Rethinking Mass Communications in Norway
The present article discusses the importance of the early years of mass communications in order to understand the shaping of them – the power of creating mass media for whole nations. It begins with references to scholars studying large nations and asks whether their results can be generalized to sm...
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| description | The present article discusses the importance of the early years of mass communications in order to understand the shaping of them – the power of creating mass media for whole nations. It begins with references to scholars studying large nations and asks whether their results can be generalized to smaller countries. Therefore, it uses Norway as a case study. To what degree were Norway’s four major mass media – press, film, radio and television – formed institutionally in their early years? And if they were formed in this way, how long did the consequences of such a formation last? These questions have been neglected topics in research, so in order to answer them we also need to rethink the connections between the different media. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bc04919894d401ba83ef31d5d2104642023-09-02T21:28:56ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192014-12-01352436310.2478/nor-2014-0014Rethinking Mass Communications in NorwayBastiansen Henrik G.0Dr. art., Associate Professor, Faculty of Media and Journalism, Volda University CollegeThe present article discusses the importance of the early years of mass communications in order to understand the shaping of them – the power of creating mass media for whole nations. It begins with references to scholars studying large nations and asks whether their results can be generalized to smaller countries. Therefore, it uses Norway as a case study. To what degree were Norway’s four major mass media – press, film, radio and television – formed institutionally in their early years? And if they were formed in this way, how long did the consequences of such a formation last? These questions have been neglected topics in research, so in order to answer them we also need to rethink the connections between the different media.https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0014formative years of mass communicationsmedia powermedia systemmedia history |
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| title | Rethinking Mass Communications in Norway |
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| title_short | Rethinking Mass Communications in Norway |
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| topic | formative years of mass communications media power media system media history |
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