Category: Print

Digital surveillance in everyday life is seen as a necessary evil

We live today in a digital society where surveillance is constantly increasing. States and private companies surveil us, and we surveil ourselves and each other through social media, apps, and other new technologies. We handle this through both opposition and a pragmatic approach, according to a new research anthology, published by Nordicom.

Book-reading habits in a changing media landscape

A new Nordicom report investigates how digitalisation has affected the Swedish population’s book-reading habits and what they look like in different groups of the population. The report also looks into how book-reading habits were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the status of the book compared to other types of media.

Challenging times for the Swedish media market

Digital advertising platforms dominate, the newspaper market has reached a new bottom and the corona pandemic caused a socioeconomic breakdown with severe consequences for the advertising market. These are some of the results from the 2020 edition of Medieutveckling – Medieekonomi, an annual report about media economics in Sweden, published by the Swedish Press and Broadcasting Authority.

2019 var et turbulent år for det danske mediemarked

Danmarks Radio (DR) har netop udgivet sin årlige rapport ”Medieudviklingen 2019” som beskriver danskernes medievaner. 2019 var præget af besparelser og konflikter som uden tvivl vil påvirke danskernes mediebrug fremover.