Category: Sweden

Difficult for teenagers to identify fake news online

According to a new study published in Nordicom Review, many young people in Sweden find it difficult to identify fake or partial news online. The young people who considered themselves good at finding information online were the ones who did worst in the survey.

MedieSverige 2019 – a comprehensive overview of today’s media landscape in Sweden.

Since the millennium, digitalisation has been a major game-changer for the media industry as well as for its audiences. The publication MedieSverige 2019 [MediaSweden 2019] gives the reader an up-to-date and broad overview of today's Swedish media landscape.

Complex relationship between the media and politics

In a new study, researchers examine how close, or far apart, media and political power are from each other in four different countries. The complex relationship between media and politics has consequences with regard to shaping the public image of politics and individual politicians.

Maarit Jaakkola – new assistant director of Nordicom

Medieforskare Maarit Jaakkola har utsetts till ny biträdande föreståndare för Nordicom. I sin nya roll kommer hon att delta i Nordicoms strategiska utvecklingsarbete samt ha särskilt ansvar för forskarsamverkan och kontakten med det nordiska forskarsamhället inom medier och kommunikation.