Category: Sweden

A pile of folders.
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Press subsidies recurring subject in Swedish official reports

Press subsidies, public service, and advertisements are subjects frequently recurring in the Swedish government’s official reports on the media, according to Nordicom’s compilation of official reports. The compilation is updated once a year and includes reports from 1924 onwards.
The cover of the report Medieekonomi 2022.
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Increased revenues for daily newspapers

Daily newspapers in Sweden experienced increased revenues and improved profitability during 2021, according to the report Medieekonomi 2022 [Media Economy 2022], produced by Nordicom on behalf of the Swedish Press and Broadcasting Authority. The economically strong year can be explained by increased advertisement revenues, steady reader revenues, and reduced costs.
A microphone with the Swedish public broadcaster's logo.
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New research overview examines the significance of public broadcasting

A new research overview, published by Nordicom, presents what empirical research says about central issues regarding public broadcasting in Sweden. The overview aims to make research on public broadcasting more accessible and contribute to a factual and objective debate on the subject.
Images of the speakers at the seminar.
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Seminar: What do we really know about public broadcasting?

Welcome to a seminar (in Swedish) about public broadcasting and its role in a digital world, the public’s trust in it, and the competition with other media corporations.
The cover of the Media Barometer 2021, and images of the speakers at the seminar.
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The Swedish Media Barometer 2021: Read the report and watch the seminar

The Swedish population consumed media like never before during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Swedish Media Barometer 2021 shows that the increased level remained steady during 2021. Find the report and watch the seminar about the Swedish Media Barometer 2021 (in Swedish) here.
A woman sitting at a table with a tablet.
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Digital newspapers, car radio, and streamed television – this is how the Swedish population used media in 2021

Two out of three of the Swedish population read a daily newspaper on an average day in 2021 – digital reading dominated. Car radio was the most common way to listen to the radio, and 93 per cent of the population watched moving images in some form on an average day. These are some of the most important results from the Swedish Media Barometer 2021 summarised.
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New report: How the Swedish media coped with the corona pandemic

Continued decrease in advertising revenues, but increased media consumption, growing consumer revenues and a doubled press and media support. In addition, the media companies reduced their costs. This sums up the Swedish media year 2021, according to the new report Medieutveckling 2021: Medieekonomi [Media Development 2021: Media Economy].
Woman laying in bed holding a cell phone
The Media Barometer |

Record high media consumption in 2020 – audiovisual media most popular

In 2020, the Swedish population’s daily media usage time was almost seven hours. Eight out of ten used social media networking services and seven out of ten read the daily newspaper on an average day. These are some of the results from the Swedish Media Barometer 2020.
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Clear differences in how Nordic journalists experience their professional role and external influence

Swedish and Danish journalists describe their role as monitorial to a greater extent than journalists from other Nordic countries. Journalists from Norway and Iceland state they have the least experience of political influence and thus differ from Finnish journalists. This is shown by a new comparative study published by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg.
Bubbles in front of screens
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New study rejects the idea of filter bubbles

There is little evidence that filter bubbles really exist or have any relevance to the increased polarisation in society. This is stated by Peter Dahlgren in a new Nordicom Review article. The study dismisses the idea of filter bubbles from both a psychological and technical point of view.