News consumption patterns in Iceland

Jóhannsdóttir, Valgerður

doi:10.2478/nor-2021-0019

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“…In the current fragmented news media environment, people commonly receive their news online, and recent studies have shown that the same applies in Iceland (Jóhannsdóttir 2021), where much of the political coverage takes place on social media and online news sites (Ólafsson 2021b). Respondents in the 2021 ICENES survey were asked which news outlets they used most frequently during the election campaign.…”

Section: Voters and Their Media Usementioning

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Electoral politics after the crisis: Change, fluctuations and stability in the 2021 Althingi Election

Helgason¹,

Harðarson²,

Ólafsson³

et al. 2022

irpa

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We present an analysis of the 2021 Althingi election in Iceland based on several key indicators obtained from the post-election voter survey of the Icelandic National Election Study (ICENES). The overall question we seek to address concerns the degree to which Icelandic politics have continued to move towards either recovery or transformation after the political and economic upheavals of 2008. The 2021 campaign and election were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the government enjoyed high support across the political spectrum for its handling of the outbreak and its economic consequences. The election resulted in the coalition parties increasing their vote share by 1.5 percentage points. Based on the ICENES data, we find that 45% of voters switched parties in 2021, compared with 2017, which is slightly lower than in previous elections. On the issue dimensions of state–market and integration–isolation, we observe a sharp return towards more pro-market and pro-integration attitudes, respectively. Trust in politicians and satisfaction with how democracy works continued to increase from an all-time low in 2009. We also observe that the youngest age groups continued to be least likely to vote, spent less time following the campaign and were more inclined to follow news on social media. We conclude that Icelandic politics seem to have reached a balance after the crisis, albeit a new balance that is characterised by a more fragmented party system than before.

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confidence: 99%

Electoral politics after the crisis: Change, fluctuations and stability in the 2021 Althingi Election

Helgason¹,

Harðarson²,

Ólafsson³

et al. 2022

irpa

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“…2016). Samkvaemt nýlegri könnun á fréttaneyslu Íslendinga eru hefðbundnir ritstýrðir fjölmiðlar þeirra aðalfréttauppspretta (Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir 2021a). Sífellt fleiri nota samfélagsmiðla til að afla sér frétta og upplýsinga af öllu tagi, einkum yngra fólk (Newman o.fl.…”

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“…Flestir fá sínar fréttir enn fyrst og fremst úr hefðbundnum ritstýrðum fjölmiðlum (Bonfadelli o.fl. 2022;Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir 2021a;Newman o.fl. 2020), en hlutur samfélagsmiðla fer vaxandi og áhugavert og brýnt að skoða hlut og birtingarmyndir kynjanna á þeim vettvangi (Lee 2021).…”

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“…Öfugt við hin norraenu ríkin hafa einkareknir fjölmiðlar hér á landi til að mynda ekki verið styrktir af opinberu fé, þar til fyrir tveimur árum og hér hefur hlutur fríblaða verið staerri. Fjölmiðlamarkaðurinn er einnig mjög lítill í samanburði við stóru löndin fjögur (Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir 2021a;Jón Gunnar Ólafsson & Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir 2020). Um áhrif þessa er erfitt að fullyrða, það er augljóslega flókið samband.…”

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Kynjaslagsíða í fréttum: Um fjölbreytni og lýðræðishlutverk fjölmiðla

Jóhannsdóttir¹,

Steinþórsdóttir²

2022

irpa

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The media plays a key role in democratic societies. Democracy requires people to have access to information and discussion on societal issues. The responsibility of the media is great and according to Icelandic legislation, the media must ensure that the views of both men and women are expressed and work towards equality and equal opportunities for all genders. Iceland, like other Nordic countries, has been at the top of international lists on gender equality for many years. The objective of this paper is to examine how the Icelandic media reflects this. How diverse is the news in and how does Iceland compare with the other Nordic countries? Based on data collected in the Gender and Media Monitoring Project in 2020 we argue that the Icelandic media is more biased towards men than might be expected based on the position of women in Icelandic society in general. Only a third of interviewees in the news are women and women´s proportion is lower than in other Nordic countries. Women are however not interviewed less than men in so-called “hard” news. The proportion of women interviewed in domestic news has increased significantly compared to previous studies, but it is still low in foreign news. Few women are in the role of experts in the news, which is not in line with women‘s position in society. The results indicate that measures need to be taken to promote equality and diversity in the media if the media is to fulfil its democratic role.

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Polarisation, News Consumption, and Beliefs in Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories: Early Signs of the Fragmentation of the Public Sphere in Iceland

Gunnar Ólafsson,

Jóhannsdóttir

2024

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News consumption patterns in Iceland

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

Electoral politics after the crisis: Change, fluctuations and stability in the 2021 Althingi Election

Electoral politics after the crisis: Change, fluctuations and stability in the 2021 Althingi Election

Kynjaslagsíða í fréttum: Um fjölbreytni og lýðræðishlutverk fjölmiðla

Polarisation, News Consumption, and Beliefs in Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories: Early Signs of the Fragmentation of the Public Sphere in Iceland

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