The News Media as a Political Institution: A Scandinavian perspective

Mark Ørsten, Sigurd Allern

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Abstract

On the basis of Scandinavian journalism research this article discusses the changing political roles of news organizations and journalists after the fall of the party press and the dissolution of broadcasting as a state-controlled monopoly. Given these institutional changes, we ask the following: what new roles, if any, are news organizations and journalists playing in the political system? What are the characteristics of these new roles, and how do news organizations use their newfound political power? We address these questions in the context of an institutional approach to the news coupled with Hallin and Mancini's analysis of media systems.
Translated title of the contributionNyhedsmedierne som politisk institution: Et skandinavisk perspektiv
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournalism Studies
Volume12
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)92-105
Number of pages14
ISSN1461-670X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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