LITERATURE:

Boyd-Barrett, Oliver (ed.); Rantanen, Terhi (ed.), 1998. The Globalization of News. London: Sage

The articles in the volume investigate the role of news agencies in the globalization and commodification of news. The writers analyse tensions both between the national and global levels of action and between commercialization and public service regulation.

Heikkilä, Heikki, 1999. How to make thin journalism strong? : The experiences of a public journalism project in Finland. Tampere: University of Tampere

Heinonen, Ari, 1999. Journalism in the age of the net : changing society, changing profession. Tampere, University of Tampere. Note: Doctoral dissertation.

The doctoral dissertation consist of Heinonen's research reports "Newspapers and the Internet", "Pushing and tailoring - analysing the content features of online publications from the perspective of journalism", "Visions on online journalism and journalists" and "The Internet in the newspaper reporter's work". The author aims to reach a better understanding of the changing nature of journalism in the Internet era when changes are occurring in society in relation to developments of communication technology.

Hellman, Heikki, 1999. From companions to competitors : the changing broadcasting markets and television programming in Finland. Tampere: University of Tampere. Note: Doctoral dissertation.

The study focuses on Finnish television and broadcasting markets in 1988-1996. The general purpose of the study is to examine: 1) how Finland's broadcasting market changed, 2) how the TV stations adapted to emerging competition, and 3) what was the impact of the "new order" of television broadcasting, essentially created by the 1993 channel reform, on programming.

Kivikuru, Ullamaija (ed.); Valtonen, Sanna (ed.); Alt‚s, Elvira (ed.); e.a, 1999. Images of women in the media: report on existing research in the European Union. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications for the European Communities.

The report provides an analytical overview of research into gender portrayal in the media of the EU member states, and, where relevant, in other countries as well. The study also includes a separate annotated bibliography containing more than one thousand references to gender studies in the media.

Murdock, Graham, 2000. "Digital futures: the age of convergence" in Wieten, J., Murdock, G., Dahlgren, P. (eds). Television Across Europe, A Comparative Introduction. London: Sage

Nordenstreng, Kaarle, 1999. European landscape of media self-regulation. In: Freedom and responsibility yearbook 1998/99: what we have done, why we do it - texts, reports, essays, NGOs, Vienna: OSCE

The article deals with different mechanisms of media's self-regulation in Europe. European press councils and their functions are introduced as well as professional codes of ethics.

Nordenstreng, Kaarle and Wiio, Osmo A. (eds.), 2003. Suomen Mediamaisema (Finnish Media Landscape, available only in Finnish). Vantaa: WSOY

On the road to the Finnish information society - part 2. 1999. Helsinki: Statistics Finland. Note: The first part under the same title has been published in 1997 by Statistics Finland.

The book offers statistical data about the development of the Finnish information society in the 1990s.

Picard, Robert G. (ed.), 1998. Evolving Media Markets: Effects of economic and policy changes. Turku: Economic Research Foundation for Mass Communication (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration).

The anthology explores issues and developments associated with the changing media and communications landscape in Europe and throughout the world. It addresses forces that have and are continuing to alter traditional media markets and the implications and observable effects of those changes.

Picard, Robert G., 1998. Delusion of grandeur: The real problems of concentration in media. In: Picard, Robert G. (eds.): Evolving media markets: effects of economic and policy changes, Turku: Economic Research Foundation for Mass Communication

It is discussed what negative effects media concentration and media convergence bring into mass communication.

Sauri, Tuomo (ed.); Kohvakka, Rauli (ed.)1999. Finnish mass media 1999. Helsinki: Statistics Finland (Culture and the media; 1999, 1)

Sauri, Tuomo (ed.); Kohvakka, Rauli (ed.) 2002. Finnish mass media 2002. Helsinki: Statistics Finland (Culture and the media; 2002, 3)

The statistical overview provides comprehensive information on the media scene in Finland. The work is organized into chapters on mass media economy and consumption; television; radio; phonograms; video; films; books and libraries; newspapers and magazines. Summary articles on each media sector complement the statistical data.

Webster, Frank, 1995. Theories of the Information Society. London: Routledge

Wiio, Juhani, 1998. Managing strategic change in the changing radio and television market: a Finnish example 1985-1998. Helsinki: Finnish Broadcasting Company

The study examines the strategic activity of the Finnish Broadcasting Company in 1985-1998. The purpose of the author is to find an answer to the more general questions of how European public service radio and television broadcasters have been able to manage strategic changes on the radio and television markets.

Wiio, Osmo A. 1998. TV: guilty or not guilty? : Television and violence : an international comparison. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto

The report is a macro level study. International crime statistics are compared with the number of television sets in each country but also with television viewing times. Several combinations of data sets are tried.

E-Books:

Hujanen, Taisto, 2002. The Power of Schedule. Programme Management in the Transformation of Finnish Public Service Television. Tampere: Tampere University Press. http://tampub.uta.fi/tiedotusoppi/951-44-5600-9.pdf

Ruoho, Iiris, 2001. Utility Drama. Making of and Talking about the Serial Drama in Finland. Tampere: Tampere University Press. http://acta.uta.fi/pdf/951-44-5234-8.pdf

WWW-ARTICLES:

Artto, Juhani/Medialinnakkeet, 2002. Material on ownership in the media industry. Finnish enterprises abroad. Foreign enterprises in Finland.
http://www.medialinnakkeet.com/kvomistus.htm

European Journalism Centre. European Media Landscape.
http://www.ejc.nl/jr/emland/

Jyrkiäinen, Jyrki, 2000. Finnish Mass Media. High availability, Advanced Technology. University of Tampere, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/lehdeng.html

Jyrkiäinen, Jyrki, 2000. The Finnish Media Landscape. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, Finland. The European Journalism Centre.
http://www.ejc.nl/jr/emland/finland.html

Kasvio, Antti, 2000. Information Society as a National Project– Analysing The Case Of Finland. University of Tampere, Finland.
http://www.uta.fi/%7Ettanka/Finland220500.html

NORDICOM - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research. Nordicom Review, an English-language journal, published twice annually.
http://www.nordicom.gu.se/eng.php?portal=mr&main=nordicom_review2.php&me
=2

Sumiala-Seppänen, Johanna, 1999. "A Longstanding Experiment". The History of the Finnish Broadcasting Model. Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä.
http://www.jyu.fi/viesti/verkkotuotanto/broadcasting/

Södergård, Caj; Aaltonen, Matti; Hagman, Sari; Hiirsalmi, Mikko; Järvinen, Timo; Kaasinen, Eija; Kinnunen, Timo; Kolari Juha; Kunnas, Jouko; Tammela, Antti, 1999. Integrated multimedia publishing - combining TV and newspaper content on personal channels. The Eighth International World Wide Web Conference.
http://www8.org/

LINKS:

Council for Mass Media in Finland. Guidelines for good journalism
http://www.jsn.fi/english/

Kaarakainen, Henna, 1999. The Erkko family & Helsingin Sanomat.
A FAST-FIN-1 (TRENPP2C) Finnish Institutions Student Paper. FAST Area Studies Program. Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/FIN/MEDIA/erkko.html

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Virtual Finland - Information about Finland. News and Media.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/

Statistics Finland:

Ministry Of Transport And Communications
http://www.mintc.fi/www/sivut/english/tele/massmedia/index.html

NORDICOM - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research. How many newspapers in Nordic areas
http://www.nordicom.gu.se/eng.php?portal=mt&main=showStatTranslate.php&me
=1&media=Newspapers&type=media&translation=Dagspress

Statistics Finland. Books published
http://tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tp/tasku/taskue_kulttuuri.html#Books

Statistics Finland. Libraries
- a chart showing the amount of libraries in Finland
http://tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tp/tasku/taskue_kulttuuri.html#libraries

Statistics Finland. Largest newspapers
http://tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tp/tasku/taskue_kulttuuri.html#Largestnewspapers

Statistics Finland. Newspapers and periodicals
http://tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tp/tasku/taskue_kulttuuri.html#Newspaper