Watch the live stream from the symposium Youth and News in a Digital Media Environment. Nordic-Baltic Perspectives, arranged by Nordicom, the Swedish Media Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Part 1
Part 2
Program
13.00-13.10 Welcome and introduction
Jonas Ohlsson, associate professor, director, Nordicom
The discussions will be led by Anette Novak, director, Swedish Media Council
13.10-14.00 Presentations
Thomas Nygren, associate professor, Uppsala University: The News Evaluator. Evidence-based innovations to promote digital civic literacy
Maarit Jaakkola, assistant director and researcher, Nordicom: Voicing young people’s perspectives. Media influencing as a form of collaboration between youth organisations and the professional media
14.00-14.20 Coffee break
14:20-15:35 Presentations
Dag Slettemeås, researcher, SIFO/Consumption Research Norway, OsloMet University: News consumption among young people in Norway. The relevance of smartphones and social media
Stine Liv Johansen, associate professor, Aarhus University: News kids can use - to play with
Johan Lindell, senior lecturer, Karlstad University and Södertörn University: The taste for news. Class shaping young people’s news use in Sweden
15:35-15.55 Panel discussion
Maarit Jaakkola, Thomas Nygren, Dag Slettemeås, Stine Liv Johansen, Johan Lindell
Moderator: Anette Novak, director, Swedish Media Council
15.55-16.00 Final remarks
Jonas Ohlsson, associate professor, director, Nordicom
Download the power point presentations from the symposium (zip)
