Media innovation and social research

Bild på demostranter. En afroamerikansk kvinna är i centrum som talar in i en mikrofon med sin näve knuten och upplyft mot skyn.

Illustration av data som tillsammans utgör en stor bakgrundsbild, bilden förestället datachipslinjer som slingrar sig över bilden i olika nyanser. Tillsammans får bilden ett helthetsintryck av att vara futuristiskt. ,

man och kvinna poserar framför kameran i en luftig sal, ser glada ut, människor minglar runt i bakgrunden

Three Media & Democracy projects received international attention

2025-01-07

Three media researchers have recently returned from Slovenia after presenting research and innovation projects that Media & Democracy leads and participates in. One of the researchers is Kristoffer...

Full-day event on cross-border investigative journalism

2025-01-07

International collaboration in investigative journalism is becoming increasingly common – and crucial. During a full-day event at Visual Arena, Lindholmen Science Park, the Crossborder Journalism...

"We are happy to be able to qualify the discussion"

2024-09-04

The Gothenburg book fair is approaching. Media & democracy hosts a seminar plus four program items at the Freedom of Expression Square. All five features are presented here.

Webbinarium: Hur tech startups driver AI-innovation för mediebranschen

2024-08-23

Ett växande ekosystem av nystartade företag levererar AI-lösningar till nyhetsmedier, det framkommer i Medier & demokrati-projektet Automatiseringen av journalistiken. I ett webbinarium den 17...

Johan Löfvenholm appointed new CEO of Lindholmen Science Park

2024-05-20

The board of Lindholmen Science Park AB has appointed Johan Löfvenholm as the new CEO of the company. With extensive experience in the automotive industry, he will begin his new role in August...

"Several had not seen a battery-powered radio"

2023-10-23

During Preparedness Week, Blekinge Läns Tidning and the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization (Lottakåren) set out to engage with high school students to discuss preparedness. This successful...

Record Number of Applicants for IYTT's Youth Conference

2023-09-05

The International Youth Think Tank (IYTT) is celebrating its fifth anniversary with an achievement. A total of 540 young individuals from 68 countries have applied to participate in this year's...

Record Interest in Global Media Conference at Lindholmen

2023-09-04

In September, the world's largest conference on investigative journalism will be held in Gothenburg. It is now clear that there is record interest in the pre-conference of the first day, organized by...

Två män och en kvinna i studio under livesändning. Kameraljus riktade in i kameran lens vilket ger ett dramatiskt uttryck av bilden och sändningen.

Save the date to Audiovisual Days 2023

2023-08-16

Audiovisual Days are back at Lindholmen Science Park 8-10 November 2023. There will be three days of lectures, panel discussions and workshops on sound-based and visual storytelling - and Media &...

Två kvinnor sitter och poddar i en studie

The M&D podcast is now available on Spotify

2023-08-16

Now we are making the Media & Democracy podcast more accessible. Follow the podcast on Spotify so you don't miss new episodes about current media innovation and democracy-related social research.

Människor i stor sal, sitter och samtalar

"It has never felt so relevant to talk about technology development and democracy"

2023-06-12

29-30 May, the third Future of Democracy Summit was held. 150 leaders gathered at Lindholmen Science Park to discuss modernization, new technology and democracy. Here are project manager Karin...

Application open for IYTT's fifth youth conference

2023-06-07

In November, the International Youth Think Tank (IYTT) organized its fifth youth conference. The previous four have been held in Gothenburg, but starting this year the conference will be held in...

Forum för demokratisk kommunikation

Ett nationellt projekt med tre målgrupper i fokus: beslutsfattare, forskare och journalister. Syftet är att stärka målgruppernas kunskaper och motståndskraft mot desinformation, otillbörliga påverkanskampanjer och hot och hat för att skydda och värna demokratiskt deltagande och utövande. Utöver samverkan och aktiviteter där kunskaper och erfarenheter delas, öppnar forumet för ny forskning inom området.

Forum för demokratisk kommunikation

Insights about young people & media

One of Media Sweden's biggest concerns is the large gap between younger and older generations' media consumption. In order to survive in the long run, and from a democratic perspective, the media are grappling with how to get younger generations to take part in, and pay for, journalism.

Media & democracy has run or participated in five research projects on young media consumers. Now we have collected all published material and valuable insights about the target group in one place.

Young people & media

Projects

The Local Information Landscape in Crisis and War

The preliminary study The Local Information Landscape in Crisis and War explores the potential for new research and innovation on how local libraries and news media can strengthen access to verified...

Två kvinnor går längs en klippa i solnedgången, hukade över sina mobiltelfoner. Det är något oroligt över bilden. Kanske försöker de kontakta någon som är försvunnen.

Strengthened local journalism in crises

The project aims to strengthen the conditions of local journalism in crises and wars; a democratic preparedness. In addition to Media & Democracy, the University of Gothenburg, Blekinge Läns Tidning...

The automation of journalism

Innovation, collaboration and knowledge management in the implementation of AI in news companies.

Bild tagen uppifrån på studenter som sitter vid skolbänkar i en föreläsningssal.

Crossborder Journalism Campus, CJC

The project, which runs between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024, will develop a model for how students in investigative journalism at different universities in different countries can collaborate...

Future of Democracy

International Youth Think Tank

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About Media & Democracy

Media & Democracy is a national collaboration platform for media innovation and social research. The goal is to strengthen the media's innovative power, journalism, public discourse, and democracy. Priority areas for the platform are experimental research projects, data and AI-related media development, media and information literacy as well as knowledge dissemination and networking.

Future of Democracy

Future of Democracy has been initiated and led by Media & Democracy and AI Sweden, Sweden's center for applied AI innovation. The focus is on the borderland between technology and democracy, with the aim of safeguarding and contributing to development where digitalisation and AI are used in a democratically sustainable way. Future of Democracy operates as a non-profit initiative and the focal point of the initiative is the Future of Democracy Summit.

International Youth Think Tank

The project was founded in 2018 and has been part of Lindholmen Science Park and Media & democracy since January 2021. The goal is to promote the democracy movement among 18-24-year-olds in Europe and the initiative is funded until 2023 by the Markus and Amalia Wallenberg Memorial Foundation. A cornerstone of the project is the International Youth Conferences (IYC). So far, three have been arranged - 2019, 2020 and 2021 - of which the last two with Lindholmen Science Park as hub and host.

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Nyhetscentrum visas. Massa bildskärmar som bildar en glob. Redaktörer står i studion och stirra upp på dem. Mörk känsla i rummet vilket ger en spännande och skarp känsla.

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Contribute to media innovation and social research

Media & Democracy's goal is to strengthen the media's innovative power, journalism, public discourse and democracy.

If you or your organization are curious about getting involved in projects or spreading knowledge, get in touch with Martin Holmberg, program manager for Media & Democracy.

Martin Holmberg

Programme Manager

martin.holmberg@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)31-764 70 61

We who are involved in Media & Democracy

Martin Holmberg

Programme Manager

martin.holmberg@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)31-764 70 61

Frida Dam Bergstedt

Project Manager

frida.bergstedt@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)708 74 05 19

Urban Strandberg

Program Manager, IYTT

urban.strandberg@lindholmen.se

+46 730 59 55 15

Jenny Wiik

Flexit Researcher

jenny.wiik@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)70-832 01 49

Robert Olsson

Chairman, Media & Democracy

robert.olsson@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)706-615 087

Jonathan Falck

Senior Advicer

jonathan.falck@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)705-62 42 74

Martin Svensson

AI Sweden

Senior Adviser

Carl-Fredrik Hansson

Communications Manager

carl-fredrik.hansson@lindholmen.se

+46 (0)70 383 35 31

Media innovation and social research

Three Media & Democracy projects received international attention

Full-day event on cross-border investigative journalism

"We are happy to be able to qualify the discussion"

Webbinarium: Hur tech startups driver AI-innovation för mediebranschen

Johan Löfvenholm appointed new CEO of Lindholmen Science Park

"Several had not seen a battery-powered radio"

Record Number of Applicants for IYTT's Youth Conference

Record Interest in Global Media Conference at Lindholmen

Save the date to Audiovisual Days 2023

The M&D podcast is now available on Spotify

"It has never felt so relevant to talk about technology development and democracy"

Application open for IYTT's fifth youth conference

Forum för demokratisk kommunikation

Insights about young people & media

Projects

About Media & Democracy

Event

What is happening within Media & Democracy?

Contribute to media innovation and social research

Martin Holmberg

We who are involved in Media & Democracy

Martin Holmberg

Frida Dam Bergstedt

Urban Strandberg

Jenny Wiik

Robert Olsson

Jonathan Falck

Martin Svensson

Carl-Fredrik Hansson

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