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Intermediala Studier: En introduktion

fdeeeThe concepts of medium and media is put into focus, as well as communication appearing in combinations and constellations of so called basic media forms (word, image, sound), and in relations between different medial contexts/situations. Both modern theory, and older texts and research within the intermedial research area will be put forward, in literature and in teaching. Fine arts, popular cultu

The Development of Commercial Literacy: Mail-Order Catalogues and Their Use in Early Twentieth-Century Sweden

This article examines the role of Swedish mail-order catalogues in the everyday life of the early twentieth century, and in the development of consumer culture. The study deals with the materiality, content and distribution of the mail-order catalogues as well as their use in everyday life. The case of Åhlén & Holm, a major Swedish mail-order company, and its audience is relevant beyond the na

Running on Air : Radio and the Experience of Drama in the Swedish ‘Gunder Hägg mania’ of 1941–45

During World War II, middle-distance runner Gunder Hägg set 15 world records and became a media sport star of unprecedented magnitude in Sweden. This article turns attention to the role of radio broadcasts in the formation of Swedish “Hägg mania” 1941–45. When analyzed in terms of blindness, liveness and co-presence, radio broadcasts from this era reveal that radio announcers actively engaged with

Cold War Sweden and the Media : A Historiographical Overview and a Glance Ahead

This article offers an overview of some main approaches in Swedish Cold War studies with a specific attention to how this field of research has dealt with the media as historical sources. The historiographical development is divided into two major research paradigms, one focusing on politics and Sweden in the postwar global environment, and the other focusing on the cultural aspects of the Cold Wa

Cold War Conduct : Knowledge Transfer, Psychological Defence, and Media Preparedness in Denmark Between Sweden, Norway, and NATO, 1954–1967

Employing the Foucauldian term ‘conduct’, this article explores how social resilience and morale became a target of state intervention in Denmark during the Cold War. ‘Psychological defence’ was a Cold War phenomenon designed to bring an imagined future war into a space of control as well as a tool for the authorities’ exercise of power in case another world war became a reality. Advocating a methEmploying the Foucauldian term ‘conduct’, this article explores how social resilience and morale became a target of state intervention in Denmark during the Cold War. ‘Psychological defence’ was a Cold War phenomenon designed to bring an imagined future war into a space of control as well as a tool for the authorities’ exercise of power in case another world war became a reality. Advocating a meth