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ARTICLE: Freedom of expression facing challenges

Many changes in the media landscape are challenging freedom of expression, states a new article by Eva-Maria Svensson and Maria Edström of the University of Gothenburg. The article analyses different aspects of journalism, such as challenges for financing, pluralism and the weakening division between editorial and commercial content. The study focuses on Sweden, looking at … Continued

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Published: 18 Aug 2016

REPORT: Swedish media in a continued change

A new edition of MediaSverige, a statistical overview of Sweden’s media is now available. This year’s MediaSverige is a simple presentation, consisting mainly of statistical tables and short introductions to different media sectors. Among other things, the statistics show how the advertising revenue distribution continues to shift from print to digital. Ad revenues for newspapers … Continued

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Published: 22 Jun 2016

ARTICLE: Women’s and men’s sports equally covered during Olympics

New study by Antti Laine, of University of Jyväskylä, examines gender representation in Finnish and Swedish tabloids’ sports coverage during Athens 2004 summer and Turin 2006 winter Olympics. The study is based on comparative research frame between Finnish and Swedish printed tabloid newspapers and their websites. The results show that male athletes received more coverage than … Continued

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Published: 13 Jun 2016

ARTICLE: Harrassment threats journalistic autonomy

As a third of the Swedish journalists have received threats and majority have received insulting comments, intimidation and harassment have become a common element of journalists daily work, write Monica Löfgren Nilsson and Henrik Örnebring According to the article the intimidation and harassment of journalists can be categorized as exclusionary or inclusionary. Exclusionary violence is meant to prevent … Continued

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Published: 20 Apr 2016

New issue of NORDICOMs Media Trends newsletter published

New issue of NORDICOMs Media Trends in the Nordic countries newsletter is out now. It provides a collection of news about recent media developments based on reports from a number of Nordic media use surveys. According to the latest newsletter media use is becoming increasingly fragmented. TV viewing in the Nordic region is also rather stable, but differences … Continued

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Published: 7 Apr 2016

BOOK: Russian, Polish and Swedish journalists compared

Russian, Polish and Swedish journalists can be seen as members of a shared community, write Gunnar Nygren, of Södertorn University, and Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska, of University of Wrocław. They present the argument in the conclusion to a recently published anthology, also edited by Nygren and Dobek-Ostrowska, which details the findings of a large-scale comparative research on … Continued

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Published: 26 Jan 2016

REPORT: Updates on Swedish and Norwegian media

Newspaper industries in both Sweden and Norway are declining, recent statistics show. However, the Swedish newspaper industry has been able to break its fall by cutting losses and increasing subscription prices. Meanwhile in Norway, newspapers’ digital subscription profits are in a steep increase, yet still insufficient to cover its losses in print. The insights come … Continued

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Published: 20 Nov 2015

ARTICLE: Time, duration and liquid journalism

As journalism has migrated from offline to online platforms news production practices have undergone remarkable changes. Contemporary news production is characterized by flexibility and constant delivery of “liquid” news. In this article Andreas Widholm presents a method specifically designed for the study of constantly evolving news flows online. The article is based on an illustrative analysis of the … Continued

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Published: 28 Oct 2015

REPORT: Sweden’s Media Barometer published

Nordicom-Sweden’s Media Barometer 2014 is now published. The Media Barometer provides data on the access to and use of different media types in the Swedish population. The Barometer measures actual contact with the public and the aim is to provide serial data that describe trends and changes in people’s media use. There is also a specific … Continued

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Published: 14 Sep 2015

ARTICLE: The case of Swedish gymnasts

In 2012 a Swedish newspaper published multiple articles criticising Swedish national level gymnastics for being abusive. In their newly published article Jonas Stier and Helena Blomberg take a look on this case and analyse the use of rhetorical resources in initiating and launching a social problem in media narratives. They found five narratives that pursue different or even … Continued

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Published: 10 Sep 2015