Presentation on the work of Nordicom, publisher of specialist works in the areas of sociology, communication, media studies and other social science disciplines.

1. New book!
University of Borås,
November 24, 2017
Ingela Wadbring, phd, professor
Director of Nordicom

2. Launch in three formats:
print
pdf
e-book
Press release,
in Sweden and abroad
Promoted on international lists:
ECREA, IAMCR
Promoted by the Nordic national
research associations for media and
communication science on their e-mail
lists
Sent on review to newspapers and
scientific journals, in Sweden and
abroad
Promoted on social media – watch out
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

4. Contents
Authors:
Annika Bergström
Lars Höglund
Elena Maceviciute
Skans Kersti Nilsson
Birgitta Wallin
Thomas D. Wilson

5. About Nordicom
Knowledge centre in media and communication science (1975)
Purpose: enhance knowledge on the role of media in society
Non-commercial and independent
Financed by
Nordic Council of Ministers
The Swedish Ministry of Culture
The University of Gothenburg
Network/node – in Scandinavia and global, for research and
knowledge (conferences, UNESCO, researchers, the media
industry/politics)
Publish almost everything open access

6. Nordicom’s work
1. Follow and report on the development of the Swedish and the
Nordic media markets: structure, ownership, media use etc.
through different channels
2. Conduct and publish the Swedish annual Mediebarometern
3. Publish a scientific journal: Nordicom Review
4. Develop venues between the media industry, the academy and
politics
5. Publish scientific anthologies
6. Participate in Nordic and international networks
7. Organize and evaluate the bi-annual Nordic conference
NordMedia
8. Provide a databas with relevant Nordic media scholars
9. Follow the development of media reserach in the Nordic countries
and report about it
10. Projects with the Nordic media authorities

7. General media consumption:
all media forms, analogue
and digial
Annual since 1979
Independent study about
media use in Sweden

9. Books in Swedish

10. Media and information
literacy

11. Nordic anthologies

12. International
anthologies

13. Most
welcome to
read in print,
online, or in
an e-book
reader!

15. A small but important actor in a large global
world: numbers of users around the globe