Category: The Nordic region
New special issue explores online extremism in the Nordic countries
A new special issue of Nordicom Review explores how social media are changing the ways extremist ideas emerge, spread, and take shape across the Nordic countries. Focusing on a region often considered stable and high in trust, the studies show how global online trends meet local contexts, creating new and hybrid forms of extremism.
Digital media and the challenges to democracies – a new edited volume
Digital communication technologies are reshaping democratic societies in profound ways. A new edited volume examines how these changes affect democratic performance and explores policy responses to the challenges of today’s media environment.
Tech giants and telecom companies dominate the media market in the Nordics
A small number of actors account for a large share of both revenue and influence in the Nordic media markets. This is shown in a new study from Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg, which also suggests that concentration may be a prerequisite for small countries to compete globally.
How independent are Nordic media subsidies? New report examines arm’s length principle
A new Nordicom report analyses how the arm’s length principle is operationalised in direct news media subsidy systems in the Nordic countries. While the principle is shared across the region, it takes different institutional forms.
Nordic news media – high trust and growing economic pressure
High public trust, strong democratic institutions, and advanced digital news use continue to set the Nordic countries apart. A new Nordicom report shows that despite these strengths, Nordic news media face growing economic pressure, as digital advertising increasingly bypasses journalism and reshapes the conditions for sustaining professional news.
Continued gender imbalance in media company leadership
A mapping of the Nordic region’s largest media companies, conducted by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg, shows that progress toward greater gender equality in the media industry’s top leadership has largely stalled. Despite the fact that a majority of company boards are gender-balanced, this development does not extend all the way to CEO positions and management teams.
New tool maps news media ownership within the EU – high transparency and low risk in Sweden
The European database European Media Ownership Monitor 2025 provides a comprehensive overview of who owns and controls the leading news media in the EU’s 27 member states. Through systematic data collection and risk assessments, the tool aims to strengthen transparency in media ownership and contribute to democratic accountability. For Sweden, the results indicate high transparency and low risk.
Nordicom receives funding to bridge academia and society
Nordicom has been granted strategic funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers to make research on media, communication, and journalism more accessible to society.
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.