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PR and the Media. A Collaborative Relationship?
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-05)
What do the relations between the PR industry and the media look like? Are they traditional
media-source or pressure group relations from the PR side? What is the outcome of these
relations and how do they affect journalism ...
Media in Post-Communist Mongolia. Challenges and Opportunities in the Democratization Process
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)
The introduction of a liberal media model built on freedom of expression, non-regulation,
and free market in Post-Communist Mongolia has lead to a plethora of new media outlets.
In a context of external pluralism, the ...
“Teenagers Get Undressed on the Internet”. Young People’s Exposure of Bodies in a Swedish Internet Community
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)
During recent years, Swedish media have paid attention to young people’s presentations of
self in Internet communities, claiming that these presentations are often sexually provocative. The present study aims at investigating ...
Mega-Sporting Events and the Media in Attention Economies. National and International Press Coverage of the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki 2005
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)
The present article examines the IAAF World Championships as a commercialized mega-
sporting event and an expression of the contemporary experience industry. The focus of
the empirical analysis is on the national and ...
Telescopic Philanthropy, Emancipation and Development Communication Theory
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)
Development communication theory can be framed as the rescue mission of the global north
to save the global south from itself. It is in view of this that this paper asks: what does it
mean to found the emancipation of ...
Non-professional Activity on Television in a Time of Digitalisation. More Fun for the Elite or New Opportunities for Ordinary People?
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-05)
This article presents an empirically based examination of how the Norwegian television
industry incorporates audience activity and audience-generated material, and of how audiences respond to the opportunities presented. ...
The International Freedom of Information Index. A Watchdog of Transparency in Practice
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-05)
During the past two decades, the number of countries that have enacted Freedom of Information (FOI) laws has increased dramatically. In many respects, FOI laws have become a
democratic ‘right of passage’. No FOI, no ...
Building an Agenda for Media and Communication Research in Africa
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-06)
This article lays down a number of points that need to be reflected upon in building a
research agenda for media and communication research in Africa. It resurrects some old
questions about the identity of the field. It ...
Introverted Locals or World Citizens? A Quantitative Study of Interest in Local and Foreign News in Traditional Media and on the Internet
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-11)
Claiming that interest in local vs. foreign news is one way of measuring orientation towards
local and greater society, this paper utilizes a Norwegian survey with questions about interest in news to identify groups with ...
The Nordic Journalists of Tomorrow. An Exploration of First Year Journalism Students in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2009-05)
The present article summarizes the findings of a survey among first-year journalism students
in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway. The survey covers a wide array of subjects
including social recruitment, motivation for ...