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Welcome to the webinar about the Media Barometer 2024!
On 6 May, Nordicom will present the findings from the 2024 Media Barometer survey (in Swedish), which provides an annual overview of media use among the Swedish population. The survey examines daily consumption across both traditional and digital platforms.
Digital is the norm – new media subsidies and the role of podcasts in Sweden
The media landscape is undergoing major changes – new media subsidies, restructuring of the TV network, and upcoming licensing periods for public service, commercial radio, and terrestrial TV coincide with an increasingly digital audience and shifting revenue models. All of this and more is analysed in the report MedieSverige 2025.
Save the Date – May 6: Webinar about the Media Barometer 2024
On May 6, Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg will present the results of the Media Barometer 2024 [Mediebarometern 2024] – an annual survey that highlights which media Swedes consumed on an average day in 2024.
Here are the Nordic region’s largest media and newspaper companies in 2023
Nordicom has published two new factsheets mapping the largest media and newspaper companies in the Nordic region, ranked by revenue in 2023. Spotify tops the list of the largest media companies, while Bonnier News leads among the biggest newspaper companies.
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.
Smartphones – a moral challenge for young adults
A new research study has examined how young adults in Sweden perceive their own and others' use of smartphones. The study, published by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg, shows that many young people, especially women, experience tension and anxiety related to their phones.
Soon, the first invitations to the Media Barometer survey 2025 will be sent out!
Every year, Nordicom conducts the Media Barometer survey to understand Swedes' media habits. Invitations will soon be sent to randomly selected individuals from the Swedish population register. As a participant in the survey, you are contributing to the continuing research on Swedes' media use.
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.
Morning newspaper subscribers in focus in new report
A new report from Nordicom maps out which groups in Sweden have access to digital morning newspapers and identifies significant differences based on socioeconomic and demographic factors.
Media market concentration increases in Sweden
Over the past decade, the number of owners of Swedish news media has declined. This is highlighted in the new report, Koncentrerad mångfald i global konkurrens [Concentrated Diversity in Global Competition], written by Tobias Lindberg, media researcher at Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. The trend toward fewer owners has been driven by various deregulations, economic downturns, and new market dynamics.
Pioneering and polarizing: New book gives insight to Mittmedia’s digital transformation
During the 2010s, Mittmedia underwent an extensive digital transformation. In the book Mittmedias vägval: Radikal innovationskultur möter traditionstyngd koncern [Mittmedia's Choices: Radical Innovation Culture Meets Tradition-Bound Corporation], published by Nordicom, the challenges the company faced in trying to replace printed newspapers with digital products are explored. The authors highlight how the centralisation of operations, among other initiatives, impacted both the quality of journalism and the working conditions for employees.