Category: The Nordic region
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.
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.Call for papers: Action Research for Media Development: Intersections and boundaries of social change, innovation, and entrepreneurship
Call for papers: Nordicom Review Special Issue. Title: Action Research for Media Development: Intersections and boundaries of social change, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Deadline for abstract submissions:1 November 2020.
Nordicom joins peer-review cooperation to strengthen the status of Nordic academic books
Nordicom has initiated cooperation with Kriterium, a Swedish platform for quality control and peer review of scientific Open Access books. Monographs and anthologies under consideration by Nordicom may now be sent to Kriterium for expert peer review, increased readership and a clear stamp of approval. The collaboration is a natural step for two organisations seeking to stimulate and support Swedish and Nordic research and researchers.
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!Call for papers: Nordic Journal of Media Studies 2021
As a complex and systemic problem of collective action (in the Anthropocene), the climate crisis poses challenges on a new scale. They range from translating scientific knowledge to sustainable policy, from debating radical changes in energy supply and infrastructures to discussions of everyday consumer choices, from dialogues about identity and historical justice to the risks and scenarios of the future (which has gained ever more immediacy).Nordicom Review in the news
In 2019, almost a third (6 of 17) of Nordicom Review's articles appeared in the news. Here are all of them listed in chronological order. One of the most visible articles from 2019 was ”Framing Gender Justice: A comparative analysis of the media coverage of ‘metoo’ in Denmark and Sweden” by Tina Askanius and Jannie Møller Hartley. It appeared in 75 news articles and clips in Nordic media.
Nordicom Review shifts to digital-only publishing
In 2020, Nordicom Review will shift to digital-only publishing to further develop the quality of the digital edition.