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<p>This article describes the historical development of media policy in Greenland, and the shifts in the underlying normative and causal ideas that legitimise media policy. I argue that media policy reflects changes in Greenland's political system. Specifically, under colonial rule, Greenlandic media was state run and media was seen as an instrument to educate the population. Gradually, with the introduction of home rule, a paradigm shift took place, whereby media was seen as a vital instrument to strengthen Greenlandic language and identity. At the same time, normative ideas of media independence appeared which called for institutionalisation of the arm's length principle. Due to the influence and institutional spill-over from Denmark, I argue, Greenlandic media policy fit rather well into the “Nordic media model” although media policy in Greenland is mostly formulated without long-term or broad political agreements.</p>
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This article describes the historical development of media policy in Greenland, and the shifts in the underlying normative and causal ideas that legitimise media policy. I argue that media policy reflects changes in Greenland's political system. Specifically, under colonial rule, Greenlandic media was state run and media was seen as an instrument to educate the population. Gradually, with the introduction of home rule, a paradigm shift took place, whereby media was seen as a vital instrument to strengthen Greenlandic language and identity. At the same time, normative ideas of media independence appeared which called for institutionalisation of the arm's length principle. Due to the influence and institutional spill-over from Denmark, I argue, Greenlandic media policy fit rather well into the “Nordic media model” although media policy in Greenland is mostly formulated without long-term or broad political agreements.

Media policy in Greenland

Department of Social Sciences, Economics and Journalism

University of Greenland & Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University

Nordicom Review

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This article describes the historical development of media policy in Greenland, and the shifts in the underlying normative and causal ideas that legitimise...

Media policy in Greenland

Publié en ligne: 26 mars 2021

Pages: 36 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0016

Mots clés
Greenland, media policy, policy paradigms, Nordic media welfare state, media history

© 2021 Signe Ravn-Højgaard, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Media policy in Greenland

Publié en ligne: 26 mars 2021

Pages: 36 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0016

Mots clésGreenland, media policy, policy paradigms, Nordic media welfare state, media history

© 2021 Signe Ravn-Højgaard, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Greenland, media policy, policy paradigms, Nordic media welfare state, media history