Mass media in Norway outlines the current state of the press, television, radio, film and cinema, and social media in Norway.

Press

Reporters Without Borders ranks Norway 1st in its Worldwide Press Freedom Index. Freedom of the press in Norway dates back to the constitution of 1814. Most of the Norwegian press is privately owned and self-regulated; however, the state provides press support.

Television

Main article: Television in Norway

The two companies dominating the Norwegian terrestrial broadcast television are the government-owned NRK (with four main services, NRK1, NRK2, NRK3 and NRK Super) and TV2 (with TV 2 Filmkanalen, TV 2 Nyhetskanalen, TV 2 Sport, TV 2 Zebra and TV 2 Livsstil). Other, long-running channels are TVNorge and TV3.

Radio

Main articles: Radio in Norway and List of Norwegian-language radio stations

National radio is dominated by the public-service company NRK, which is funded from the television licence fee payable by the owners of television sets. NRK provides programming on three radio channels – NRK P1, NRK P2, and NRK P3 – broadcast on FM and via DAB. A number of further specialist channels are broadcast exclusively on DAB, DVB-T, and the internet including Radio Norway Direct Norway's new English language Radio Station.

Additionally, there are a number of commercial radio stations as well as local radio stations run by various non-profit organizations.

Social media

Main article: Social media

As of June 2023, it is estimated that 3.4M Norwegians use Facebook.[1] For comparison, the total number of inhabitants is about 5,504,329 people

Institutions

Institutions within organized labour are the Norwegian Union of Journalists, the Association of Norwegian Editors and the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association—these are organized in the umbrella Norwegian Press Association. The Press Association is responsible for Pressens Faglige Utvalg, which oversees the Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press. The Broadcasting Council oversees the state-owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The Norwegian Media Authority contributes to the enforcement government regulations.D

See also

Lists

References

  1. ^ "Facebook Users by Country 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

Further reading

in English

  • "Norway: Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  • Euromedia Research Group & Mary Kelly et al. (eds.) (2004). "Norway". Media in Europe. 3rd ed. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3.
  • Gina Dahl (2011). Books in Early Modern Norway. Brill. ISBN 9789004207202.

in Norwegian

Encyclopedias
Books
  • Østbye, Helge (1984). Massemediene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. ISBN 82-10-02375-6.
  • Eide, Martin (1995). Blod, sverte og gledestårer. VG, Verdens Gang 1945-95 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted. ISBN 82-516-1557-7.
  • Ottosen, Rune (1996). Fra fjærpenn til Internett. Journalister i organisasjon og samfunn (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. ISBN 82-03-26128-0.
  • Allern, Sigurd (1997). Når kildene byr opp til dans. Søkelys på PR-byråene og journalistikken (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. ISBN 82-530-1868-1.
  • Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1999). Hallo - hallo! Kringkastingen i Norge 1920-1940 (in Norwegian). 2nd ed. Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-18478-9.
  • Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1999). "Dette er London". NRK i krig 1940-1945 (in Norwegian). 2nd ed. Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-18577-7.
  • Dahl, Hans Fredrik & Bastiansen. Henrik G. (1999). Over til Oslo. NRK som monopol 1945-1981 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-17644-1.
  • Eide, Martin (2000). Den redigerende makt. Redaktørrollens norske historie (in Norwegian). Kristiansand: IJ-forlaget. ISBN 82-7147-205-4.
  • Allern, Sigurd (2001). Flokkdyr på Løvebakken. Søkelys på Stortingets presselosje og politikkens medierammer (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. ISBN 82-530-2316-2.
  • Allern, Sigurd (2001). Nyhetsverdier. Om markedsorientering og journalistikk i ti norske aviser (in Norwegian). Kristiansand: IJ-forlaget. ISBN 82-7147-210-0.
  • Ottosen, Rune; Røssland, Lars Arve; Østbye, Helge (2002). Norsk pressehistorie (in Norwegian). Oslo: Samlaget. ISBN 82-521-5750-5.
  • Eide, Elisabeth & Simonsen, Anne Hege (2008). Verden skapes hjemmefra. Pressedekningen av den ikke-vestlige verden 1902-2002 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Unipub. ISBN 978-82-7477-288-5.
  • Bastiansen, Henrik & Dahl, Hans Fredrik (2008). Norsk mediehistorie (in Norwegian). 2nd ed. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-01353-4.