Communication, ICT and Media (KIM) is one of the programmes under the Research Council of Norway. The main framework for KIM is to further develop knowledge in social socience and humanities based ICT and media research. Important themes are connected to social and cultural conditions for communication that are partly shaped by ICTs and the perequisites, and regulations that are part of globalisation and mobility. Central to the programme are communication through converging media, as well as its oposite - divergence and fragmentation. The programme is ongoing from 2003 to 2007.