Kari Karppinen
University Lecturer, Media and Communication Studies
Director of the Master’s Programme in Global Politics and Communication

Research interests: media and communication policy (and its guiding principles and ideologies in particular), media freedom and pluralism, digital rights, democracy and the public sphere.

Current projects:

• Communication Rights in the Age of Digital Disruption (Academy of Finland 2019-2022)
• Media pluralism and online news (Australian Research Council, 2018-2020)
• Changing ideologies of media and communication policy (Academy of Finland, 2014-2018)

Recent publications

• Karppinen, K (2018). Freedom without idealization. Non-ideal approaches to freedom of communication. Communication Theory (online ahead of print)
• Ala-Fossi, M., A. Alén-Savikko; M. Grönlund; P. Haara; H. Hellman; J. Herkman; J. Hildén; I. Hiltunen; J. Jääsaari; K. Karppinen; A. Koskenniemi; H. Kuutti; K. Lehtisaari; V. Manninen; J. Matikainen & M. Mykkänen (2018). Viestintä- ja mediapolitiikan nykytila ja mittaaminen. Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriön julkaisuja 4/2018. Helsinki.