The radio and television fee, which finances SR, SVT and
UR, should be abolished and replaced with an earmarked tax. This is the Swedish Government’s proposal in its Government Bill "Long-term funding and strengthened independence for public service".
Nordicom’s scientific advisory board has two new members: Marko Ala-Fossi, University of Tampere and Stig Hjarvard, University of Copenhagen.
Nordicom releases the Spring issue of the journal Nordicom Information, in which the theme is openness in media and communication.
Welcome to a new issue of Nordicom's European newsletter. It provides an update on policy developments at the European level on, e.g., EU rules concerning audiovisual media, copyright and telecom.
Nordicom invites the international research community to a two-day conference devoted to the paywall phenomenon. The conference will take place at the University of Gothenburg on January 23–24, 2019.
Do you want to know more about media economics, newspapers, magazines, radio and television in Finland? Download Statistic Finland’s five new articles on the development of the Finnish media market.
Most Europeans consider the news media to be important to society, but the level of media trust differs by both country and populist leaning. A new study from the Pew Research Center reveals the news habits in eight European countries, including Denmark and Sweden.
The Swedish Media Barometer is an annual survey that analyses daily media use on different platforms among Swedish population. Here are some results from the the 2017 survey.
Last year, for the first time in almost 20 years, there was a growth in the total circulation for Norwegian newspapers. This increase was due to a growing number of digital subscriptions. This is shown in an annual report on the newspaper development in Norway (Avisåret, 2017).
Media and information literacy (MIL) among the citizens is a democratic issue. But who is responsible and how does it increase? These are questions that will be discussed by ministers and experts at a conference held by the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO in May.
