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The blog post is based on the presentation by Minna Horowitz (University of Helsinki) at the NORDIS course for investigative journalists at the University of Bergen, 27 March 2026.
The relationship between media literacy and public trust in journalism has never been more consequential than it is today. As artificial intelligence reshapes the information landscape, the Nordic countries find themselves in a paradoxical position: they are among the most digitally advanced, institutionally trusted, and media-literate societies in the world, yet they face mounting pressures that could erode precisely the foundations that made those achievements possible.