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Political Scandal Tests Trust in Politicians The Case of the Finnish Minister Who Resigned Because of His Text Messages
(Nordic Counil of Ministers, Nordicom, 2014-11-25)
Political scandals have been observed to be increasingly common everywhere. In April 2008, the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva, was compelled to resign because of the sensation arising from the ...
Analyzing Presidential Debates Functional Theory and Finnish Political Communication Culture
(Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordicom, 2011-06)
One of the most used theories in the research of political debates is the functional theory
of campaign discourse. However, the theory has been criticized for being too culturally
limited. In the present article, a Finnish ...