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Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- In an era when culture itself has become central to political debates, when boundaries between hard news and soft news, facts and opinion are dissolving, cultural journalism contributes to democratic discourse on vital issues of our time. Cultural journalism is furthermore indicative of journalistic autonomy and specialisation within media organisations, and of the intertwined relationship between the cultural and political public spheres. Nordic cultural journalism in the mainstream media covers more subjects today than ever before, from fine arts to gaming, media industries, and lifestyle issues. At the same time, it harbours debates and reflection on freedom of expression, ethnicity and national identity. This book contributes to an emerging international research agenda on cultural journalism at a time when digitalisation, convergence and globalisation are influencing the character of journalism in multiple ways.
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- Hammarlund, Johan, et al.
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"Understanding the Prime Mover: Ambivalent Swedish Press Discourse on the USA from 1984 to 2009”
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Ingår i: International Journal of Cultural Studies. - : Sage Publications. - 1367-8779 .- 1460-356X. ; 14:1, s. 5-33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a pervasive historical construct that is both foreign and familiar, the USA has a looming presence in Swedish media discourse. Swedish journalists’ views of the USA can best be described as ambivalent — critical of a unilateral or too passive US foreign policy, while at the same time being heavily influenced by many aspects of the American economic model and culture. This article presents the results of an analysis of Swedish editorials, debate, commentary and cultural articles about the USA in time periods between 1984 and 2009. During these three decades USA actions are broadly framed against the backdrop of Cold War, globalization and cultural contestation paradigms respectively. The USA is seen as a formidable power, one that should be checked by others on the international stage. Cultural symbols based on historical European narratives about the US are called upon to illustrate reckless unilateralism (‘Space Cowboy’ Reagan) or the future-oriented entrepreneur as a role model for Sweden (during the Clinton years). The final decade under the cultural contestation paradigm is also ambivalent — the role of religion in the USA appears foreign to Swedish eyes, whereas the USA’s cultural misunderstandings with others appear familiar.
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- Hammarlund, Johan, et al.
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Understanding the prime mover Ambivalent Swedish press discourse on the USA from 1984 to 2009
- 2011
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Ingår i: International journal of cultural studies. - : Sage Publications. - 1367-8779 .- 1460-356X. ; 14:1, s. 15-33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a pervasive historical construct that is both foreign and familiar, the USA has a looming presence in Swedish media discourse. Swedish journalists' views of the USA can best be described as ambivalent - critical of a unilateral or too passive US foreign policy, while at the same time being heavily influenced by many aspects of the American economic model and culture. This article presents the results of an analysis of Swedish editorials, debate, commentary and cultural articles about the USA in time periods between 1984 and 2009. During these three decades USA actions are broadly framed against the backdrop of Cold War, globalization and cultural contestation paradigms respectively. The USA is seen as a formidable power, one that should be checked by others on the international stage. Cultural symbols based on historical European narratives about the US are called upon to illustrate reckless unilateralism ('Space Cowboy' Reagan) or the future-oriented entrepreneur as a role model for Sweden (during the Clinton years). The final decade under the cultural contestation paradigm is also ambivalent - the role of religion in the USA appears foreign to Swedish eyes, whereas the USA's cultural misunderstandings with others appear familiar.
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- Hellman, Heikki, et al.
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What Is Cultural News Good For? : Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish cultural journalism in public service organisations
- 2017
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Ingår i: Cultural Journalisn in the Nordic Countries. - Göteborg : Nordicom. - 9789187957574 - 9789187957581 ; , s. 111-133
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter compares how Nordic public service media institutions (Finland: YLE; Norway: NRK; Sweden: SVT/SR) de ne and interpret their remits regarding cultural news. Relying on policy documents, interviews with managing cultural news editors and a sample week’s broadcast and online cultural news output, the results show distinctive national di erences in the ways cultural news is conceived, the resources and organisation of the cultural news desks, and di erences in news content during the week studied. e countries are most similar in their broad popular culture o ering, and by that fact that all the companies provide broader cultural news coverage on their websites than in their broadcast versions. However, the distinctions between the online and o ine platforms are less clear than those between the three countries. So, despite the commonalities of the Nordic media model, the values and practices of cultural journalism show enough di erences to warrant further study.
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- Katsivelis, Paul, 1964-
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Sharia och livet : Islamisk retorik om makt, moral och medelvägen (wasatiyya) på al-Jazira
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Claiming a 40 million viewer population, with 97% of viewers Muslims (www.allied-media.com), Jazeera Satellite Channel (JSC) stands out within the sphere of influence among the Arab world. This thesis will examine whether Islam within JSC programming is open to progressive ideas that challenge the intellectual and material lives of its adherents.Few media in the Arab world try to exploit the political potential of television as much as JSC. The network covers a broad array of topics ranging from domestic and international relations to moral guidance within Islam. The media’s interest in Islam became a burning issue in the West since the coordinated terror attacks in September 11, 2001 that destroyed the World Trade Centre in New York. Not only were the terror attacks broadcasted live on television screens around the world, but the traumatic crime scene footage in the weeks that followed framed Islam as a religion that promotes violence.The Muslim answer to this “biased” and unbalanced framing of 9/11 attacks was JSC among other things. The influence of JSC on its audience’s weltanschauung can hardly be overestimated. In many viewer’s eyes the channel tries to counterbalance the western dominance of the news media. It represents a way of looking at the world from an (Arab)-Muslim perspective.One of the major programs that illustrates this tendency is the Islamic talk show al-Sharīca wa-l-ḥayāt (“Shariah and Life”).The thesis consists of a critical discourse analysis of dozens of episodes of Sharia and Life of the fall season 2007. The reason behind the choice of critical discourse analysis as an approach is to explore the traces of ideology in the construct of the program’s premise and the promotion of a specific social order in the name of Islam.A major feature of Sharia and Life, beyond the fact that the program is aired on one of the largest Arab news channel, is its infamous host, sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi. Al Qaradawi’s lifework as a scholar and a preacher is marked by what he regards as wasatiyya - which is commonly defined as a conciliatory or a moderate stance. For Al Qaradawi, Islam is a way of life that can be adjusted to the realities of modern day life through the prism of wasatiyya. The term wasatiyya is used, albeit indirectly, by other hosts of Al Qaradawi, some are religious figures, others not.The relation with the Other is also a major topic that is expressed in Sharia and Life in terms of a neo-colonial critique as well as a critique against today’s value system. In both cases, however, the social ideals of Islam are linked with values that emphasize the role of the family, religion and paternal authority. Though Islam is consistently articulated as coherent creed, a number of hosts recognize that fitna (“civil strife”) constitutes a challenge to the moral integrity of Islam’s normative values.Delving into the influences of one popular program that offers its public legal guidance reveals a complex dynamic about how each of the distinct factors addressed above impacts Arab culture, religion and society. The results of this analysis will be reviewed within this thesis.
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- Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard, et al.
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Why Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries?
- 2017
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Ingår i: Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries. - Göteborg : Nordicom. - 9789187957574 - 9789187957581 ; , s. 9-26
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