Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter?

Academic research on media and media users started towards the end of the 1920s. Initially media research was primarily conducted by sociologists, psychologists and political scientists. Although media studies have become an independent discipline, the field has retained its interdisciplinary charac...

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Main Author: Kolbeins, Guðbjörg Hildur
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: School of Social Sciences 2023
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3857 2023-11-12T04:19:25+01:00 Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter? Íslenskar fjölmiðlarannsóknir: Fræði á flæðiskeri? Kolbeins, Guðbjörg Hildur 2023-10-20 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3857 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3857/2433 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3857 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017): Special issue on Icelandic sociology on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Icelandic Association of Sociologists; 101-122 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 8 Nr. 2 (2017): Sérhefti um íslenska félagsfræði í tilefni af 20 ára afmæli Félagsfræðingafélags Íslands; 101-122 Fjölmiðlarannsóknir fjölmiðlanotkun barna áhrif fjölmiðla fjölmiðlar og stjórnmál starfsumhverfi blaðamanna Icelandic media research children's media use effects of mass communication political communication journalism culture info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2023 fticelandunivojs 2023-10-25T22:54:52Z Academic research on media and media users started towards the end of the 1920s. Initially media research was primarily conducted by sociologists, psychologists and political scientists. Although media studies have become an independent discipline, the field has retained its interdisciplinary characteristics. There is some difference between media studies in the United States and Europe, as U.S. researchers tend to be strongly influenced by social psychology. In contrast, many European scholars approach media from the perspective of linguistics and even philosophy. In the beginning of media research in Iceland, scholars employed quantitative methods in studies of media use by children and adolescents but recently they have turned their research focus more towards political communication and elections, and the culture of journalism. Fyrstu fræðilegu rannsóknirnar á fjölmiðlum og notendum þeirra voru gerðar í lok þriðja áratugar 20. aldar. Í upphafi voru það einkum félagsfræðingar, sálfræðingar og stjórnmálafræðingar sem stunduðu fjölmiðlarannsóknir. Nú á tímum er fjölmiðlafræði kennd sem sjálfstæð fræðigrein en hún spannar enn víðfemt svið. Bandarískar rannsóknir þykja undir sterkum áhrifum félagssálfræðinnar meðan margir evrópskir fræðimenn nálgast hins vegar viðfangsefni sín út frá sjónarhóli málvísinda og jafnvel heimspeki. Rætur íslenskra fjölmiðlafræðirannsókna hafa í hálfa öld legið í megindlegum aðferðum til að rannsaka notkun barna og unglinga á fjölmiðlum en sjónum hefur í auknum mæli verið beint að hlutverki fjölmiðla í kosningum og starfsumhverfi og vinnubrögðum blaða- og fréttamanna. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Gerðar ENVELOPE(-20.878,-20.878,63.834,63.834)
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topic Fjölmiðlarannsóknir
fjölmiðlanotkun barna
áhrif fjölmiðla
fjölmiðlar og stjórnmál
starfsumhverfi blaðamanna
Icelandic media research
children's media use
effects of mass
communication
political communication
journalism culture
spellingShingle Fjölmiðlarannsóknir
fjölmiðlanotkun barna
áhrif fjölmiðla
fjölmiðlar og stjórnmál
starfsumhverfi blaðamanna
Icelandic media research
children's media use
effects of mass
communication
political communication
journalism culture
Kolbeins, Guðbjörg Hildur
Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter?
topic_facet Fjölmiðlarannsóknir
fjölmiðlanotkun barna
áhrif fjölmiðla
fjölmiðlar og stjórnmál
starfsumhverfi blaðamanna
Icelandic media research
children's media use
effects of mass
communication
political communication
journalism culture
description Academic research on media and media users started towards the end of the 1920s. Initially media research was primarily conducted by sociologists, psychologists and political scientists. Although media studies have become an independent discipline, the field has retained its interdisciplinary characteristics. There is some difference between media studies in the United States and Europe, as U.S. researchers tend to be strongly influenced by social psychology. In contrast, many European scholars approach media from the perspective of linguistics and even philosophy. In the beginning of media research in Iceland, scholars employed quantitative methods in studies of media use by children and adolescents but recently they have turned their research focus more towards political communication and elections, and the culture of journalism. Fyrstu fræðilegu rannsóknirnar á fjölmiðlum og notendum þeirra voru gerðar í lok þriðja áratugar 20. aldar. Í upphafi voru það einkum félagsfræðingar, sálfræðingar og stjórnmálafræðingar sem stunduðu fjölmiðlarannsóknir. Nú á tímum er fjölmiðlafræði kennd sem sjálfstæð fræðigrein en hún spannar enn víðfemt svið. Bandarískar rannsóknir þykja undir sterkum áhrifum félagssálfræðinnar meðan margir evrópskir fræðimenn nálgast hins vegar viðfangsefni sín út frá sjónarhóli málvísinda og jafnvel heimspeki. Rætur íslenskra fjölmiðlafræðirannsókna hafa í hálfa öld legið í megindlegum aðferðum til að rannsaka notkun barna og unglinga á fjölmiðlum en sjónum hefur í auknum mæli verið beint að hlutverki fjölmiðla í kosningum og starfsumhverfi og vinnubrögðum blaða- og fréttamanna.
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title Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter?
title_short Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter?
title_full Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter?
title_fullStr Icelandic media research: Theory of flow cutter?
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op_source The Icelandic Society; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017): Special issue on Icelandic sociology on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Icelandic Association of Sociologists; 101-122
Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 8 Nr. 2 (2017): Sérhefti um íslenska félagsfræði í tilefni af 20 ára afmæli Félagsfræðingafélags Íslands; 101-122
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