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Prof. Ester Pollack | The Nordic Model: An Israeli Viewpoint

Prof. Ester Pollack

Ester Pollack
Prof.
Ester
Pollack

Ester Pollack, PhD, is a professor of Journalism Studies at Stockholm University. Her research concerns historical and critical studies of the societal roles of journalism and its significance for democracy. Pollack received her doctorate 2001 with a thesis on the development of Swedish crime journalism and criminal policy during the 1900s; and has followed up with more recent studies on crime news, the police’s role as news source and the emerging journalistic cooperation between different countries for revealing corruption within international companies. A second field of research concerns journalism’s role in the history of politics and includes Swedish news reporting about the Soviet Union in the 1930s as well as studies focusing on Swedish media and the Holocaust during the second world war. Another area of research is centered on political communication and political journalism: journalism and political scandals in the Nordic region, advocacy think-tanks in the Nordic region, the role of lobbying in Sweden and journalism as a public good.

Pollack has also served as the department’s head for a total of ten years and held various other positions at Stockholm university. She has a been an active member in the Swedish as well as in the Nordic Media Research Association and in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), where she was member of the International Council and chaired the organizing committee at the IAMCR World congress 2008 in Stockholm.