Media policy in Greenland
Abstract This article describes the historical development of media policy in Greenland, and the shifts in the underlying normative and causal ideas that legitimise media policy. I argue that media policy reflects changes in Greenland's political system. Specifically, under colonial rule, Green...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/nor-2021-0016 2024-09-30T14:35:41+00:00 Media policy in Greenland Ravn-Højgaard, Signe 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0016 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/nor-2021-0016 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Nordicom Review volume 42, issue s2, page 36-52 ISSN 2001-5119 journal-article 2021 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0016 2024-09-02T04:07:32Z Abstract This article describes the historical development of media policy in Greenland, and the shifts in the underlying normative and causal ideas that legitimise media policy. I argue that media policy reflects changes in Greenland's political system. Specifically, under colonial rule, Greenlandic media was state run and media was seen as an instrument to educate the population. Gradually, with the introduction of home rule, a paradigm shift took place, whereby media was seen as a vital instrument to strengthen Greenlandic language and identity. At the same time, normative ideas of media independence appeared which called for institutionalisation of the arm's length principle. Due to the influence and institutional spill-over from Denmark, I argue, Greenlandic media policy fit rather well into the “Nordic media model” although media policy in Greenland is mostly formulated without long-term or broad political agreements. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlandic De Gruyter Greenland Nordicom Review 42 s2 36 52 |
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Abstract This article describes the historical development of media policy in Greenland, and the shifts in the underlying normative and causal ideas that legitimise media policy. I argue that media policy reflects changes in Greenland's political system. Specifically, under colonial rule, Greenlandic media was state run and media was seen as an instrument to educate the population. Gradually, with the introduction of home rule, a paradigm shift took place, whereby media was seen as a vital instrument to strengthen Greenlandic language and identity. At the same time, normative ideas of media independence appeared which called for institutionalisation of the arm's length principle. Due to the influence and institutional spill-over from Denmark, I argue, Greenlandic media policy fit rather well into the “Nordic media model” although media policy in Greenland is mostly formulated without long-term or broad political agreements. |
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