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MedieSverige 2025
Det svenska medielandskapet utvecklas i ett nära samspel med det omgivande samhället. De sociala, ekonomiska, politiska och teknologiska landskapen formar – och formas av – medielandskapet i en ständigt pågående process. I MedieSverige 2025 får läsaren en bred och aktuell översikt över det svenska medielandskapet. Genom att först belysa utvecklingen på de medieteknologiska och mediepolitiska områdena i Sverige, går rapporten vidare till att redovisa utvecklingen på publik- och reklammarknaderna, för att avslutningsvis beskriva den svenska mediestrukturen.
Mediebarometern 2023: Tema digitala morgontidningsprenumeranter
Mediebarometern 2023: Tema digitala morgontidningsprenumeranter undersöker tillgången till prenumerationer på digitala morgontidningar bland olika grupper i den svenska befolkningen. Studien analyserar hur denna tillgång relaterar till faktorer som tillgång till medieteknik, tillgång till olika former av medieabonnemang samt nyhetskonsumtion. Undersökningen bygger på data från Mediebarometern 2023 och fokuserar på personer i åldern 25 till 85 år. Rapporten har skrivits av Karin Hellingwerf vid Nordicom.
Mittmedias vägval: Radikal innovationskultur möter traditionstyngd koncern
Navigating Pandemic Phases: Public Health Authority Communication during COVID-19 in Norway
During a pandemic, the advice issued by public health authorities undergoes significant scrutiny, potentially affecting public adherence to recommended measures. Trust and trustworthiness become key. This book analyses the rhetorical strategies of the Norwegian public health authorities as the COVID-19 pandemic moved through phases that presented different rhetorical problems and challenges. Many consider the Norwegian response successful, making it a particularly interesting case.
The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection
“The digital backlash” covers a range of social and cultural practices of digital disconnection, as well as critiques of the impact of digital technologies and platforms in the world today. Through calls for more restrictive, or more “mindful”, uses of digital technologies, “mobile-free” schools, work regulations along the lines of a “right to disconnect” framework, the rise of new entrepreneurs in the growing “digital detox” industry, as well as critiques of the role of Big Tech – society is deliberating on the stakes of the digital for the human condition.
Innovation Through Crisis: Journalism and News Media in Transition
This book provides insights into the interplay between crisis, resilience, and innovation within news media.
Mediebarometern 2023
Mediebarometern [Media Barometer] 2023 (in Swedish) is an annual survey of the Swedish population's access to and use of different types of media. The survey has been conducted since 1979, making the Media Barometer the oldest study of its kind in the world. The results of the 2023 survey are based on responses from around 6,000 randomly selected people aged 9 to 85.
The Future of the Nordic Media Model: A Digital Media Welfare State?
The media systems of the Nordic countries have for long been characterised by universality, freedom, trust, and cooperation between stakeholders. In comparative media systems research, the Nordic countries have been described as belonging to a single model – the Nordic media welfare state. The future of this model is now more uncertain than ever, as it is under increasing pressure from global tech companies, new digital media infrastructure, and developments in media policy, which all seem to elude domestic regulatory control.
Gateways: Comparing Digital Communication Systems in Nordic Welfare States
The Internet is a critical part of the societal infrastructure in the Nordic region – giving rise to increasing concerns about the growing power of global tech corporations that supply the foundation for the region’s evermore digitalised welfare states. Yet, we lack empirical evidence for understanding, discussing, and ultimately regulating the changing power structures surrounding Internet-based communication.
Audiovisual Content for Children and Adolescents in Scandinavia: Production, Distribution, and Reception in a Multiplatform Era
Scandinavian children and adolescents’ media consumption has changed dramatically in the past decade. Films, series, and social media content on global platforms like Netflix, Disney+, and YouTube are now a major part of young people’s media diet, while encounters with domestic films, series, and platforms are in decline, severely challenging the ways domestic players think about young audiences.
Public Service Media's Contribution to Society: RIPE@2021
Public Service Media (PSM) across Europe and beyond are increasingly under pressure, with both their role in a digital environment and their funding widely scrutinised. As a result, PSM organisations are constantly in a defensive position. Following attempts to demonstrate their “public value”, discussion is now turning towards PSM’s “contribution to society”, a concept pushed by the European Broadcasting Union. Yet, to be meaningful for society and to influence PSM organisations, the concept must be more than just an instrument of legitimacy management.
Mediebarometern 2022
Mediebarometern [Media Barometer] 2022 (in Swedish) is an annual survey of the Swedish population's access to and use of different types of media. The survey has been conducted since 1979, making the Media Barometer the oldest study of its kind in the world. The results of the 2022 survey are based on responses from around 6,600 randomly selected people aged 9 to 85.
Everyday Life in the Culture of Surveillance
Over the recent decades, the possibilities to surveil people have increased and been refined with the ongoing digital transformation of society. Surveillance can now go in any direction, and various forms of online surveillance saturate most people’s lives, which are increasingly lived in digital environments.
MedieSverige 2023
MedieSverige [MediaSweden] 2023 (in Swedish) provides a broad and up-to-date overview of the Swedish media landscape. The report highlights the development in the media technology and media policy areas in Sweden, discusses the development in the audience and advertising markets, and describes the Swedish media structure.
Nordic News Media in Global Competition: The Conditions for News Journalism in the Digital Platform Economy
Nordic News Media in Global Competition describes how the Nordic media markets developed between 2016 and 2021. The greatest interest is devoted to the areas where global platforms such as Apple, Facebook, and Google set the framework for the Nordic media companies and their conditions for conducting news journalism.
Communicating a Pandemic: Crisis Management and Covid-19 in the Nordic Countries
This edited volume compares experiences of how the Covid-19 pandemic was communicated in the Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The Nordic countries are often discussed in terms of similarities concerning an extensive welfare system, economic policies, media systems, and high levels of trust in societal actors. However, in the wake of a global pandemic, the countries’ coping strategies varied, creating certain question marks on the existence of a “Nordic model”.
Mediebarometern 2021: Tema bokläsning
Mediebarometern är en årlig undersökning av den svenska befolkningens tillgång till, och användning av, olika typer av medier. Undersökningen har genomförts sedan 1979 och det gör Mediebarometern till den äldsta studien i sitt slag i världen. Resultaten i 2021 års undersökning bygger på svar från omkring 6 000 slumpmässigt utvalda personer i åldern 9 till 85 år.
Nordiska nyhetsmedier i global konkurrens: Nyhetsjournalistikens villkor i den digitala plattformsekonomin
Nordiska nyhetsmedier i global konkurrens beskriver hur de nordiska mediemarknaderna utvecklats mellan 2016 och 2021. Störst intresse ägnas de områden där globala plattformar som Apple, Facebook och Google sätter ramarna för Nordens mediebolag och deras förutsättningar att bedriva nyhetsjournalistik.
Public service: En svensk kunskapsöversikt
Syftet med Public service: En svensk kunskapsöversikt är att på ett lättillgängligt sätt presentera vad empirisk forskning har kommit fram till i centrala frågor gällande public service. Kapitelförfattarna är verksamma vid svenska universitet och högskolor, och merparten av de resultat och slutsatser som presenteras bygger på genomgångar av tidigare publicerad forskning. I samtliga kapitel är det public services nyhetsjournalistik som fokuseras.