Mass media in Finland includes a variety of
online
In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity and offline indicates a disconnected state. In modern terminology, this usually refers to an Internet connection, but (especially when expressed "on line" or ...
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print, and
broadcast
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...
formats, such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.
Magazines
Newspapers
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Åbo Underrättelser
''Åbo Underrättelser'' is a Swedish language newspaper published in Turku ( sv, Åbo), Finland.
History and profile
''Åbo Underrättelser'' is the oldest newspaper still in print in Finland, founded by Christian Ludvig Hjelt in 1823. The fir ...
'' newspaper began publication in 1824.
Radio
Yleisradio Oy
Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...
began in 1926.
Television
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Telecommunications in Finland
Finland has excellent communications, and is considered one of the most advanced information societies in the world.
Telephones
Telephones – main lines in use: 2.368 million (2004)
Telephones – mobile cellular: 4.988 million (2004)
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Internet in Finland
FUNET was created in 1984 to link Finnish universities. The .fi top-level domain was registered 1986. FICIX was created in 1993 to interconnect Finnish IP networks and commercial sales of Internet connection began.
Since July 2010, Finland has ...
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Cinema of Finland
The Finnish cinema has a long history, with the first public screenings starting almost as early as modern motion picture technology was invented (the first screening in the world was in 1895, in Finland in 1896). It took over a decade before the ...
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Censorship in Finland
Censorship in Finland refers to government policies in controlling and regulating certain information.
History
In 1686, the office of Censor of Books, which was to monitor literature imported and published in Finland, was established. Publisher ...
References
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...