Category: Publications from Nordicom

Photo of the entrance of a Google office
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Global tech giants control our news consumption

Global tech giants, with Google and Facebook in the forefront, have increasing power over the news media. Being in a monopoly-like position on the digital advertising market, they are indirectly able to control what kind of journalism reaches digital media users, according to a new study, published by Nordicom. To resist the power of the tech giants, media organisations, as well as countries, have to cooperate.
Interview with a woman
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The news media won’t reach gender equality for another 70 years

Women are underrepresented in the news media in almost every country in the world. If progress does not accelerate, it will be several decades before the news media reaches gender equality. These are results from a study published by Nordicom, in which a group of researchers have developed a new index, measuring gender equality in the news media.
Press release |

The news media in the world will reach gender equality in 70 years

The media world is less gender equal than the “real world”. That is one of the conclusions from a research project at University of Gothenburg. A group of international scholars has analysed data from countries all over the world between 1995 and 2015 to explain the causes and consequences of women’s underrepresentation in the media.
The bridge between Sverige och Danmark
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New special issue explores the geopolitics of Nordic television drama

A new Special Issue of Nordicom Review has just been published, titled “Dark Screens: The geopolitics of Nordic television drama”. Robert A. Saunders, one of the Special Issue editors, answered a few questions about the findings.
Cover of Nordicom Review
News |

Nordicom Review increases its Scopus score

Scopus has now released their cite scores for 2019. The score for the journal Nordicom Review increases substantially, from 0.8 to 1.2. The journal shows constant increase of its cite score value during the past few years.
News |

The digital newspaper dominates and most people watch TV/Online videos – here are the 13 most important results from the Swedish Media Barometer 2019

In 2019, the Swedish population’s daily media usage time was more than six hours. Eight out of ten used social media networking services and two out of three read the daily newspaper on an average day. These are some of the results from the Swedish Media Barometer 2019.
Martine Leknes, medienorge, framför Nordicoms och medienorges bokbord på Nordiske Mediedager 2018
Event |

I corona-tider: Nu blir vårt bokbord digitalt!

Välkommen till vårt digitala bokbord! På grund av viruspandemin flyttar Nordiske Mediedager i år sitt program till nätet – och vi förvandlar vårt årliga bokbord till en digital presentation av senaste nytt från Nordicom och medienorge. Allt finns gratis online, även konferensen!
Press release |

Newspapers reused crisis quotes from the Swedish Academy

When reporting on the crisis at the Swedish Academy in the spring of 2018, Swedish newspapers often reused quotes already published by other media. Such replication can have economic benefits, but can lead to a self-referencing journalistic culture. This is shown in a new study published by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg.
New publication |

The Global Audiences of Danish Television Drama

A new anthology, The Global Audiences of Danish Television Drama, edited by Pia Majbritt Jensen and Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen, sheds light on the global success of Danish television drama and explores the theoretical implications for audience studies.
News |

Updates of MedieSverige 2019

To all readers of MedieSverige 2019, Nordicom’s comprehensive overview of today’s media landscape in Sweden, the search for updates is over.