Media Literacy Webinar Series Continues in Spring 2022
The international media literacy webinar series at NordMedia Network will be continued with one more series in Spring 2022, focusing on media literacy approaches in countries beyond Europe; India, South America, the Arabic region, and Japan.
More Than 700 Registered Experts
The media expert database now lists more than 700 experts in fields within media and communication studies. Since the NordMedia21 Conference in August, the database has received almost one new expert every work-day.
New Resource: Nordic Media Study Programmes in a Database
NordMedia Network presents a new resource: a database of educational programs. We have collected Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral programs offered in the field of media, journalism and communication studies.
Strengthen Our Community by Contributing News and Announcements
The NordMedia Network team works continuously to develop the website and fill it with relevant content for the Nordic media and communications research community, but in NordMedia Network, your input has special value for your peers.
This Is the NordMedia Network Expert Database
A searchable and freely accessible database of Nordic media researchers intends to make the expertise of media scholars available. Besides for the academy itself, the database is for journalists, media professionals, policy-makers, teachers and students. See here how it works in practice.
Announce Your Upcoming Conferences at NordMedia Network
As many already knows, NordMedia Network works to offer inspiration, information and interaction for media and communication scholars. One of the popular sections is the “Upcoming Conferences” section.
Freelance for NordMedia Network
We are continuously working to create relevant and up-to-date content for the Nordic media and communication researcher community. An important part of this work are freelancers’ contributions to the NordMedia Network platform.
Find Relevant Calls for Papers with NordMedia Network
NordMedia Network works continuously to make the community aware of conferences and webinars, vacant positions and open calls for articles, chapters and proposals.
Find and Announce Vacant Positions with NordMedia Network
NordMedia Network offers a wide array of inspiration, information and interaction for media and communication researchers. Amongst the useful features is the section called “Vacant Positions”.
Nordicom Review Reaches Top Quartile in Prestigious Journal Ranking
Nordicom Review continues to climb in the various performance metrics assembled by Scopus. For the first time ever, the Open Access journal published by Nordicom is now included in the top quartile for Communication journals in the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR).
A New Virtual Meeting Place for Scholars: The European Media Salon
Six European professors founded a new meeting space for virtual encounters between media scholars: the media salon. The salon shall accelerate open scientific exchange that has, according to the initiators, decreased because of the pandemic restrictions.
Students Among the Most Avid Readers of Open Access Journal Articles
A new article written by Finnish and Swedish researchers inquired into the readership of Finnish open access journals. Especially older materials in national languages are an important resource to students.
A Free Tool for Monitoring Gender Equality in News Media
Women are still are underrepresented in the news across the world, and the Nordic countries do not make an exception. To make it easier to measure and compare media gender equality, a group of researchers at the University of Gothenburg has developed an open dataset.
New Projects to Develop Nordic Journalism Education
This autumn, a number of new research and development projects aimed at advancing journalism education in the Nordic countries have received grants.
20 Ideas for Celebrating over Zoom
For now, we are well-prepared to hold a meeting on Zoom or Teams, or even have a virtual coffee with colleagues. How to celebrate seasonal events, kick-offs and thank you-gatherings over a web conferencing or meeting platform? We collected 20 basic ideas to avoid stiffly and formally sitting in front of the screen.
Academic Organizations Respond to the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic
The Nordic and European countries are jointly strengthening research cooperation on COVID-19 to prepare for future pandemics. Organizations supporting the functions of higher education institutions are seeking for new ways to support research and education.
Open Access, but How Long? The Problem of Vanishing Journals
A newly published report suggests that thousands of open access articles have vanished during the decent decade. Among the journal titles that disappeared in 2000–2019, over the half were journals in social sciences and humanities.
A Research Program for Humanists and Social Scientists to Study Challenges in the Nordic Societies
A group of Finnish and Swedish foundations will launch a joint research program in the humanities and social sciences with a special focus on the challenges of Nordic societies.
Strengthening Swedish MIL Studies: Nordicom Coordinates a Forum for Media Literacy Research
Has video literacy been studied in Sweden? Who are the Swedish experts in Instagram literacy? Questions will be more efficiently answered within the new academic forum for media literacy research, coordinated by Nordicom.
Nordicom Review Increases Its Scopus Score
Scopus has now released their cite scores for 2019. The score for the journal Nordicom Review increases substantially, from 0.8 to 1.2. Scopus is Elsevier’s abstract and citation database that covers nearly 36,377 titles from approximately 11,678 publishers.