LibGuides: Media and Communication Studies: Statistics and other online subject resources

Media statistics

MMS - Measuring media in Scandinavia
Facts ans statistics on swedish media from TS
MedieNorway - Facts on media in Norway
MediaVejviseren Denmark - Guide to media in Denmark
Mediestatistik Nordicom - here you can find comparing statistics in media in the nordic contries and more

Online resources in media and communication

History of television
The history of television - the first 75 years
The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
Financed by the Swedish government and UNESCO. Formerly the UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen.
List of newspapers
A list of online newspapers from the whole world (all of them are not free)
MCS - the media and communication studies site
An award-winning portal or 'meta-index' to internet-based resources useful in the academic study of media and communication. Originally established by Daniel Chandler in Spring 1995 and is hosted by the U. of Wales, Aberystwyth
The swedish press and broadcasting authority
A government agency under the Ministry of Culture. The goal of the media policy is to support freedom of expression, diversity, mass media independence and accessibility as well as to counter the harmful effects of the media.
Nieman Lab journalistik-analyssajten
A project of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. The Nieman Journalism Lab is an attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.
NORDICOM The Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research
Research in media and communication from Gothenburg university. The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media. E-Publications.
Scientific channels in Norway
Channels for scientific publication in Norway: NSDs Database for statistikk om høgre utdanning (DBH). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS (NSD)
World Politics Review
World Politics Review (WPR) is an online information service for foreign policy professionals and readers with a serious interest in international politics and foreign affairs.

Statistics

European Commission Trade Statistics - Bilateral data for the EU and its trading partners. Trading partner summaries have details on trade worldwide for the partner country.
NationMaster - Statistical data and ranking and other relevant information from various sources
SCB - Statistics Sweden (see international statistics)

Country/ Culture

Licensed databases:

Business Source Premier - Contains a variety of reports on business and economic conditions in several countries; Country reports, Industry Profiles, Market research reports, Product Reviews, SWOT Analyses
Communication Source - was developed from a merger of "Communication and Mass Media Complete" and "Communication Abstracts". Includes the full text of more than 600 publications indexing ca 1000 publications (Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies). Coverage goes back to 1915.

Free resources:

CIA World Factbook - Find information here for about 267 countries
Eldis.org - An online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues
HighBeam Business Industry Reports - Statistics, trends, market analysis, industry news and journal articles. Partial free resource
Human Development Reports - Human Development Indicators and Thematic Tables
NORDICOM - a Nordic knowledge centre in the field of media and communication
OECD - Choose country, topic or statistics
World Bank: Countries & Regions