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NEWS | 01 Sep 2022
Both content and formatting important to young news consumers
Making news more entertaining by formatting it with the stylistic practices of YouTube content may help to engage teenagers’ attention. However, if the topic covered is not relevant to the young audience, it might not be worthwhile, according to a new article published in Nordicom Review.
NEWSLETTER | 25 Aug 2022
The August issue of European Media Policy is here
Welcome to a new issue of our European Media Policy newsletter, Nordicom's newsletter covering the latest developments in media policy at the EU level. Read about: continued controversies surrounding EU's draft law to protect children online, increased political pressure on public service media in many parts of Europe and the new "metaverse" hype that doesn't seem to be letting up. The newsletter can be downloaded for free.
NEWS | 18 Aug 2022
Vacancy: Communications officer
Nordicom is looking for a substitute communications officer to join our team, due to an upcoming parental leave.
NEW PUBLICATION | 09 Jun 2022
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.
NEWSLETTER | 07 Jun 2022
European Media Policy – the June issue
Welcome to a new issue of our European Media Policy newsletter. Read about: EU for or against media freedom?, platforms soon to face tough EU content rules, new rules to fight child abuse online, and more in this Open Access newsletter.Latest publications
Nordicom Review 43 (2) 2022 (ongoing)
Find the latest Nordicom Review articles from our regular issues.
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.
Mediebarometern 2021
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.
Nordic Journal of Media Studies, Vol. 4, 2022. Media events in the age of global, digital media: Centring, scale, and participatory liveness
The articles in the issue demonstrate that media event is still an important concept to help us understand the working of the contemporary hybrid media landscape, that gathering and watching large events live together is important to people and that TV is still an important medium for co-creating what in the introduction to this issue is called participatory liveness.
