Orig. title: Svenskarnas konsumtion av utländska nyhetsmedier
Engl. transl.: Consumption of foreign news media among the Swedish public
Keywords
New consumption
globalization
digitalization
foreign media
international journalism
Publication details
| Year: | 2016 |
| Issued: | 2016 |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Start Page: | 389 |
| End Page: | 401 |
| Editors: | Ohlsson J.; Oscarsson H.; Solevid M. |
| Authors: | Widholm A. |
| Type: | Book chapter |
| Book title: | Ekvilibrium |
| Publisher: | SOM Institute |
| Place: | Gothenburg |
| Topics: | Social mediation; Internet usage, practices and engagement |
| Sample: | National Swedish SOM Survey 2015: five randomised sub samples of 3400 individuals each, aged 16 to 85 and residing in Sweden. |
| Implications For Policy Makers About: | Other |
| Other PolicyMaker Implication: | News consumption patterns of the public |
| Implications For Stakeholders About: | Researchers; Industry |
Abstract
The book chapter examines the foreign digitally available news media consumption of the Swedish public. The data derives from the national 2015 SOM Institute survey of the society, opinion and media habits of Swedes aged 16 to 85. (For results, see below.)
Outcome
Daily foreign news media consumption is very limited among the Swedish public. Overall, however, a bit more than one in every fourth Swedish resident consumes at least one form of foreign piece of journalism weekly. The most popular news domains are news sites and social media. Few Swedes consider foreign news sources to be of higher quality than the Swedish ones. The main motive for seeking them out is to expose oneself to another kind of perspective or to learn more of the "world". The needs fulfilled by foreign news sources appear then to be different than those steering the more traditional daily news consumption of Swedish residents.