The Swedish media landscape

European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 169-180

  Weibull, Lennart ^a   Jönsson, Anna Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84948092214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
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References (7)

1. Statistics on the newspaper market are found in TS-boken, the annual publication concerning the audit circulation figures (www.ts.se).
2. The Nordicom, the information centre on media and media research at Göteborg University, regularly publishes analyses of media developments in Sweden (www.nordicom.gu.se). It also carries out an annual study of media use, called Mediebarometern (the Media Barometer). Current media statistics is also available from the homepage of Nordicom.
3. Every second year, MediaSverige ('Media Sweden') is published by the Nordicom, presenting all basic statistics and covering the development of most media. There is also an English version called Media Trends covering all the Nordic countries, which is published on a non-regular basis.
4. Dagspresskollegiet, at the Göteborg University, regularly presents data on readership development, most of them available on the Internet (www.jmg.gu.se).
5. The SOM Institute, also at the Göteborg University, annually publishes Swedish Trends, presenting data on media and public opinion in Sweden based on surveys (www.som.gu.se).
6. Radio-och TV-verket (the government agency for radio and television publishes a yearbook presenting statistics and current trends for the broadcasting area, including satellite and cable (www.rtvv.se).
7. The textbook Massmedier by Stig Hadenius and Lennart Weibull, published by Albert Bonniers Förlag and updated regularly (latest edition 2005), offers a general introduction to the Swedish media system.