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  • 1.
    Andreassen, Rikke
    et al.
    Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, Denmark.
    Kaun, Anne
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Nikunen, Kaarina
    Faculty of Information, Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland.
    Fostering the data welfare state: A Nordic perspective on datafication2021In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 42, no 2, p. 207-223Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Digital tools facilitating everything from health to education have been introduced at a rapid pace to replace physical meetings and allow for social distancing measures as the Covid-19 pandemic has sped up the drive to large-scale digitalisation. This rapid digitalisation enhances the already ongoing process of datafication, namely turning ever-increasing aspects of our identities, practices, and societal structures into data. Through an analysis of empirical examples of datafication in three important areas of the welfare state – employment services, public service media, and the corrections sector – we draw attention to some of the inherent problems of datafication in the Nordic welfare states. The analysis throws critical light on automated decision-making processes and illustrates how the ideology of dataism has become increasingly entangled with welfare provision. We end the article with a call to develop specific measures and policies to enable the development of the data welfare state, with media and communication scholars playing a crucial role.

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  • 2.
    Appelgren, Ester
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Data Journalists Using Facebook: A Study of a Resource Group Created by Journalists, for Journalists2016In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 37, no 1, p. 1-14Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    On Facebook there are interest groups created by journalists, for journalists, that focus on the journalistic profession and work methods. One example is the Swedish group, “Datajournalistik” (in English, “Data Journalism”), which was created in 2012. This article builds on Granovetter’s theory on the strength of weak ties and is focused on the skill development process taking place in the group. A content analysis has been carried out of all posts that received comments in order to explore the social functions of the group. The results indicate both a significant need for knowledge exchange and a need for self-affirmation. At the time of the study, the group was unique in the Nordic countries and as such has played a major role in data journalism’s development process in the Nordic region. 

  • 3.
    Bengtsson, Stina
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Communication, Media and Communication Studies.
    Symbolic spaces of everyday life: work and leisure at home2006In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 27, no 2, p. 119-132Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article presents an analysis of the role of the media in the symbolic construction of work and leisure at home. Dealing with individuals who represent a post-industrial and cultural labour market and who work mainly at home, the analysis focuses upon the ritual transformations of everyday life and the role of the media within it. Leaning on social interactionist Erwin Goffman and his concepts of regions and frames, as well as a dimension of the materiality of culture, this analysis combines a perspective on media use as ritual, transformations in everyday life and the organization of material space. From this perspective, the discussion penetrates the symbolic dimension of media use in defining borders of behaviour and activities in relations to work and leisure at home.

  • 4.
    Bengtsson, Stina
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Johansson, Bengt
    University of Gothenburg.
    Media Micro-Generations: How New Technologies Change Our Media Morality2018In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 39, no 2, p. 95-110Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article proposes and explores the notion of “media micro-generations”. Based on a survey of values and norms in relation to media-related behaviour in Sweden, we identify statistically significant media micro-generations. Through an analysis of the technologies that were introduced during the formative years of different media micro-generations, we propose that media micro-generations are formed with the introduction of new media technologies. Thus, the existence of media micro-generations illustrates how rapid trans- formations of media technologies can shape the moral notions of narrow age groups. It also explains why many earlier studies have detected a rather large span of years (1970-1985, in between the TV generation and the internet generation) during which no generational identity seems to have been formed.

  • 5.
    Bolin, Göran
    Södertörn University College, Avdelning 3, Media and Communication Studies.
    In the Market for Symbolic Commodities: Swedish Lottery Game Show ‘Bingolotto’and the Marketing of Social and Cultural Values2002In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, no 1-2, p. 177-204Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 6.
    Bolin, Göran
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Communication, Media and Communication Studies.
    Television Textuality: Textual Forms in Live Television Programming2009In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 30, no 1, p. 37-53Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The article discusses the production of live television formats, as they have developed in Europe during the past decade. The analytical examples are taken from entertainment as well as factual television, and from public service as well as commercial contexts. In the article, it is argued that there has been an approximation between the textual features and generic and narrative structures of entertainment and factual live television, and a model is presented that is supposed to account for these narrative patterns.

  • 7.
    Ekecrantz, Jan
    et al.
    Södertörn University, Avdelning 3, History.
    Olsson, Tom
    Södertörn University, Avdelning 3, History.
    Ericson, Staffan
    Södertörn University, Avdelning 3, Media and Communication Studies.
    Åker, Patrik
    Södertörn University, Avdelning 3, Media and Communication Studies.
    Media societies around the Baltic Sea: Cultures and communications in transition1999In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, no 2, p. 79-83Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 8.
    Fornäs, Johan
    Linköpings universitet.
    Intermedial Passages in Time and Space: Contexts, Currents and Circuits of Media Consumption2004In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 25, no 1-2, p. 123-136Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper discusses spatial, temporal and relational aspects of mediated communication. It is based on experiences from the Swedish media ethnographic Passages project, where an interdisciplinary research team for five years empirically investigated interacting processes of communication and consumption in a shopping centre.

    (1) Spatial contexts of media places. The interplay between people and media – including so-called new media – are always spatially contextualised, in spite of the transgressivity of communication. Places frame and delimit media uses, which at the same time form spatialities as meaningful geographic places and social worlds. The collective Passages ethnography invited renewed reflection on concepts like space, place, borders and movements.

    (2) Temporal currents of media consumption. The processes of media consumption as multifarious temporal chains of acquisition and use also form time at all levels, from present moments to historical memories that shape identities. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, the Passages project developed a historical perspective on how the past, present and future are combined when media structure modern daily life. Reworking the borders between consumption and reception research gave a new understanding of flows and currents of media use.

    (3) Relational circuits of media types. Media industries and research have conventional ways to define and differentiate media types. These boundaries are challenged by technical, social and cultural transformations. The Passages studies of media in a shopping centre – and the mall as a medium! – made visible a series of border cases and intermedial hybrids that highlighted limitations of traditional categories. An expanded media concept let us scrutinize how media circuits are both kept apart and interconnected in intertextual, intersubjective and intercontextual practices.

  • 9.
    Forsman, Michael
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Jesper Tække & Michael Paulsen: A New Perspective on Education in the Digital Age: Teaching, Media and Bildung, Bloomsbury Academic, 20222023In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 44, no 1, p. 149-151Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 10.
    Forsman, Michael
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Paul Mihailidis. Civic Media Literacies: Re-Imagining Human Connection in an Age of Digital Abundance. New York: Routledge, 2019, 171 pp.2020In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 41, no 1, p. 106-108Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 11.
    Grafström, Maria
    et al.
    Stockholm University.
    Rehnberg, Hanna Sofia
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Public Organisations as News Producers An odd species in the local media landscape2019In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 40, no S2, p. 85-100Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The purpose of this article is to shed light on a new phenomenon in the media landscape, namely public organisations taking on the role of news producers. The analysis focuses on the digital news site VGRfokus, which is run by the Swedish county council Region Vastra Gotaland (VGR). The articulated goal of VGRfocus is to fill a perceived news gap in the county. Using previous literature on hyperlocal media as a lens for the analysis, we discuss how a regional news outlet produced by a public organisation can be characterised and understood. Based on our case study, we show that, while VGRfokus partly resembles other newcomers, it also has features that make it a very special news producer. This distinctiveness relates in particular to the fact that VGRfokus is part of a large, public organisation and holds ambitions to promote the work of the county council and represent its geographical area. This places issues concerning trustworthiness and credibility at the centre of the discussion and raises questions about democratic implications.

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  • 12.
    Hujanen, Jaana
    et al.
    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
    Lehtisaari, Katja
    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
    Lindén, Carl-Gustav
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland / University of Gothenburg.
    Grönlund, Mikko
    University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
    Emerging Forms of Hyperlocal Media The case of Finland2019In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 40, no s2, p. 101-114Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In the Nordic countries, local and regional newspapers have functioned as keystone media. This article examines the emergence of hyperlocal initiatives as part of evolving local media ecosystems in Finland, analysing the extent and characteristics of hyperlocal media, and how they relate to wider changes in the Finnish media ecosystem. The data gathered on hyperlocal initiatives include a semi-structured survey by phone and online. The research conducted shows that the field is diverse. Rather than considering hyperlocal media in the context of typical publication forms, these newcomers can be best described according to a set of dimensions. Furthermore, the results indicate rather a strong desire to engage people in community building. The emergence of hyperlocal publications means adding a new layer to the Finnish media ecosystem. This development also provides the grounds for further study of the possible emergence of a new media era in Finland.

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  • 13.
    Hultén, Gunilla
    et al.
    Stockholm University.
    Picha Edwardsson, Malin
    KTH.
    Storylab Lessons: A Collaborative Project Between Coursesin Journalism and Media Technology2018In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 39, no 1, p. 3-17Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines Storylab, a collaborative learning project between the journalism programme at Stockholm University and the engineering programme in media technology at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, designed to combine journalistic storytelling with pervasive media technology. The aim of the study is to identify and reflect on the challenges associated with the approach. The methods used are a survey and semi-structured interviews with the students. The analyses draw on research concerning the current main challenges for the news industry and journalism educators. The results show that Storylab was highly appreciated, and provided students with useful skills for their professional lives. However, not all groups worked well together, and some students wished that the collaboration had been more extensive. Differences in motivations and priorities were mentioned as restraining factors. Therefore, it is argued that for a sustainable media landscape, journalists and engineers must collaborate, and that this cooperation can be brought about during professional training.

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  • 14.
    Jakobsson, Peter
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Lindell, Johan
    Uppsala University, Sweden.
    Stiernstedt, Fredrik
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Introduction Class in/and the media: On the importance of class in media and communication studies2021In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 42, no s3, p. 1-19Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 15.
    Jakobsson, Peter
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Stiernstedt, Fredrik
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Naturalizing Social Class as a Moral Category on Swedish Mainstream Television2018In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 39, no 1, p. 81-94Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper presents an analysis of how social class is constructed as a moral category on Swedish mainstream television. Practices of categorisation by the media is an important area of study since these practices are part of a process of co-construction of social categories that are offered to media users as cognitive tools and frames for navigating the social landscape. Based on a content analysis of television in Sweden, we show that the medium of television categorises people appearing on television along the social divisions of class and constructs class as a moral category, with a lower moral value assigned to the working class in comparison to the middle and upper class

  • 16. Jonsson, Stefan
    Facts of Aesthetics and Fictions of Journalism: The Logic of the Media in the Age of Globalization2004In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 25, no 1-2, p. 57-68Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 17.
    Jönsson, Anna Maria
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Karlsson, Mikael
    Karlstads universitet.
    Cooperation, media and framing processes: Insights from a baltic sea case study2016In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 37, no Special Issue, p. 41-55Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Cooperation and communication play an important role for environmental governance. This holds true for the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe, one of the most disturbed ecosystems in the world, where insufficient cooperation between different stakeholders is one reason for goal failure. This article addresses the linkages between (media) framing on the one hand, and cooperation on the other. The case in focus is a set of negotiations related to the Baltic Sea Action Plan, the most central governance strategy in the Baltic Sea region. Our results show that in order to influence political decision-making, key stakeholders compete over the power to define and interpret problems, causes and solutions to an extent impeding cooperation. We focus the analysis on eutrophication, which we show to be a complex and controversial topic, framed in incompatible ways by different stakeholders.

  • 18.
    Kaun, Anne
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Peter Simonson & David W. Park (eds.): The International History of Communication Study2017In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 38, no 1, p. 133-135Article, book review (Other academic)
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  • 19. Lagerkvist, Amanda
    Transitional Times: ‘New Media’ – Novel Histories and Trajectories2009In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 30, no 1, p. 3-17Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The alluring traits of ‘new media’ have spurred new research interests. This article discusses the discourse of ‘new media’ from the vantage point of critically reviewing three emissions from MIT Press during the years 1999-2003 within the series Media in Transition, as to the fundamental concepts used and introduced in these works. It cautions against any reductionist perspective on new media forms, and while highlighting the many merits of writing new media histories, the article shows that this discussion, also nascent within an interdisciplinary Swedish research environment, also carries other important features with implications for the relationships between communication and (time)space. It concludes that it is not enough to acknowledge that ‘new media’ call for a deep awareness of the historicity of the technological imaginary; deeper understandings of transitions in media also call for thoroughly expounding the socio-spatial ramifications of communication.

  • 20.
    Larssen, Urban
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Brigitte Alfter. Cross-Border Collaborative Journalism: AStep-By-Step Guide. London: Routledge, 2019, 200 pp.2020In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 41, no 1, p. 103-106Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 21.
    Lindén, Carl-Gustav
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland / University of Gothenburg.
    Hujanen, Jaana
    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
    Lehtisaari, Katja
    University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
    Hyperlocal Media in the Nordic Region Introduction2019In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 40, no s2, p. 3-13Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 22.
    Nygren, Gunnar
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Local Media Ecologies Social media taking the lead2019In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 40, no S2, p. 51-68Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Legacy media and social media are intertwined in a complicated relationship in local media ecologies. The recent national Swedish SOM survey on media use shows that people use Facebook more than local newspapers (both paper and online) to stay up to date with local events. In contrast, though, users still regard legacy media like subscription newspapers and the regional public service as more important sources than social media. Local newspapers are experiencing a decline in their number of users, but new hyperlocals are showing more stable numbers. Nevertheless, newspapers produce most of the original news reporting, and the public service and hyperlocals have more complementary positions in local media ecologies. They are all meeting the audience in the expanding public sphere of Facebook.

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  • 23.
    Nygren, Gunnar
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Communication, Media and it, Journalism.
    Degtereva, Elena
    Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University.
    Pavlikova, Marina
    Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University.
    Tomorrow's journalists: Trends in the development of the journalistic profession as seen by Swedish and Russian students2010In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 31, no 2, p. 113-133Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The present article describes trends in the development of the journalistic profession as seen by Swedish and Russian students in journalism. The study focuses on the results of a survey carried out among students at three Swedish and three Russian institutions of higher education. The survey demonstrates numerous similarities in ideals and values as well as in understanding of the professional code of journalism among students in Russia and Sweden. Historical background is evident in the students' different interpretations of key problems of journalism and in their assessment of freedom of the press. Finally, the research questions the professional future of journalism, focusing on possible threats and presenting several development scenarios for the industry.

  • 24.
    Nygren, Gunnar
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Dobek-Ostrowska, B.
    University of Wroclaw, Poland.
    Anikina, M.
    Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation.
    Professional autonomy: Challenges and opportunities in Poland, Russia and Sweden2015In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 36, no 2, p. 79-95Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Degree of autonomy is one of the key dimensions of professionalization in journalism. However, the strive for autonomy looks different in different media systems, where pressure on autonomy can come from both political and commercial powers, outside and within the media. Media development also changes the conditions for professional autonomy for journalists, in both a positive and a negative sense. In the comparative research project “Journalism in change”, the journalistic cultures in Russia, Poland and Sweden are studied. In a survey involving 1500 journalists from the three countries, journalists report on their perceived autonomy in their daily work and in relation to different actors inside and outside the media. The survey covers how the work has been changed by media developments, and how these changes have affected journalists’perceived autonomy. The results show similarities in the strive for autonomy, but also clear differences in how autonomy is perceived by journalists in the three countries.

  • 25.
    Nygren, Gunnar
    et al.
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Leckner, Sara
    Tenor, Carina
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Hyperlocals and Legacy Media: Media Ecologies in Transition2018In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 39, no 1, p. 33-49Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Declining legacy media seriously affects local journalism in Sweden. Since 2004, nearly every second local office for local newspapers has been closed, and local coverage is diminishing. In a parallel development, new types of hyperlocal media are growing, according to a national mapping of local media ecologies. The study presented here is based on two surveys: one of local municipalities and one of independent hyperlocals. The key question is: are hyperlocals filling the gap? In many cases, the motivation behind new hyperlocal media has been discontent with declining media coverage from legacy media. In general, however, the pattern is more complicated; most hyperlocals grow in places where legacy media is also present. The main conclusion is that hyperlocals are only partly filling the gaps from declining legacy media, while parts of Sweden are becoming “news deserts.” Another important result is that hyperlocals are developing both in print and online, often in combination, to create a sustainable business model. 

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  • 26.
    Riegert, Kristina
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Communication, Media and Communication Studies.
    Good Europeans?: Euro-themes in Swedish, Danish and British TV News during  a November Week2008In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 29, no 1, p. 29-44Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Television news narratives are sites where national and transnational identities are cultivatedand mobilised. The question is not whether Swedish, Danish or British news stories about Europe are domesticated to fit national news bulletins, but how events are domesticated and how ‘we’ are made European by the programmes’ producers. The analysis of all European stories between 15-21 November 1999 in three national public servicenews bulletins indicate that viewers are offered different images of Europe during this week, and that journalists play active roles in constructing ‘themes’ which link together different types of news stories into narratives about ‘us’ and ‘them’. From these there emerged a Swedish ‘moralising global villager’, slightly superior but willing to adapt to changing international realities, an anxious and conscientious Danish ‘we’, trying to doits share despite its self-imposed limitations on EU cooperation, and an engaged humanitarian British ‘we’, who is global in scope but prefers to keep a distance from time consuming Euro-squabbles.

  • 27.
    Riegert, Kristina
    et al.
    Stockholm University, Sweden.
    Widholm, Andreas
    Stockholm University, Sweden.
    The Difference Culture Makes: Comparing Swedish news and cultural journalism on the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris2019In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 40, no 2, p. 3-18Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Although terrorist attacks in Europe have increasingly been carried out on cultural targets such as media institutions, concert halls and leisure venues, most research on media and terrorism draws conclusions based on traditional hard news stories rather than on journalism specialising in cultural issues. This study explores the distinctiveness of Swedish cultural journalism by comparing it to news journalism, using the 2015 terror attacks in Paris as a case study. Our content analysis reveals that whereas news journalism is mainly descriptive, focusing on the short-term consequences of terrorism, security frames and political elites and eyewitnesses as sources, cultural journalism is more interpretive, giving a voice first and foremost to cultural elites. The cultural filter put on this event means a focus on the longer term implications of terrorism and instead of engaging in the hunt for the perpetrators, there is greater emphasis on the societal dilemmas that terrorism accentuates, especially the democratic values that are at stake. However, our results also show that the ongoing journalistification of cultural journalism, as defined by a stronger prevalence of descriptive style, blurs the lines between news and cultural journalism.

  • 28.
    Tenor, Carina
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Logic of an Effectuating Hyperlocal Entrepreneurial processes and passions of online news start-ups2019In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 40, no S2, p. 129-143Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines motivations, rewards and strategies in hyperlocal news entrepreneurship. The material is an interview study with eight entrepreneurs who independently own and manage hyperlocal news sites in Sweden. The conclusion is that the means of the hyperlocal entrepreneur both motivate and create an obstacle for growth. The findings of struggling business models, self-exploitation and civic motivations correspond with previous research in different countries, but alternative perspectives are suggested drawing from theories of entrepreneurial passion and processes. Civic motivations can be viewed as part of entrepreneurial passion, and the precarious nature as a low-risk effectuation process. The effectuator explores possible outcomes of given means and builds the business by controlling the affordable loss rather than calculating the possible return. Along with the obvious difficulty in finding a profitable business model when operating in a very small market, this implies a new perspective on failure and success in hyperlocal entrepreneurship, but also underlines that any measures of support for the sector need to be easily accessible for the individual entrepreneur.

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