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After the Tsunami : crisis communication in Finland and Sweden
- 2009
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia during Christmas 2004 caused many deaths among vacationers from Finland and Sweden. It could be described as one of the worst catastrophes experienced during the post-war period in these countries. This book examines how this dramatic and unexpected event affected public communication patterns and practices in countries like Finland and Sweden. The communicative relations between government actors, the media and citizens always significantly affect the development of crucial democratic values such as trust, accountability and legitimacy. The book covers different topics related to this issue, such as strategic political communication, media coverage, newsroom practices, public opinion and the use of new media in Finland and Sweden after the tsunami disaster.
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Communicating Politics. Political Communication in the Nordic Countries
- 2008
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Modern politics is mediated politics, and the media constitute the most important source of information and channel of communication between the governors and the governed. Media and politics are thus inextricable linked together, with the media playing an important role in contemporary democracies and for political processes. While this is true for virtually all advanced democracies, there are still important differences between countries depending on, for example, their media systems and political systems. The purpose of Communicating Politics: Political Communication in the Nordic Countries is consequently to de-scribe and analyze both the political communication systems and cases of political communication processes in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Taken together, the chapters explore differences as well as similarities between the Nordic countries, and provide a broad view of political communication systems, practices and research perspectives in the Nordic countries.
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Media Accountability Today... and Tomorrow. Updating the Concept in Theory and Practice
- 2008
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Tony Blair demands it, Reuters wants it, the Spokane Spokesman-Review practices some of it and scholars try to define it – media accountability. The need for media accountability was formulated more than 100 years ago and made manifest with codes of ethics and ”bureaus of accuracy”. The Hutchins Commission used the concept in 1947 as a way to avoid government prescription of media content. The practice of media accountability has since been fueled by market expansion, looser regulation of public service and a technological facilitation of media/public interaction. In March 2007 these issues were discussed in a two-day international conference at the School of Communication and Design, University of Kalmar, Sweden. Scholars gave overviews of Media Accountability Systems (MAS), media journalism, media blogs and the effects of market-driven journalism on media accountability. Practitioners presented cases dealing with victims of the media in the United Kingdom, news ombudsmen and media critique in Scandinavia, and transparency in Spokane, Washington, USA. To the presentations from Kalmar the conference-initiator Torbjörn von Krogh has added a background chapter on the origins and rise of media accountability and some thoughts on its future. He also offers a new working definition of media accountability, building on the work of European and North American scholars: Media accountability is the interactive process by which media organizations may be expected or obliged to render an account (and sometimes a correction and/or excuse) of their activities to their constituents. The values and relative strength of the constituents vary over time and are affected by media systems and media technologies. Includes following articles: Ten things i want community leaders to know about journalism. A former (external) Ombudsman at the spokesman-review teaches media literacy (Gordon S. Jackson), Chink in a stone wall. A presentation of a readers’ Ombudsman at Bergens Tidende, Norway (Terje Angelshaug), When readers wonder. A column in Bergens Tidende with a comment (Terje Angelshaug), Watching the watchdog-watching Dog. A call for active press-councils (Claude-Jean Bertrand), “Constructive criticism” vs public scrutiny. Attitudes to media accountability in and outside Swedish news media (Torbjörn von Krogh), and Final words – new starting points (Torbjörn von Krogh).
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Media and Monarchy in Sweden
- 2009
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this book, nine scholars from six different academic disciplines study various relations between media and monarchy in Sweden from the fifteenth century up until today. With an emphasis on the last one and a half century, the texts primarily analyzes how the Bernadotte family has responded to and used media such as press, film, television and Internet.
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The Media for Democracy Monitor. A Cross National Study of Leading News Media
- 2011
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- To what extent do the structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with their specific democratic role? Authors from 10 countries provide empirical evidence based on the 26 indicators included in the Media for Democracy Monitor. This book addresses, on the one hand, the academic community with the intention to further the debate on the role of leading mass media within contemporary democracies. New developments such as social media and the ongoing media crisis in many countries are likely to require further observation by academic research. On the other hand, the book provides input for the debate going on within media professional circles and their own perception of the role the news media play in democratic societies. The findings expose the leading news media to criticism from different perspectives, but they may also encourage media professionals to study best business practices in other countries – and perhaps to learn from experience abroad. Studying practices in other countries may cause longstanding newsroom habits to be questioned and revised. Contents: Editorial (Josef Trappel, Hannu Nieminen & Lars Nord), Why Democracy Needs Media Monitoring (Josef Trappel), Indicators and Definitions (André Donk & Josef Trappel), Australia: Committed to Investigative Journalism (Beate Josephi), Austria: Informal Rules and Strong Traditions (Manuela Grünangerl & Josef Trappel), Finland: High Professional Ethos in a Small, Concentrated Media Market (Kari Karppinen, Hannu Nieminen & Anna-Laura Markkanen), Germany: The News Media are Still Able to Play a Supportive Role for Democracy (Frank Marcinkowski & André Donk), Lithuania: Mixed Professional Values in a Small and Highly Blurred Media Environment (Auksė Balčytienė), The Netherlands: Although There is No Need for Dramatization, Vigilance is Required (Leen d’Haenens & Quint Kik), Portugal: A Young Democracy Still in Progress (Joaquim Fidalgo), Sweden: A Mixed Media Model under Market Pressures (Torbjörn von Krogh & Lars Nord), Switzerland: Swiss Quality Media. A Reduced Protection Forest for Democracy (Werner A. Meier, Alexandra Gmür & Martina Leonarz), UK: UK News Media and Democracy. Professional Autonomy and its Limits (Peter Humphreys), and Democratic Functions under Pressure: Conclusions (Lars Nord, Hannu Nieminen & Josef Trappel).
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