The pandemic and the media system: The case of Norway
The pandemic and the media system: The case of Norway

Summary/Abstract: Norwegian media and journalism have for some time struggled to cope with the crises brought by digitalisation and globalisation: an increased output and accessibility of free digital media and social media, the loss of readership and advertising revenue of print media, layoffs of journalists and an gen-erally uncertain future of news. Put together these factors could possibly challenge the very foundation ofthe democratic corporatist media system of Norway. As the pandemic struck in 2020, one could expect themedia crises to get even worse and possibly bring changes of a systemic level. But Norwegian media have seemingly handled the pandemic quite well, and the media system has defi nitely not been rocked by it. Possible explanations for this state of affairs: the media’s handling of the pandemic, media policy in the pandemic and the long-term status of the digital transformation of the media, will be discussed here.

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