Visualization of newspaper publishing in Finland

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As said in the description: “This video portrays the rise of newspaper publishing in Finland from 1771 to 1917 according to the site of publication. The first Finnish newspaper was Tidningar Utgifne Af et Sällskap i Åbo, published by the Aurora Society in Turku in 1771. At the time of Finnish Independence in 1917, there were 142 newspapers, published in 53 places all over the country.

The video was developed as part of the research project Computational History and the Transformation of Public Discourse in Finland, 1640-1910 (Academy of Finland, 2016-2019). For further details, see https://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/hum/yksikot/kulttuurihistoria/tutkimus/Sivut/comhis.aspx  “

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