TANJA AITAMURTO

Normative paradoxes in 360° journalism: Contested accuracy and objectivity

Published 10.7.2018

Abstract

In visual journalism, the adoption of new technologies often leads to renegotiation of normative boundaries, and the case of 360° video is no exception. Two normative paradoxes emerge in journalists’ attempts to deploy 360° video to provide emotionally engaging and factually relevant content. The first paradox is that the 360° view is considered to provide a more accurate representation of events, but the viewer’s freedom to choose the field of view can lead to a less accurate picture of the story. The second paradox is that, by manipulating authentic imagery in the pursuit of more accurate and objective reporting, journalists compromise on traditional notions of accuracy and objectivity. These paradoxes push visual journalism away from the “as is” and toward the “as if,” detaching visual journalism from its naturalistic claims. This leads to increasingly blurred boundaries between journalism and other communication practices such as advertising and propaganda.

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November 26.

Three Levers to Promote Digital Democracy: Legal Way, People Way, Hacker Way – Amélie Banzet in Finland

Monday Noveber 26.11. 3 pm
Porthania Lehtisali (Yliopistonkatu 3), 2nd floor

In Finland Banzet will be presenting Etalab’s work and talking about e.g the digital republic law which includes open data by default and accountability of algorithm (“legal way”); how they work with their ecosystem (“people way”) and how tools can lead to changes (“hacker way”).

Amélie Banzet, head of Etalab in the French PMO will visit Finland on 26.11. as part of the BIBU (Tackling Biases and Bubbles of Participation) research program's Democracy Accelerator. Etalab is part of the French Prime Minister’s Office where it carries out radically innovative projects to improve public policy thanks to digital culture, tools and data.

Banzet has worked on Government transformation for several years, and in particular on the use of civic tech and digital resources to improve transparency and citizen participation in public action.

In Finland Banzet will be presenting Etalab’s work and talking about e.g the digital republic law which includes open data by default and accountability of algorithm (“legal way”); how they work with their ecosystem (“people way”) and how tools can lead to changes (“hacker way”).

BIBU’s Democracy Accelerator, a platform and community for democracy innovators in Finland will also be presented and discussed in the event.

Program

14.45 Coffee and afternoon snack are served
15.00 Welcome!
Amélie Banzet’s keynote: Three Levers to Promote Digital Democracy: Legal way, People Way, Hacker way.
16.00 Discussion
16.30 Democracy Accelerator: Platform and community for democracy developers - how can it serve me, how can I be part of it?
17.00 Event ends

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Evästeseloste

Julia Jousilahti
Democracy Accelerator’s coordinator
julia.jousilahti@demoshelsinki.fi
040 722 4931

BIBU Talk October 5.

Women turning to the radical right – Will Europe follow the French example?

Friday October 5 at 2 pm
Tiedekulma, Fönsteri-space (Yliopistonkatu 4)

Throughout the parties’ advance, political scientist have been fairly convinced about one thing: men vote for the Populist Radical Rights more than women.

From the 1990s onwards, right-wing populist parties have become an established part of the political scenery in Europe. Throughout the parties’ advance, political scientist have been fairly convinced about one thing: men vote for the Populist Radical Rights more than women. Yet in 2012, Marine Le Pen, the new leader of the Front National (FN), realized almost the same score among female and male voters in the French presidential elections. Could this happen elsewhere in Europe too?

After a brief outline of the electoral impact of gender, professor Nonna Mayer will give a presentation on post-electoral surveys conducted in France after each presidential election since 1988. The presentation attempts to explain the decreasing gender gap of Populist Radical Right voters in the 2012 and 2017 elections and asks if the trend can persist and expand.

After the presentation, professor of gender studies Anu Koivunen (University of Tampere) will give a short commentary. Koivunen’s fields of expertise include feminist theory, media studies and populism.

Professor Nonna Mayer is a Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Research Director Emerita at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE), Sciences Po Paris.

This BIBU Talk is chaired by University Research Fellow Hanna Wass, University of Helsinki. Wass directs the work package "Mapping Biases and Bubbles in Citizen Participation” in the BIBU project. The event is organized in collaboration with the Social Research Seminar Series.

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Evästeseloste

Anu Kantola
Konsortion johtaja
anu.kantola@helsinki.fi
050 448 7273

Mirja Hämäläinen
Vuorovaikutuskoordinaattori
mirja.hamalainen@demoshelsinki.fi
050 380 5086

Isak Vento
Koordinaattori
isak.vento@helsinki.fi
050 448 8945

ESTER POLLACK, SIGRUD ALLERN, ANU KANTOLA, MARK ØRSTEN

The New Normal: Scandals as a Standard Feature of Political Life in Nordic Countries

Published 13.8.2018

Abstract

All political scandals trigger discussions of trust, but in a competitive commercial media climate, both important and minor legal offences and moral transgressions are regularly treated as scandalous media events. Today, actors in social media and mainstream media organizations can collaborate on cases that might develop into scandal news. In this article, which is based on an analysis of 101 political scandals in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden from 2010 to 2016—and a study of political scandals in the wake of the #MeToo movement in 2017–2018—we show that mediated scandals have become a standard feature of political life in Nordic countries. Compared with earlier decades, there has been an exponential rise in the number of scandals; at the same time, the rate of resignations and dismissals following scandals is lower than before. Offences related to economic affairs, including corruption, and personal behavior scandals, such as accusations of sexual harassment, constitute the most prominent scandal types. However, regarding sexually related behavior scandals, there are interesting differences between the Nordic countries.

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BIBU Talk August 9.

How High-Skilled Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society

Thursday August 9 at 4.30 pm
Tiedekulma, Fönsteri-space (Yliopistonkatu 4)

Innovation is becoming increasingly concentrated in talent clusters in advanced and emerging economies.

BIBU Talk by professor William R. Kerr considers the economics and policies behind this rise in the importance of talent clusters, how leading firms can respond to these global opportunities and challenges, and how countries compete in the accelerating race for talent. While the talk will consider possible U.S. immigration reform for high-skilled immigration, most discussion will focus on business implications for European firms and economies.

Kerr is a professor at Harvard Business School, where he is faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures program for executive education and the author of the book The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society.

BIBU Talk is chaired by Mika Maliranta, Research Director of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA). Maliranta is directing the work package ”Behind Biases and Bubbles: Structural Changes in Global Flux” in the BIBU project.

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BIBUn tutkijoille

Evästeseloste

Anu Kantola
Konsortion johtaja
anu.kantola@helsinki.fi
050 448 7273

Mirja Hämäläinen
Vuorovaikutuskoordinaattori
mirja.hamalainen@demoshelsinki.fi
050 380 5086

Isak Vento
Koordinaattori
isak.vento@helsinki.fi
050 448 8945

PAOLO FORNARO

Regional economic disparities in Finland

Published 25.6.2018

Abstract

In this note, I study the Finnish regional dispersion of economic indicators such as the GDP per capita, labour productivity, the employment rate and the compensation of employees. Moreover, I examine the regional-level correlation between these variables. The results are then compared with what has been found for the German and Italian economies.

Finnish regional economies display substantial variation, but their GDP per capita, productivity and employment rate have converged. However, the compensation of employees has diverged. Compared to Germany and Italy, the Finnish economy has a lower regional dispersion, with a similar convergence process as in Germany. The correlation between regional productivity and the employment rate is lower than what is found in Italy and Germany, and the same holds for productivity and wages.

The picture gathered from this analysis is mixed. Convergence of economic conditions is certainly positive, but the divergence of the compensation of employees can be problematic for the long-term sustainability of the Finnish regional markets. If well-paid jobs concentrate in richer regions, there will be higher incentives for young and well-educated workers to move away from peripheral (in economic terms) areas, which would be at risk of stagnation.

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