Category: The Nordic region
Pandemic increased news and media usage in the Nordics
The Corona pandemic has led to increased demand for news in the Nordic countries. The increase for television news is particularly clear, while social media as a news source has played a minor role. These are some of the results from national Corona surveys during Spring and Summer 2020.
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.
Growth for podcasts in the Nordics – find listening data here
Podcasts are steadily gaining a bigger audience in the Nordic region. The most avid listeners are found among people aged 15–45, among the highly educated and in the big cities. This article guides you to more data and interesting results in the separate Nordic countries.
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.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.Telecommunications report: Broadband speed steadily on the rise
In the Nordics fixed telephony subscriptions sharply decline and mobile subscriptions stagnate, while fibre subscriptions and broadband speed are steadily on the rise. These are some takeaways from the most recent telecommunications report on the Nordic and Baltic telecommunications markets.
Nordic policy on media and information literacy proposed
The spread of false and misleading information and so-called fake news significantly increase in connection to major news events. One of the most efficient ways to counter negative consequences of the spread is raised awareness and the knowledge to scrutinise information and news items. To meet these challenges, the Nordic Council Committee for Knowledge and Culture propose a joint policy to strengthen the efforts within media- and information literacy in the Nordic region.