Media market and journalism education in Norway

The Nordic countries are leaders in the readership of the press. For many years, Norwegian newspapers remained under the influence of political parties, but such trends gradually weakened. Usually, the main party groups set up their own diaries or assist in creating titles and kept close contacts with these newspapers. However, since the 1970s, the tendencies to politicize the dailies have decreased, and now officially none of the newspapers of Nordic countries has any connection with political parties. Party newspapers, playing major roles in the systems of polarized pluralism and democratic corporatism, were gradually replaced with commercial, profit-oriented newspapers. The aim of the article is to present the basic features of the Norwegian media system, as well as the specifi city of journalistic education in Norway. The author led lectures at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences in Oslo, so she could – in practice – check the quality of education in the Norwegian higher education system. 

The Nordic countries are leaders in the readership of the press. For many years, Norwegian newspapers remained under the influence of political parties, but such trends gradually weakened. Usually, the main party groups set up their own diaries or assist in creating titles and kept close contacts with these newspapers. However, since the 1970s, the tendencies to politicize the dailies have decreased, and now officially none of the newspapers of Nordic countries has any connection with political parties. Party newspapers, playing major roles in the systems of polarized pluralism and democratic corporatism, were gradually replaced with commercial, profit-oriented newspapers. The aim of the article is to present the basic features of the Norwegian media system, as well as the specifi city of journalistic education in Norway. The author led lectures at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences in Oslo, so she could – in practice – check the quality of education in the Norwegian higher education system.