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Success and Failure in News Media Performance

Increasing consumption gaps, persisting gender inequalities, and an increasingly relevant role of investigative journalism. These are some of the key results presented in the third volume of The Media for Democracy Monitor 2021, published by Nordicom.

Here are the most cited Nordicom Review articles in 2021

Source evaluation, Danish-Swedish differences and hyper-local media are on top of Nordicom Review’s list of articles most cited in other scientific journals. Number eight on the list is an up-and-comer with an unusual number of citations in less than a year. The article investigates how the new dominance of music and television streaming has affected media consumption.

Digital connectivity facilitates integration of migrants in Iceland

Migrants in Iceland having frequent contact with their countries of origin are also more involved in Icelandic online communities and consume more Icelandic media, according to a new study published by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg. However, they are less integrated in terms of offline activities.

Skam – a recurring research topic

The popular youth television series Skam [Shame] has been a recurring theme in articles published by Nordicom during the past few years. Most recent is a Nordicom Review article discussing media literacy skills among young digital media users engaging with Skam through participation in an online blog.

Highlights from Nordicom 2021

Nordicom Review’s cite score increased significantly, the Swedish Media Barometer measured the highest media consumption ever, and Nordicom entered new projects beneficial for media research. Below, we summarise the highlights from Nordicom 2021.

New issue of European Media Policy no. 3, 2021

Some of the content in this new issue: Work on EU's new digital rulebook - DMA and DSA - has been progressing quite quickly, new VAT rules to allow for zero-rating of journalistic publications, and the EU commission calls on member states to support and protect journalists. Welcome to read the full issue no. 3, 2021 here!

Who owns the media in the EU? Nordicom participates in new project

What does media ownership look like in the EU? A new pilot project, Euromedia Ownership Monitor, will seek to answer this question and explain in a future database.

Men dominate the news flow in the Nordic countries

In Nordic media, only one-third of the news subjects are women, reports the Global Media Monitoring Project. Several Nordic country reports provide deepened analysis of gender equality per country.

Nordicom to examine technology giants' influence over Nordic news media

The Nordic Council of Ministers for Culture have commissioned Nordicom to write a report on the influence of the technology giants on developments in Nordic private news media.

New report: How the Swedish media coped with the corona pandemic

Continued decrease in advertising revenues, but increased media consumption, growing consumer revenues and a doubled press and media support. In addition, the media companies reduced their costs. This sums up the Swedish media year 2021, according to the new report Medieutveckling 2021: Medieekonomi [Media Development 2021: Media Economy].

Struggling with technology in everyday life – new special issue

Struggling with technology is the theme of a new special issue of Nordicom Review that has just been published. The contributions explore the cultural, social and temporal understandings of the complex ways in which people engage with and make use of different media types and technologies.

Media has important role in communicating climate change

From the democratic functions of local journalism to polarisation in the climate debate on Twitter. New research, published by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg, highlights how climate concerns shape the communications landscape of today.