Telecommunications and media infrastructures: Historizing contemporary public service media

The Kpub seminar is organized against the background of the ongoing government inquiry on the Distribution of radio and television programs in a new media landscape. The final report, originally due in September, has been postponed until next year, but an interim report is expected in December.

During the seminar we will hear from international scholars about their ongoing work exploring telecommunications and media infrastructures both from contemporary and historical perspectives.

Kpub will present preliminary findings from the systematic literature review of publications on public service media.

13.00 – 13.30 Welcome
13.30 – 14.00 Helle Sjövaag (University of Stavanger) “Dependencies and displacement: The essential role of telecoms in media distribution”
14.00 – 14.30 Ekaterina Rybkina (Södertörn University) “Wires of Diplomacy: The Indo-European Telegraph and its Routes”
14.30 – 15.00 Fika
15.00 – 15.30 Mandy Tröger “NATO communication infrastructures: A brief
history on the militarization of global communication”
15.30 – 16.00 Lars Lundgren and Staffan Ericsson


The event is free of charge, but registration is required. Sign up at the link below.