Public Service Media in the Networked Society ServicePublic Media in the Networked he eighth RIPE Reader critically examines the ‘networked society’ concept in relation Tto public service media. Although a popular construct in media policy, corporate strategy and academic discourse, the concept is vague and functions as a buzzword and catchphrase. This Reader clarifies and critiques the networked society notion with specific focus on enduring public interest values and performance in media. At issue is whether public service media will be a primary node for civil society services in the post-broadcasting era? Although networked communications offer significant benefits, they also present problems for universal access and service. An individual’s freedom PUBLIC to tap into, activate, build or link with a network is not guaranteed and threats to net neutrality are resurgent. Networks are vulnerable to hacking and geo-blocking, and facilitate clandestine surveillance. This Reader prioritises the public interest in a net- | SERVICE Gregory Ferrell Lowe Hilde Van den Bulck & Karen Donders den Bulck & Karen (eds.) Van Hilde Gregory Ferrell Lowe worked society. The authors examine the role of public media organisations in the robust but often contradictory framework of networked communications. Our departure point MEDIA IN THE is both sceptical and aspirational, both analytical and normative, both forward-looking and historically-grounded. While by no means the last word on the issues treated, this collection provides a timely starting point at least. NETWORKED SOCIETY RIPE 2017 University of Gothenburg Box 713, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden Telephone +46 31 786 00 00 • Fax + 46 31 786 46 55 Gregory Ferrell Lowe, Hilde Van den Bulck & Karen Donders (eds.) 4 3 E-mail [email protected] 7 7 5 www.nordicom.gu.se NORDICOM 9 7 Thorhauge, Anne Mette, Gregersen, Andreas & Enevold, Jessica (2018) Introduction. What’s the problem in problem gam- 8 1 ing? in Jessica Enevold, Anne Mette Thorhauge & Andreas Gregersen (eds.) What’s the Problem in Problem Gaming? Nordic 9 8 Research Perspectives. Göteborg: Nordicom. 7 1 9 ISBN 978-91-87957-73-4 NORDICOM Contacts Based at the University of Gothenburg, Nordicom is a non-profit knowledge centre that works to collect and communicate media and communication research conducted in the Editor Administration, sales Postal address Nordic countries. The purpose of our work is to develop the knowledge of media’s role in Johannes Bjerling, PhD Anne Claesson Nordicom society. 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Recent publication Nordicom is financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Swedish Ministry of Culture and BOOKS ON SCREENS NEGOTIATING JOURNALISM NEGOTIATING CULTURAL JOURNALISM CULTURAL We need freedom of speech most when someone expresses offensive statements. Also, we need press freedom when news stories conflict the way authorities or powerful people and organizations look at the world. These freedoms are corner stones of journalism. When re- spected, journalism may contribute to a free flow of transparent and pluralistic information | Players in the Swedish E-Book Market he music and film industries have long come to terms with the digital, for citizens to be well informed. In an era when culture itself has become central to political debates, when boundaries between Tand now the traditional printed book is challenged by digital formats. The hard news and soft news, facts and opinion are dissolving, cultural journalism contributes to Books on Screens.Yet, journalism’s values and working methods, as well as journalists themselves, are challenged, Negotiating Journalism. Cultural Journalism in the University of Gothenburg. Visit our website for more information about Nordicom’s work e-book has become established in most countries, but is still a small part of the pressured and threatened. This research anthology examines journalistic core values and how democratic discourse on vital issues of our time. Cultural journalism is furthermore indicative book industry. In this book a group of researchers follow the actors involved in they are perceived and renegotiated in Bangladesh, Norway and Tunisia – and one chapter of journalistic autonomy and specialisation within media organisations, and of the intertwined includes Colombia. In exploring views on journalism’s values and press freedom transnation- Countries in the Nordic the Swedish e-book market, from authors and publishers to libraries, booksellers relationship between the cultural and political public spheres. Nordic cultural journalism in ally, the comparative chapters (Part II) discuss and reflect on what journalism is. and readers during 2012-2016. Using surveys, interviews and other sources the – the mainstream media covers more subjects today than ever before, from fine arts to gam- Core Values and Cultural Diversities Elsebeth Frey, Mofizur Rhaman and Hamida El Bour (Eds.) Elsebeth Frey, and Cultural Diversities Core Values main actors were researched and it is shown how they act and react towards the Finally, the case studies that close the book (Part III) offer empirical examples of journalism’s ing, media industries, and lifestyle issues. At the same time, it harbours debates and reflec- e-book and towards each other. While the main focus in on Sweden as a small role in transitional periods and at times of ideological conflicts: When the right to religion | tion on freedom of expression, ethnicity and national identity. This book contributes to an language country, several international comparisons are made. Annika Bergström, Lars Höglund, Elena Maceviciute, Skans Kersti Nilsson, Birgitta Wallin & Thomas D. Wilson collides with press freedom and freedom of expression, and when bloggers are killed for BOOKS ON SCREENS speaking out, journalism is on the line. This book contributes to local and global discussions emerging international research agenda on cultural journalism at a time when digitalisation, Players in theon journalism Swedishand its core values in cultural diversities. Core Values andconvergence andCultural globalisation are influencing the character of journalism in multiple ways. Are printed books disappearing soon? How are reading habits changing when the Nordic Countries. | and about our academic book publishing. the book becomes digital? Which forces are driving radical change and which BOOKS ON Journalism is under intensified threat. Some threats originate in economics, many others Cultural journalism matters, and it matters differently by location. This nuanced and (eds.) Kristensen & Kristina Riegert Nørgaard Nete are holding it back? The book discusses these and related questions and shows ‘in politics and social life. This is why attention to the questions discussed in this anthology is “ CULTURAL NEGOTIATING thoughtful portrayal of cultural journalism in the Nordic countries performs a double elevation CULTURAL that after a period of rapid increase in the production and use of e-books, valuable. If we are going to preserve journalism as a universal beacon, and indeed strengthen it going forward, the more knowledge we have about diversities in practice, the better our of what has been missing for too long from journalism’s discussion: its stylistic and geographic several factors slow down the rate of adoption, but digitisation of the book is strategies can be. variety. This book offers a strong set of studies that highlight what cultural journalism in the an ongoing process and the current e-book is not the end of the story. ’ JOURNALISM JOURNALISM Nordic countries forces us to consider about all journalism everywhere. Guy Berger ” SCREENS UNESCO BARBIE ZELIZER Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, in the Nordic Countries e-book market. Diversities. Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Nordicom, 2017 PLAYERS IN THE SWEDISH Core Values and Cultural Diversities E-BOOK MARKET Elsebeth Frey, Mofizur Rhaman and Hamida El Bour (Eds.) 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