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New issue of Media Trends in the Nordic Countries
In the Nordic countries, the consumption of media and news is becoming increasingly digital. The new media landscape and the changing media habits are also affecting the media policy level. Read more in this issue of Nordicom’s newsletter.New issue: Norsk medietidsskrift 3/2018
How can journalism help solve the climate crisis? What do the news media tell children about the media users of the future? And how can experiences with managing critical media coverage contribute to a knowledge-driven debate about press ethics? These are among the topics covered in this year’s third issue of Norsk medietidsskrift, the Norwegian research journal in the media and communication field.Facts and figures on Norwegian children’s digital media use
Increasing more and increasingly younger children have access to their own mobile phone, and among ten-year-olds almost everyone – nine out of ten – owns a smartphone. Around half of young people between nine and 18 years of age use their mobile phone for two hours or more daily – too much, according many of them, and too little time spent meeting friends outside the digital platforms.Three Nordic countries to increase MIL among all citizens
Three Nordic countries are now expanding their media literacy initiatives – from focusing on children and young people’s media skills to include all citizens, irrespective of age. For strengthening democracy and freedom of expression, media and information literacy (MIL) is identified as an increasingly important means.New public service contract in Denmark: Drastic changes for DR
In Denmark, a new public service contract establishes DR's public service goals for the next five years. Fewer channels, a more streamlined content, and a stop for long articles online are parts of the contract. Moreover, large budget cuts mean around 400 job losses.New media policy guidelines in Finland
The Finnish Government has taken a decision on a new media policy programme, aiming to strengthen media diversity, journalism and media literacy – and to safeguard democracy and freedom of speech.UNESCO launches a new model curriculum for combatting disinformation
How to teach journalism in the digital era and, in particular, how to make disinformation part of the curriculum? UNESCO has now introduced a new model curriculum with practical lessons and exemplary assignments to show how disinformation can become part of course syllabi in journalism education.Nationwide commercial radio starts in Sweden
As the last Nordic country, Sweden now has nationwide commercial radio channels. The three companies that have been granted licences to broadcast throughout the country are Bauer Media, NRJ and NENT Group (MTG).Four reports on media and cultural habits in Sweden
The consumption of media and culture is becoming increasingly digital, and the generation gaps increasingly clear. And looking at media and culture habits combined, one can see connections between them.
New Nordicom Review article: Asylum Seekers Arrived, Elites Occupied the Air
A new Nordicom Review article is published (online first), titled Asylum Seekers Arrived, Elites Occupied the Air: Topics and Interviewees in YLE’s Magazine Programmes During the “Asylum Seeker Crisis". We spoke to the authors Annu Perälä and Mari K. Niemi.