About the temporary working group
The temporary working group (TWG) Media and Linguistic Minorities (MLM) focuses on media in minority or minoritized languages in the Nordic Countries. The linguistic landscape of the Nordics includes a wide variety of less spoken languages besides the national languages of each country. These languages are languages in a minority position, for example official languages in minority position (New Norwegian in Norway, Swedish in Finland), national minority languages (Finnish, Yiddish), regional languages, indigenous languages (Sámi languages), migrant languages (Arabic), and Nordic sign languages. There are also small Nordic languages that societies are based on, such as Faroese and Greelandic. This working group focuses on the interconnection between non-dominant languages and media, discussing the relevance of media for linguistic vitality, the economic and political structures around MLM, the unique features of journalism in a minority language, aspects of the profession and journalism education as well as content creation and audiences.
Submissions in this TWG can be related to, but are not restricted to:
- Minority-language media and journalism
- Journalism education in minority languages
- Media production and practices in the context of minority languages
- Multilingualism among media audiences and in media content
- Media policy and legislation regarding media in minority languages
- Mediatization of minority-linguistic communities
The TWG intends to develop research at the nexus of language and media in terms of theories, empirical studies, methodologies, frameworks, and pedagogies. The TWG aims at forming a new interdisciplinary Nordic forum to discuss linguistic aspects of media that are of high relevance for the Northern region and attract researchers not only from journalism and media studies but also linguistics, educational studies, and cultural studies with an interest in media, as well as minority and indigenous scholars.
The TWG accepts oral presentations, papers and panels.
