Last year, the Swedish media industry's revenue from advertising decreased. Additionally, households tightened their spending during the recession. This meant that sales revenues declined for many radio, newspaper, and TV companies. This is shown in the new report Media Economy 2024 [Medieekonomi 2024], written by Nordicom on behalf of the Swedish Agency for the Media.
The digital revolution has had a massive influence on all aspects of society over the past few decades. A new book, featuring a collection of empirical and theoretical analyses, highlights a historical moment when the hype of digitalisation is being replaced by skepticism, as well as by adaptation to all things digital.
The SMIDGE research project (HorizonEurope), Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at University of Copenhagen, and Nordicom invite scholars from a broad range of disciplines to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review. The issue will focus on contemporary trends in extremism on social media in the Nordic countries, including mainstreaming processes, hybrid threats, conspiracy theories, and social media practices and phenomena, which enable shifts toward the extremes of the Nordic public cultures.
Following the #metoo movement, discussions on gender inequality in the Nordics have evolved. The latest issue of Nordic Journal of Media Studies explores the intersection of media and gender, highlighting new trends and challenges.
In a world where news media are constantly evolving, disruptions and crises present both challenges and opportunities for innovation. A new book, featuring several empirical studies, provides insights into the interplay between innovation, crisis, and resilience within Norwegian news media during the uncertain times of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Swedish Media Barometer 2023 shows that the Swedish population’s media use remained at the record-high levels even in 2023 - a total of approximately 7 hours per person. Find the report and watch the webinar about the Swedish Media Barometer 2023 (in Swedish) here.
