The interpretive power of journalism in mediatized public spheres

The project concentrates on the mediatization of politics, especially on the interpretive and contextualizing power of political journalism. The project is conducted in the Institute for Advanced Social Research at the University of Tampere (IASR).

Publications

Reunanen, Esa & Koljonen, Kari (2016) Not Partisans, but Participants: The Quantity and Quality of Journalistic Interventionism in Finnish Journalists’ Professional Ethos. Journalism Studies. Published online 8th July, 2016. DOI:10.1080/1461670X.2016.1204940

Kunelius, Risto & Reunanen, Esa (2016) Changing Power of Journalism: The Two Phases of Mediatization. Communication Theory. Published online 4th July, 2016. DOI: 10.1111/comt.12098.

Presentations

Reunanen, Esa & Kunelius, Risto: Politiikkaverkostot ja media yhteiskuntasopimusneuvotteluissa (Policy networks and the media in the labour market negotiations). The Finnish Conference for Media and Communication Research, Helsinki, 8.4.2016.

Reunanen, Esa & Koljonen, Kari: Journalistic interpretation and journalism’s political role. Nordmedia-conference, Copenhagen, 14.8.2015.

Koljonen, Kari & Reunanen, Esa: The changing professional autonomy in journalism. Nordmedia-conference, Copenhagen, 14.8.2015.

Project period: 2014–2016

Contact: Esa Reunanen, esa.reunanen@uta.fi