This thesis investigates the discursive construction of ethical consumerism – a notion that encompasses both ‘conscious’ consumption choices and responsible’ corporate activities – in mediated discourses about fashion and ...

The aims of the dissertation are to explore and map the fear and insecurity in urban public spaces and to analyse the underlying causes behind the sensations of fear and insecurity in these spaces, with focus on the role ...

This dissertation makes a longitudinal study of transforming tensions in media production processes. It focuses on the thoughts and actions of new and mobile media in the interplay between staff from editorial-, business ...

HONORARY DOCTORATE LECTURE, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, MEDIA AND THEATRE, TAMPERE UNIVERSITY, 4 JUNE 2014

Nyheter handlar om att välja. Fortfarande väljs kvinnor bort. Kvinnor utgör halva världens befolkning men syns bara i en knapp fjärdedel av nyhetsflödet. I Sverige går det två män på varje kvinna i nyheterna. På fem år ...

#InFlux investigates journalists’ adoption of social media and social network sites (SNS) from the theoretical perspective of journalistic roles. It shows how the social roles of journalists are situated along the axes of ...

This thesis is about the role of media discourse in shaping the political identities of those who want to be heard in public. The ways in which people are able to speak, know, and feel in political situations have important ...