Why choose this programme option?

As of today, we have students with backgrounds from Romania, Eritrea, Germany, The United States, Brasil, Ireland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Nepal, Algeria, Latvia, Spain, Italy, Russia, Zambia, Iceland, Poland, Finland, Pakistan - and Norway. We welcome students from all over the world to the Nordic Media programme option.

The Nordic countries have been called a "laboratory for new media", as most people use advanced mobile phones and computers extensively. Several of the world's most succesful telecommunications and new media companies are located here.

Our students visit some of these companies, and we invite lectureres who have studied the actual uses of new media here and in other parts of the world. Supported by recent theories, you will get the understanding and analytic skills needed for a career in a modern media institution.

Media and democracy in the Nordic countries

Freedom of speech and access to information is regarded as essential to a healty democracy in all the Nordic countries, and they have different kinds of economic support to ensure a wide range of media. You will get detailed insight into the media systems in the Nordic countries, using theories and methods from both social sciences and humanities. 

We study Nordic Media with a comparative and international perspective. You may focus, e.g., on media institutions in the Nordic countries, media and cultural politics, economics and regulations, media and democracy, freedom of speech and information, or media and cultural products. You will learn how the media are part of politics and democracy, and how the new "social" media may change these relationships.

A Nordic model?

The Nordic countries are different in many respects, but have over the years developed several common characteristics, by some referred to as the ”Nordic Model”. Nordic media corporations operate across national borders, profiting on a high penetration of broadband access and advanced mobile services.

Commercial and public service broadcasting exist side by side, with public service institutions driving the development of new digital service. The political systems have a strong focus on cultural policies.

We ask if the Nordic Model exists, and whether it will survive in an increasingly globalized world. You will be encouraged to reflect on how media businesses can prosper, and support democracy and spread of information.

Student-centered teaching

As a Nordic Media student, you do not just sit back in a lecture theatre and take notes. You may take part in a workshop, drawing up a business strategy for a fictive media firm. Later the same month, you may be user testing a real new mobile application.

Our professors use a variety of teaching methods and exam forms to engage the students and help you prepare, not just for exams, but for your whole career. The knowledge you get, will not only make you eligible for media related professions, but also give you a solid fundament from a well-known university which will be useful in most of professions, private or public sector alike.

The Nordic Media programme option leads to the degree Master in Media studies