Reading list
Syllabus/achievement requirements
Books
Hallin and Mancini (2004), Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of media and Politics, Cambridge University Press. Part 2. The Three Models. (pp 89-248). 161 pages.
Lowe, Gregory Ferrell and Christian S. Nissen (eds.) (2011), Small Among Giants: Television Broadcasting in Smaller Countries, Nordicom, 231 pages.
Mary Hilson (2008/2010), The Nordic Model. Scandinavia since 1945, London: Reaktion Books. 190 pages.
Mjøs, Ole J, Hallvard Moe, Trine Syvertsen and Gunn Enli (forthcoming): The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Digital Age. University of Michigan Press. PDF—copy will be available for the students. 200 pages.
Downloadable articles (To get access to the articles you have to go via the bibsys library system)
Asbjørnsen, Dag & Ove Solum (2003) ”The Best Cinema System in the World” The Municipal Cinema System in Norway: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, in Nordicom Informasjon 1-2/2003. Link
Brink Lund, Anker (2007) ”Media markets in Scandinavia. Political Economy Aspects of Convergence and Divergence.” in Nordicom Review. pp. 121-134. Link
Brink Lund, Anker & Christian Edelvold Berg (2009), ”Denmark, Sweden and Norway : Television Diversity by Duopolistic. Competition and Co-Regulation” International Communication Gazette 71. pp 19-37. Link
Carlsson, Ulla (2007), ”Media and Mass Communication Research. Past, Present and Future. Reflections from a Nordic Horizon.” Nordicom Review, pp. 223-229. Link
Engebretsen, Martin (2006), ”Shallow and Static or Deep and Dynamic? Studying the State of Online Journalism in Scandinavia.” Nordicom Review 27 pp 3 – 16 Link
Elvestad, E. og A. Blekesaune (2008), "Newspaper Readers in Europe: A Multilevel Study of Individual and National Differences", in European Journal of Communication. Pages 425-447. Link
Findahl, Olle (2008), “The diffusion of the Internet and the effects on traditional media – The case of Sweden and the Nordic Countries”. Paper. World Internet Institute, Sweden. Link
Greve, Bent (2007), "What Characterises the Nordic Welfare Model", Journal of Social Sciences, 3 (2). Pages 43-51. Link
Hovden, Jan Fredrik, et. al. (2009), ”The Nordic Journalists of Tomorrow”, Nordicom Review 30. 1. pp 149-165. Link
Humphreys, Peter (2012), "A Political Scientist's Contribution to the Comparative Study of Media System in Europe: A Response to Hallin and Mancini", in Just, Natascha and Manuel Puppis (ads.) Trends in Communication Policy Research: New Theories, Methods and Subjects, Intellect: Bristol/Chicago. (Copy will be provided)
Nord, Lars (2008), ”Comparing Nordic Media Systems: North between West and East?”, in Central European Journal of Communication 1 (2008). Pages. 95-110. (Copy will be provided)
Picard, Robert (2007), ”Subsidies for Newspapers: Can the Nordic Model Remain Viable?”, in Hans Bohrmann / Elisabeth Klaus / Marcel Machill (Ed.) Media Industry, Journalism Culture and Communication Policies in Europe pp. 236-245. Link
Rees, Ellen (2006), ”Norwave: Norwegian Cinema 1997 - 2006", in Scandinavian – Canadian Studies, vol 19. Link
Solum, Ove (2010), "The Municipal system in Norway and the digital turn", in Journal of Scandinavian Cinema Volume 1 Number 1. Pages 31-36. Link
Statistics
Harrie, Eva (ed.) (2012), "Public Service Media in the Nordic Countries: Facts and figures", Nordicom, 165 pages. Link
Harrie, Eva (ed.) (2009/2010), "The Nordic Media Market 2009: Media Companies and Business Activities", in Nordicom, 2009, 193 pages., (Nordic Media Trends; 11) - ISSN 1401-0410 Link