Publications

Første del af rapporten beskriver det grønlandske medielandskab, og giver et billede af de nyhedsmedier der findes og de journalister, der arbejder der.

Anden del af rapporten beskriver forbruget af nyhedsmedier hos befolkningen i Grønland, og giver et billede af hvilke nyhedsmedier der benyttes hvor og af hvem.

Tredje del af rapporten er en analyse af indholdet i grønlandske nyhedsmedier, der blandt andet viser hvilke kilder der typisk kommer til orde i medierne.

Nalunaarusiap immikkoortuani siullermi Kalaallit Nunaanni tusagassiuuteqarnerup qanoq issusia oqaluttuarineqarpoq, tusagassiuutit nutaarsiassaqartitsisut tusagassiortullu taakkunani sulisut eqqartorneqarlutik.

Immikkoortup aappaani innuttaasut tusagassiuutinik atuinerat allaaserineqarpoq, tusagassiuutit nutaarsiassaqartitsisut suut, sumi kikkunnillu atorneqarnerat oqaluttuarineqarluni.

Immikkoortut pingajuat Kalaallit Nunaanni tusagassiuutit nutaarsiassaqartitsiviusut imarisaasa misissorneqarneranni paasisanik imaqarpoq, soorlu tusarfiit kikkut tusagassiuutini oqaaseqartitaagajunnerannik.

Little research has been conducted to examine Greenlandic media and journalism. This thesis initially outlines the Greenlandic media landscape as a small media system which - despite some mutual differences - shares many similarities with the Danish media system. It is, however, also characterized by certain highly important vulnerabilities. The thesis therefore goes on to suggest the concept of “small society journalism”.

The primary empirical data is collected through observation studies and qualitative interviews with practicing and former journalists, editors, interns and journalism teachers. By entering into a dialogue with journalists in Greenland, the study of the data sheds light on a range of issues that are related to journalism practice in Greenlandic news media. Theoretically, the thesis draws on Bourdieu’s field theory and the application of field theory by other journalism and media researchers in the study of journalistic practice. The application of field theory, however, requires a specific national context, and in the case of Greenland, a post-colonial prism is key in order to grasp the reality that unfolds in the editorial room as an analytical field. As a consequence, the thesis also draws on concepts from postcolonial studies.

The analysis gives an ethnographic description of the routines and the structural framework surrounding the editorial work, and of how the production of news takes place. Subsequently, an analysis of the critical significance of the sources and of the challenges that are related to finding qualified and accessible sources, which is a crucial instrument in journalistic practice, follows. This is followed by a discussion of the - in a Greenlandic setting - inevitable question of language which partly determines much of the daily journalistic work procedure, for example by the central editorial role given to the translator.

The thesis shows that journalism and media is a much debated and disputed field in Greenland and that Greenlandic journalists struggle with geographic, economic and structural vulnerabilities that exist in small media systems. Furthermore, a number of dilemmas relating to language and culture exist which are of vital importance to how the journalists work.

Kalaallit Nunaanni tusagassiuutit tusagassiornerlu pillugit ilisimatusarneq annikitsuinnaammat ilisimatuutut allaaserisami matumani aallarniutigineqassaaq Kalaallit Nunaanni tusagassiornerup misissuiffigineqarnera, tusagassiorfeeqqatut systemi qanoq ittuunersoq misissuiffigalugu taannalu assigiinngissuteqartaraluarluni sananeqaatimigut inatsisiliorneqarnermigullu danskit
tusagassiuuteqarnermi systemiannut assinguvoq, kisiannili Kalaallit Nunaanni tusagassiorfeeqqatut systemip ilisarnaatigai immikkut ittumik eqqoruminassuseqartuuneq.

Taamaattumik ilisimatuutut allaaserisami siunnersuutigineqarpoq oqariartaaseq inuiaqatigiinni inukitsuni tusagassiorneq Hallinip Mancinillu tusagassiuuteqarnermi systemimut teoriannut ilisimaneqarluartumut ilassutigineqassasoq.

Ilisimatuutut allaaserisami misilittakkat pingaarnerit katersorneqarsimasut alaatsinaattuunermit aalajangersimasumillu amerlassusilikkanik siornatigut maannalu tusagassiortunik, aaqqissuisunik, ilinniartunik ilinniartitsisunillu apersuinertigut ingerlanneqarput. Misilittakkanik
misissueqqissaarnerup takutippaa ajornartorsiutinik arlaqartunik peqartoq Kalaallit Nunaanni nutaarsiassaqartitsinermut ingerlanneqartumut tunngasunik. Ilisimatuutut allaaserisami tunngavigineqarpoq Bourdieup misissuinermut teoria kiisalu tusagassiornermik tusagassiuutinillu
ilisimatuut allat Bourdieup teoria atorlugu tusagassiornermik atuuttumik misissueriaasii. Teorip misissuinermi atorneqartup piumasaraa nunami pissutsit atuuttut isiginiarneqassasut Kalaallillu Nunaat pineqartillugu nunasiaataasimanerup kingunerisa sunniutai oqaluttuarisaanerlu
pissusiviusunut atuuttunut pingaaruteqarput, aaqqissuisoqarfinni misissuiffiusuni atuuttut taamaattumillu ilisimatuutut allaaserisami oqariartaatsit nunasiaataasimanerup kingunerinut tunngasut misissuinermut ilaapput.

Misissueqqissaarneq aaqqissuisoqarfinni sulinermi inuiattut kinaassuseq aallaavigalugu suleriaatsinik tamatumalu sinaakkutaanik takutitsivoq kiisalu takutilluguttaaq ulluinnarni nutaarsiassalerisarneq qanoq ingerlasarnersoq. Tamatumuma kingorna misissuiffigineqarput
tusarfiit qanoq pingaaruteqartiginersut, tusagassioriaaseq qanoq ittoq ingerlanneqartarnersoq kiisalu tusarfinnik atorsinnaassusilinnik nassaassaasunillu nassaarsiortarnermi suut unamminartuusarnersut, tassalu tusagassiuinermi sakkut pingaaruteqarluinnartut pineqarlutik.

Tulliullugu oqallisigineqarpoq – kalaallinut atatillugu – apeqqutit sammiuiminaatsut oqaatsinut tunngasut tassalu ulluinnarni tusagassiortutut sulinermi tunngaviusumik anguniarneqartartut aammalu imminni isumalerujussuit. Tusagassiornermut ingerlatamut tunngaannaratik aammali
avatangiisigisat tusagassiorfinni oqaatsinik atuinermi naatsorsuutigisaannut tunngasut taamalu aamma kalaallinik kinaassusiliisut.

Ilisimatuutut allaaserisap takutippaa tusagassiorneq tusagassiorfiillu Kalaallit Nunaanni annertuumik oqallisaasut kiisalu kalaallit tusagassiortut akiorniagassaat nunamut, aningaasaqarnermut aaqqissuussaanermullu tunngasutigut eqqoruminassuseqaannaratik aammali
arlalitsigut oqaatsitigut kulturikkullu akunnattoorutinik nalaanneqartarnermut tunngasartut, tusagassiortutut qanoq suleriaaseqarnermut pingaaruteqartorujussuarnik.

The scarcely populated island of Greenland offers a unique opportunity both to study the complex dependencies and tensions of contemporary “global” or “transnational” journalism and to test and develop the explanation power of one key theoretical framework, field theory. With only one (national and public) broadcaster and two weekly newspapers, the journalistic field in Greenland is small, exposed and vulnerable. It is embedded in the broader political, economic and professional field dynamics of Denmark, the former colonial power. For instance, the legislation and the organizational structure of the media are inherited and a flow of Danish visiting journalists and editors keep up the norms and the value system of the field. At the same time, Greenlandic journalism operates in a nation of its own with distinct characteristics: small size, politics of the bilingualism, tight local networks with a small elite and close ties between reporters and possible sources shape the field practically, professionally and socially (in a specific, local way). These tensions between the “global-colonial” and “local” capitals and capacities are negotiated and managed in the everyday practices of newsrooms. There is almost no previous research on Greenlandic media in general and journalism practice in particular. Mapping this small but contested field allows us to highlight some of the key analytical strengths of Bourdieu’s field theory and its ability to capture the dynamic actor relationships in such a complex, structured space. At the same time, however, the “post-colonial” realities of Greenlandic journalism can help us to pose some questions about the limits – or the need for further development – of Bourdieu’s initial sketch about the journalistic field. This chapter tests the analytical concepts of capital and habitus by putting them to empirical work through an ethnographic study of practices and structures of news making in Greenland.