Category: Sweden

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Today Nordicom Launches NordMedia Network

NordMedia Network is a new digital platform devoted to the community of researchers that for the past four decades has grown out of the NordMedia conference.
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The Media Barometer |

The Swedish Media Barometer: 40 years

The Media Barometer (Mediebarometern) is an annual survey focusing on how the Swedish population aged 9 to 79 uses media on traditional and digital platforms on an average day. The survey was first conducted in 1979, and has since been conducted every year; this makes the Media Barometer the oldest study of its kind in the world.
The Media Barometer |

The Media Barometer: First Results 2018

The Swedish Media Barometer is an annual survey that analyses daily media use on different platforms among the Swedish population. Here are the first results from the 2018 survey.
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Press release |

Difficult for teenagers to identify fake news online

According to a new study published in Nordicom Review, many young people in Sweden find it difficult to identify fake or partial news online. The young people who considered themselves good at finding information online were the ones who did worst in the survey.
New publication |

MedieSverige 2019 – a comprehensive overview of today’s media landscape in Sweden.

Since the millennium, digitalisation has been a major game-changer for the media industry as well as for its audiences. The publication MedieSverige 2019 [MediaSweden 2019] gives the reader an up-to-date and broad overview of today's Swedish media landscape.
Press release |

Complex relationship between the media and politics

In a new study, researchers examine how close, or far apart, media and political power are from each other in four different countries. The complex relationship between media and politics has consequences with regard to shaping the public image of politics and individual politicians.
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Maarit Jaakkola – new assistant director of Nordicom

Medieforskare Maarit Jaakkola har utsetts till ny biträdande föreståndare för Nordicom. I sin nya roll kommer hon att delta i Nordicoms strategiska utvecklingsarbete samt ha särskilt ansvar för forskarsamverkan och kontakten med det nordiska forskarsamhället inom medier och kommunikation.