Examining Representations of Ageing in the Nordic Welfare States
A newly published article, “Framing healthy aging and digital technologies: News Coverage in the Nordic Welfare States (2017–2022)”, explores how newspapers support or challenge Nordic welfare state principles by how they frame older citizens. With a population aging at a pace parallel to increasing digitalisation, the need for new digital solutions for healthcare is becoming apparent, and media representation is more important than ever.
Alternative Media Research Enters a New Stage
The edited volume, Alternative Media in European Contexts: Theoretical Cornerstones, Methodological Challenges, and Systemic Conditions, examines how the study of alternative media has developed into an increasingly diverse and established field of research. Bringing together theoretical, methodological, and systemic perspectives, the book argues that alternative media studies are now entering a third stage.
New Book Takes on Local Communities Dominated by Social Media
Steen Steensen from OsloMet presents a new book in which, through an ethnographic exploration of two distinct communities in Denmark and England, he seeks to answer how the retreat of local journalism and the advance of social media platforms are reshaping democracy at the grassroots level.
The Loneliest Person at the Conference
This year’s ECREA conference is over. If you are a senior scholar, how many young researchers did you approach, include, or introduce to someone new? If you see someone standing alone, cross the room and start a conversation. It may take only a minute, but they might remember it for the rest of their career.
Nordicom Hosts Second Academic Publishing Workshop for Doctoral Students
Nordicom recently hosted its second workshop on academic publishing for doctoral students. Thirteen young Nordic scholars came together in Gothenburg for a two-day exploration of the academic publishing landscape, preparing manuscripts for journal submission, and navigating the peer review process.
Young Danes Are Now the Most Willing to Pay for News, New Report from Roskilde University Shows
Young Danes aged 18–24 are now the age group most willing to pay for news, according to a new report. They have overtaken older age groups aged 55 and above, who have traditionally shown the highest willingness to pay for news.
“You Are Also Part of Baking the Cake” – Understanding the Machines that Shape Our News
Algorithms increasingly influence which news stories reach us, what information we encounter, and ultimately how we see the world. But how much do we really understand about the systems making those choices? Jannie Møller Hartley has spent years researching algorithms from inside news organisations. In this interview, she talks about entering the world of machines, why algorithms are less mysterious than we might think – and why we should all pay more attention to them.
Review of PhD Dissertation: Infrastructuring Counterpublics: Digital Engagement and Distributed Attention in Russian Anti-War Movements
Svetlana Chuikina’s Infrastructuring Counterpublics: Digital Engagement and Distributed Attention in Russian Anti-War Movements arrives at a moment when its object of study is being made and unmade in real time. The people Chuikina studies — Russians who oppose the war and try to keep that opposition alive — are doing so under conditions that shift month by month: a platform blocked, a VPN removed, an organiser detained, a border crossed. A dissertation written about such a moving target risks being overtaken by events before it is printed. This one is not, because Chuikina has understood that the durable object of her study is not any particular protest or platform, but the process by which dissent is built out of available media infrastructures, writes Tiziano Bonini from the University of Siena.
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