channel of communication between the governors and the governed. Media and politics are thus inextricable linked together, with the media playing an important role in contemporary democracies and for political processes. While this is true for virtually all advanced democracies, there are still important differences between countries depending on, for example, their media systems and political systems. The purpose of Communicating Politics: Political Communication in the Nordic Countries is consequently to de-scribe and analyze both the political communication systems and cases of political communication processes in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Taken together, the chapters explore differences as well as similarities between the Nordic countries, and provide a broad view of political communication systems, practices and research perspectives in the Nordic countries.
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Content
Preface
I: Political Communication Systems in the Nordic Countries
Political Communication in the Nordic Countries. An Introduction
Jesper Strömbäck, Mark Ørsten, Toril Aalberg
Media and Politics in Denmark
Anders Esmark, Mark Ørsten
Media and Politics in Finland
Tom Moring
Media and Politics in Iceland
Ólafur Th. Hardarson
Media and Politics in Norway
Helge Østbye, Toril Aalberg
Media and Politics in Sweden
Jesper Strömbäck, Lars W. Nord
II: Cases in Nordic Political Communication
Conflicting Representations in the European Parliamentary Elections
Tom Andersson
Visualizing Egalitarianism. Political Print Ads in Denmark
Jens E. Kjeldsen
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose? The Evolution of Finnish Web Campaigning 1996-200
Tom Carlson, Kim Strandberg
Popularized Election Coverage? News Coverage of Swedish Parliamentary Election Campaigns 1979-2006
Bengt Johansson
From Public Educator to Interpreting Ombudsman. Regimes of Political Journalism in Swedish Public Service Broadcasting 1925-2005
Monika Djerf-Pierre, Lennart Weibull
Aestheticizing Politics. Non-verbal Political Communication in Danish TV Documentaries
Iben Have, Anne Marit Waade
This Is the Issue: Framing Contests and Media Coverage
Øyvind Ihlen, Sigurd Allern
Organizing Audiovisual Campaign Coverage. Influence on Power Relations Between Media and Politics in Norway
Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud
Conclusions. Similarities and Differences between the Nordic Countries
Mark Ørsten, Toril Aalberg, Jesper Strömbäck
List of Contributors
