Religion, media, and democracy in the Nordic countries: A scoping review of empirical research 2011–2024
Niko Pyrhönen
Faculty of Theology, University of HelsinkiFinland
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et Kaisa Tiusanen
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of HelsinkiFinland
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09 juin 2025
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Publié en ligne: 09 juin 2025
Pages: 130 - 147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2025-0013
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Overview of the scoping review corpus (n = 46)
| Publication year | 2011–2017 | 15 |
| 2018–2024 | 31 | |
| Countries studied | Norway | 21 |
| Sweden | 16 | |
| Denmark | 14 | |
| Finland | 3 | |
| Data source | Press | 25 |
| Social media | 13 | |
| Interview and/or ethnography | 12 | |
| Radio | 5 | |
| Religious publication | 5 | |
| Other online source (countermedia, blogs, fast messaging apps) | 5 | |
| Television | 4 | |
| Survey | 3 | |
| Religion focus | Islam | 36 |
| Evangelical Lutheranism | 14 | |
| Religiosity (non-denominational) | 4 | |
| Judaism | 4 | |
| Revivalist Christianity | 2 | |
| Orthodox Christianity | 1 | |
| Media interest | Traditional media | 29 |
| Digital media | 17 | |
| Television and radio | 9 | |
| Political communication | 6 | |
| Public sphere | 6 | |
| Public service media | 5 | |
| Democracy relevance | Minority relations | 35 |
| Nationalism | 21 | |
| Security and threat | 18 | |
| Democratic ideals | 13 | |
| Conflict case | 11 | |
| Extremist mobilisation and terrorism | 9 | |
| Populism | 7 | |
| Public officials | 5 | |
| Citizenship | 5 | |