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Children in the New Media Landscape. Games Pornography Perceptions: Yearbook 2000
We are pleased to present a third Yearbook. The 2000 Yearbook treats two themes, both of which relate to newer features of the media landscape: violence in video and computer games, and pornography on television and on Internet. Some articles in the Yearbook also discuss findings on audience perceptions of violence and sex in the media.
Broadcasting & Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Service Remit: RIPE@2003
Will broadcasting survive convergence, and should it survive? If yes, why and in what form? The questions were fundamental to the RIPE@2002 conference in Finland and lay the groundwork for this book, representing the culmination of nearly two years of fruitful collaboration between media scholars and practitioners with a keen focus on the future of public service media. The contents help set the stage for the RIPE@2004 conference being organised in Denmark.
Children and Media. Image Education Participation: Yearbook 1999
The edition of 1999 brings together researchers, teachers, media professionals and representatives of voluntary organizations in different parts of the world, all of whom have devoted their creativity and energies to the development of media education and children's media participation – ultimately vital contributions to the maintenance and enhancement of democratic society. The Yearbook comes with the bibliography: Children and Media Violence Research.
U.S. and the Others: Global Media Images on “The War on Terror”
The 'War on Terror' declared by President George W Bush after the terrible events of September 11, 2001, has already had profound consequences on world political developments and global opinion. Media are - either actively or passively - actors in the resultant propaganda war and can as such influence public opinion.
Contesting the Frontiers: Media and Dimensions of Identity
This book discusses the fashionable concept of identity in present-day hybridized mediascapes caracterized by ‘cultural mixes’. The ten articles present a variety of perspectives, some quite unorthodox. The main focus is on identity as it is discussed and debated by researchers in the Nordic countries, but some contributions lead us to Latin America and Africa, as well. To a certain degree, all the contributors advocate the return of place – or, rather, glocal elements in culture – in identity as it is reflected in the media.
Children and Media Violence: Yearbook 1998
The thematic focus of the Yearbook 1998, rests on research concerning the influences of children’s exposure to violence on television. Articles discuss findings on children and televised violence resulting from research undertaken in different parts of the world. A number of shorter articles describe the media landscape as it relates to children in a variety of countries. The documentary section presents statistics on children and the media, international declarations and resolutions, regulations and measures, and a selected bibliography.
Cultural Cognition: New Perspectives in Audience Theory
This anthology presents some perspectives in audience theory. The authors main frame of reference are culturally based cognitive perspectives.
Journalism and the New World Order Vol.1: Gulf War, National News Discourses and Globalization
The New World Order, proclaimed by President Buch in connection with the Persian Gulf War 1990-91, is a challenge for research on war journalism, propaganda and international opinion making. This comparative study of media coverage of the conflict in five countries, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the USA, offers a unique empirical study with a multi-methodological approach.
The Nordic Media Market 2003: Media Companies and Business Activities
The Nordic Media Market 2003, the seventh publication in the Nordic Media Trends series, examines the media markets in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Focus is on the major media companies operating on the Nordic arena, and on ownership in both regional and national perspectives.
Media Trends 2001: in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Media Trends 2001 in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Statistics and Analyses. This sixth volume in the series, Nordic Media Trends, offers detailed media statistics and national surveys for the five Nordic countries. Data cover a wide range of media sectors and aspects like ownership, economics, distribution, contents and consumption.
Journalism and the New World Order Vol.2: Studying War and the Media
The first part of the book deals with the media's role in conflicts and provides conceptual and theoretical tools for the analysis of conflict coverage and war reporting. Under the title 'How Did We Get Here?', the second part of the volume provides the historical background needed to understand the present situation of journalism in war. The third part presents different methodological approaches to the study of war and the media, applying both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysing media discourse.
The Nordic Media Market 2000: Media Companies and Business Activities
The Nordic Media Market 2000, in the series Nordic Media Trends, presents information on the media sectors of the Nordic countries, with a focus on the Nordic companies operating these markets. The volume offers a detailed presentation of the largest companies: Economic data, main media activities, geographic diversification, company structure, and transactions - purchases, transfers, divestments and fusions - in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
News in a Globalized Society
This book is concerned with the role of news media in an increasingly globalized society. It tries to unravel how news as an institution and a genre is both affected by globalization and itself an agent of globalization. A recurrent theme in all of the articles is the impact of globalization on information supply, public debate, and the exercise of democracy. The articles are organized around four themes: Globalization and the role of news media; New media, global news, and democracy; Regionalization and domestication of global news, and War news in global media.
Nordic Baltic Media Statistics 1998
Nordic Baltic Media Statistics 1998 (in the series Nordic Media Trends) offers detailed media statistics for the five Nordic countries, for the first time together with media data for the Baltic countries. Data cover a wide range of media sectors and aspects like ownership, economics, distribution, contents and consumption.
Beyond Media Uses and Effects
The volume is dedicated to Professor Karl Erik Rosengren and includes 10 articles which highlight themes which have been principal foci in his scientific work in the fields of media and communication research. The authors are colleagues and collaborators, and the articles also offer some reflections on Rosengren’s work and the many collaborative efforts included in it.
Nordic Media Trends 1997: in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Nordicom publishes a series entitled Nordic Media Trends, the first issue of which appeared in 1995. Media Trends 1997 in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Descriptive Analyses and Statistics, a second, more detailed volyme of media statistics and national surveys, is available from Nordicom.
Media Fascinations: Perspectives on Young People's Meaning Making
The media have always fascinated children and young people. The starting point for this book is to situate media research on children and young people in contemporary discourses on childhood and growing up in modern society. The authors present recent Scandinavian qualitative studies, sometimes case studies, on how children use, interpret and negotiate the meaning of popular television programs, computer games and Internet.
Nordisk Forskning om Public Service: Radio och TV i allmänhetens tjänst
Antologin innehåller artiklar i ämnet nordisk forskning om public service.
