NORDICOM is a knowledge centre for the area of media and communication research, a cooperation between the five countries of the Nordic region – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Starting from academic research, Nordicom collects and adapts knowledge, mediating it to various user groups in the Nordic region, Europe and elsewhere in the world. Nordicom’s work aims at developing media studies and at helping to ensure that research results are made visible in the treatment of media issues at different levels in both the public and private sector. Nordicom is an institution that operates under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers
Net neutrality is a hot subject that has triggered much interest and controversy over recent months. A great deal of the debate has focused on the issue of traffic management, particularly whether Internet service providers (ISPs) should be allowed to monitor network traffic to filter or restrict Internet access or give preference access to business users and others able and willing to pay more to get a faster and better connection.