News
Find news about Nordic media research and media development together
with news about Nordicom's activities.
European Media Policy – the November issue
This year's third issue of Nordicom's newsletter European Media Policy is out. The newsletter provides an update on policy developments at the European level, concentrating on news from the European Union.Media reporting: facts, nothing but facts?
What rules and initiatives exist to help ensure the accuracy and objectivity of news and current affairs reporting? A new report maps the regulatory framework on the European level and in eleven countries, including Finland.
Continuing decline in global Internet freedom
In 2018, Internet freedom declined for the eighth consecutive year, according to the annual assessment by Freedom House. Worst is the situation in China, while Iceland and Estonia top the list of countries with high Internet freedom.
Yearbook 2018: Digital Parenting
Digital Parenting. The Challenges for Families in the Digital Age is the Clearinghouse Yearbook of 2018. The book addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by parents in digital times taking into account multiple levels of digital penetration among families from different social classes and regions across the world.
New Nordicom Review article: Experiences of External Interference Among Finnish Journalists
A new Nordicom Review article is published (online first), titled Experiences of External Interference Among Finnish Journalists. Prevalence, methods and implications. The author Ilmari Hiltunen answers a few questions about the findings.More new books, but fewer frequent Danish readers
The Danes’ desire to read continues to change. Today, more fiction than ever is being published, while at the same time, digital media is still progressing. This is according to new figures from the Danish Book and Literature Panel’s annual report for 2018.A Nordic survey of cultural habits among children and youth?
Would it be possible to conduct a joint Nordic survey on the cultural habits and activities of children and young people? This issue is examined in a new report from Kulturanalys Norden, the Nordic Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis.