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The mass media constructs authority by creating 'intimacy at a distance' (John B. Thompson) between public figures and the people. This chapter argues that, over the course of the long nineteenth century, rulers both gained new possibilities for staging their authority through the emerging mass media, and lost control over this mediated staging under specific circumstances, often turning from mast

This article focuses on the early history of Northwestern European opinion polling (1940s–1950s), specifically the cases of the Netherlands and Sweden. The evolution of opinion polling and its influence on post-war politics and society should be understood in light of processes of international transfer and entanglement. The Dutch-Swedish comparison brings into focus the ways in which the national

The study circle is a cultural and educational phenomenon that has fundamentally affected Sweden and continues to do so even today. The present study investigates the Swedish study circle as a medium. This is done by looking at the notions about what the study circle would be during its early years (1902-1922), through the Swedish Good Templars and Oscar Olsson, also known as “the father of the st

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KOM Seminar Series: Alessandra Sossini, PhD Student - “Social media and employee ambassadors” | Historia 5 nov KOM Seminar Series: Alessandra Sossini, PhD Student - “Social media and employee ambassadors” 5 november 2025 13:00 till 15:00 Seminarium Alessandra Sossini, PhD student at Department of Communication LU, presents her ongoing research on the theme “Social media and employee ambassadors”.

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KOM Seminar Series: Assoc. Prof. Fredrik Miegel | The Subject of History 12 Nov KOM Seminar Series: Assoc. Prof. Fredrik Miegel 12 November 2025 13:00 to 15:00 Seminar Fredrik Miegel, Associate Professor at Department of Communication LU. Departing from a few key texts, Fredrik will present and discuss with us how classical works in sociology are still useful in understanding recent developments i

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The thesis presents the late 19th-century observers as a part of a highly visualized society able to connect with distant places through a very popular visual medium. The stereoscope provided a three-dimensional experience intended for entertainment and education. The thesis focuses on how American stereographic companies portrayed Mexico. It aims is to examine 25 selected stereographs through a v

Department of Communication and Media The Department of Communication and Media under reconstruction In 2025, the Department consists of the subject Rhetoric. On this website, you find information about Rhetoric courses and research. You also find contact information for the subject's researchers, teachers and administrators. Since January 1, 2025, Journalism and Media and Communication Studies ar

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Millions of Westerners went on holiday behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. This article considers the place of Eastern Europe in the international travel industry through the prism of Folkturist, a travel agency owned by the Communist Party of Sweden. By analysing Folkturist's business strategies and interactions with the East European tourist industries, the article shows the competing i

https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/activities/activities-2022/sound-images-and-postcolonial-archives-polyvocal-interpretations - 2025-10-11

This article analyses the transnational production processes of foreign correspondence in the Cold War. It examines the double role of foreign correspondents as reporters and Cold War political agents. Recent scholarship has explored the activities of Western correspondents reporting from the Communist world. Little is known, however, about Eastern bloc correspondents in the West. Drawing on the r