Finland – (E10) Rules and practices on internal pluralism
Internal pluralism is encouraged and valued, but aside from general professional guidelines and values, there are few formal rules.
Indicators: Equality / Interest mediation
Finland – (E9) Participation
Audience participation in the news process is increasing, but there was some skepticism about the productiveness of all new forms of participation.
Finland – (E8) Level of self-regulation (performance)
Self-regulation is based on the ethical guidelines whose application varies from media to media.
Finland – (E7) Code of ethics at the national level (structure)
All leading news media have committed to the common code of ethics.
Finland – (E6) Content monitoring instruments
There are some attempts to develop more systematic instruments for media content monitoring, but they have yet to become fully institutionalized or widely publicized.
Finland – (E5) Affordable public and private news media
The prices of media services in relation to household income are affordable.
Finland – (E4) Minority / Alternative media
The supply of media in Swedish and Sámi languages is extensive in relation to the size of the population in Finland, but other minority and alternative media are limited.
Finland – (E3) Diversity of formats
Formats of news presentation have proliferated especially online, and nearly all major news formats are widely available in Finland.
Finland – (E2) Media ownership concentration regional (local) level
Apart from newspapers, the leading news media in Finland are nationally oriented. There are no significant regional or local television channels.
Finland – (E1) Media ownership concentration national level
The national media market is relatively concentrated with a handful of companies dividing the market in each sector.
