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Use of Development Dialogues in Learning and Changing Journalism Practice
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)The present article analyses a case study in which the author experimented with use of the interventionist development dialogue method in journalism practice. Journalistic work is conceptualized as a network of multivoiced, ... -
Defending Nordic Children Against Disney PBS Children’s Channels in the Age of Globalization
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-06)This article analyses the key strategies for serving children that were developed in Nordic public broadcasting during the first decade of 2000s, with reference to US and European parallels. The main goal is to investigate ... -
The Autonomy of Scandinavian Public Service Broadcasters During Election Campaign Periods Principles and Practices
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-06)This comparative case study explores the formal and informal principles governing election formats produced by the public service broadcasters in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The focus is on external regulation vs. ... -
Changing Media Preferences? Comparing the Perceived Importance of Television, Newspapers and the Internet in Finland, 1999-2009
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)As the Internet provides extensive sources of information and entertainment platforms, traditional forms of media have come under scrutiny ever since the early days of the information and communication technologies (ICTs). ... -
“Nobody has 257 Friends” Strategies of Friending, Disclosure and Privacy on Facebook
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-06)In the present article, we discuss norms of friendship and privacy on social network sites by examining strategies of privacy among users, arguing that tacit norms of friendship are now more easily observed. The article ... -
Negotiating Professional News Judgment and “Clicks”. Comparing Tabloid, Broadsheet and Public Service Traditions in Sweden
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)Digital media allow for instant tracking of audience behaviour, thus enabling a potential negotiation between journalists’ traditional authority and professional news values, on the one hand, and the audience’s power in ... -
Connected Youth Young Students’ Extensibility and Use of the Internet to Search for Information
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-06)The present article investigates how young people use the Internet to gain information about distant events that can be used in their schoolwork. The aim is to better understand the process behind youngsters’ construction ... -
The Mashups of YouTube
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)This article focuses on YouTube mashups and how we can understand them as a specific subgenre on YouTube. The Mashups are analysed as audiovisual recontextualizations that are given new meaning, e.g., via collaborative ... -
Renegotiating Online News Journalism in the Classroom
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-06)Online journalism is negotiated and renegotiated in the newsroom of Journalen , the training website for students in journalism at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. Using quantitative and qualitative ... -
Talking Suicide. Online Conversations about a Taboo Subject
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)The present article discusses intimate conversations about suicide that are pursued on the Internet. Computer-mediated communication has made it possible for participants to remain anonymous and, simultaneously, enter ... -
Deliberation, Competition, or Practice? The Online Debate as an Arena for Political Participation
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-06)Several studies have found that political online debates do not to live up to deliberative standards of discussion. Even so, these debates may have democratic value. In the present article, the analytic focus is extended ... -
Energy Transition in and by the Local Media. The Public Emergence of an ‘Energy Town’
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)Climate change mitigation and the transition to environmentally sustainable forms of life have become central public issues, and a number of studies have investigated the role of the media in constructing and distributing ... -
Towards a Participatory, Co-operative and Sustainable Information Society? A Critical Analysis of Swedish ICT Policy Discourses
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-11)Sweden – like the other Nordic countries – is recognized as a leading IT nation. For this reason it is important to evaluate the specificities of Swedish policy discourses on the information society. The development of ... -
Changing Magazine Journalism. Key Trends in Norwegian Women’s Magazines
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-12)This article analyses developments in Norwegian magazine journalism in the last decade, focusing on the broad and varied spectrum of magazines targeting women. The analysis is based on multiple methods and data sources, ... -
“Shaming the Devil!” Performative Shame in Investigative TV-journalism
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2013-12)This paper considers the performativity of shaming in investigative TV-journalism. It argues that the construction of shame is not only a constituent element in investigative TV- journalism but also an important factor ... -
NordMedia A Vital Venue, Then as Now Reflections on Media Research 1973-2013
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Surrounded by Ear Candy? The Use of Surround Sound in Oscar-nominated Movies 2000-2012
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2014-08)This article looks at surround sound in contemporary cinema, with the aim of discussing practices of sound design and, more particularly, pinpointing a ‘best practice’ of surround sound today – focusing here on the practices ... -
A Golden Decade. Exploring Internationalization in Nordic Communication Research
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2014-06)The five countries of the Nordic region have a common cultural and historical background. In the field of communication, they share institutions, conferences, publications and net works. In order to reveal how this shared ... -
Worlds at Play Space and Player Experience in Fantasy Computer Games
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2014-08)The relationship between the fantasy genre and the medium of computer games has always been a very tight-knit one. The present article explores the close connection between fantasy and computer games through different ...