Publications & Presentations

Publications:

Gagliardone, I., Pohjonen, M., Diepeveen, S. & Olaniran, S. (2023) Clones and zombies: rethinking conspiracy theories and the digital public sphere through a (post)-colonial perspective, Information, Communication & Society.

Pantti, M. (2023) Media sodassa. In Epävarmuuksien aika: Kuinka Ukrainan sota muuttaa maailmaa? Helsinki: Gaudeamus.

Pohjonen, M.  (2022). An epistemic proxy war? Popular communication, epistemic contestations and violent conflict in Ethiopia, Popular Communication, 20:3, 236-252, DOI: 10.1080/15405702.2022.2074998

Horowitz, M., Pantti, M., Dragomir, M., Gutierrez, S. &Cushion, S. (2021). A framework for assessing the role of public service media organizations in countering disinformation. Digital Journalism, 10:5, 843-865, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2021.1987948

Diepeveen, S., Findlay, K., Gagliardone, I., Olaniran, S., Pohjonen, M. & Tallam, E. (2021). Demystifying the COVID-19 infodemic: Conspiracies, context and the agency of users. Social Media + Society.

Pohjonen, M., Pantti, M. & Laaksonen, S-M. (2021). Digitaalisten media-alustojen valta ja vastuu. Politiikasta.fi online publication, March 11th 2021.

Talks and presentations:

Pohjonen, M. (2023) “Extreme speech, AI and content moderation in a global context: from online hate speech to generative AI.” Presentation at the 2023 Oxford Media Policy Summer Insitute. 01.08.2023.

Pohjonen, M, Ganduri, T & Gagliardone, I. (2023). “The near, the far, and the ugly truth”: paradoxes of climate change debates in the African Twittersphere. Presentation International Communication Association Conference (ICA) 2023. 24.05.2023

Pohjonen, M. and Ryder, C. (2022). “Sideshadows” of violence: Comparative perspectives to global platform power. Presentation at the Power, Agency, Future Conference, University of Helsinki. 25.11.2022

Pohjonen, M. (2022). “Global” articulations of platforms accountability.  Presentation at the NordEthics workshop, University of Helsinki. 6.10.2022

Pohjonen, M. (2021). “Everyone is a diplomat of his own country: Strategic Communication, Epistemic Contestation and Violent Conflict in Ethiopia.” Internal presentation to Twitter Global Violence team. 08.12.2021

Pohjonen, M. (2021). “Digital platforms and social  accountability in a “global” context.” Presentation at the Media Platformisation and Small Nations Conference at the University of Helsinki. 28.10.2021

Pohjonen, M. (2022). “Exploring Digital methods in a Comparative and Global Context.” The Digital Research Data and Human Science conference, December 1-3, 2022. University of Jyväskylä.

Pohjonen, M. (2022). “The social lives of a conspiracy: situating the online dynamics of trust, mistrust and conspiracy in the Global South.” Panel: Disinformation 2: Understanding Disinformation.  2022 Association of Internet Researchers Conference: Decolonising the Internet. 31.10 – 6.11. Dublin, Ireland.

Heikkilä, T., Laaksonen, S-M., Pohjonen, M. (2022). Covid-19 content moderation and platform accountability.  9th European Communication Conference, 2022, October 20, Aarhus, Denmark.

Pohjonen, M. (2022). “Global articulations of platforms accountability.” Panel: Social and Ecological Responsibility of Digital Technology.” Ethical Agency in a Changing Media and Communication Landscape, NordEthics Workshop, October 6-7, University of Helsinki.

Pohjonen, M. (2022) “Bifocal perspectives to AI and Social Media Platform Accountability.” The Present and Future of Content Moderation, 2022 Media Policy Summer Institute. 4.9, 2022. University of Oxford.

Heikkilä, T., Laaksonen, S-M., Pohjonen, M. (2022). Covid-19 content moderation and platform accountability.  Presentation at the MEVI-päivät 2022, 22.-23.4.2022, Turku, Finland.

Hatakka, N. & Sijstermans, J. (2022). Social media and populist radical right party organisation in Finland and Belgium: An interview study of party elites and activists. Presentation at the Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarization, 15.-17.6.2022, Helsinki, Finland.

Hatakka, N. (2022). Sosiaalisen median rooli perussuomalaisten puolueorganisaatiossa [The role of social media in the organisation of the Finns Party]. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Finnish Political Science Association 2022, 12.5.2022, Helsinki, Finland.

Laaksonen, S-M (2022). Kuka päättää mistä verkossa keskustellaan?
Informaatiovaikuttaminen ja alustayhteiskunta. Presentation at IT -oikeuden yhdistyksen webinaari – Informaatiovaikuttaminen verkossa. Mitä seuraavaksi? March 29, 2022.

Laaksonen, S-M. (2022). Somejättien yhteiskunnallinen vastuu. Presentation at Tieteiden talon Tieteiden yö Töölössä » Digitaalinen teknologia ja kestävä tulevaisuus January 20, 2022.

Laaksonen, S-M (2021). Accountability and legitimacy of the platforms: a historical trajectory. Presentation in the Media Platformisation and Small Nations conference 28.10.2021.

Pohjonen, M., Pantti, M. & Laaksonen, S-M. (2021). From plandemic to kung-flu: the global entanglements of hate speech and digital platform accountability during Covid-19. Paper presented in Nordmedia 2021 Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 2021.

Pohjonen, M. (2021). UNESCO Regional Dialogue in South Asia: Hate speech in the time of COVID-19: Deconstructing hateful narratives; shaping new narratives. Panel discussion. UNESCO South Asia. 22-23 June 2021

Laaksonen, S-M. (2021). Vihapuhe, sosiaalisen median valta ja vastuu (Hate speech, power and responsibility of social media). Panel discussion organized by thee Finnish parliament’s Human Rights network and Oikeuspoliittinen yhdistys – Demla ry, June 8, 2021.

Laaksonen, S-M. (2021). Tieto ja valetieto teknologisessa mediaympäristössä
Mikkelin Tieteen päivät 13.4.2021.

Pohjonen, M. (2021). Terrorism Informatics: ethics of computational methods in extremism research. Fireside chat. VOX-Pol Network of Excellence. March 30, 2021

Pohjonen, M. (2021). AI, hate speech and online content moderation. Seminar Series on AI, Hate Speech and Online Content Moderation in the Global South. Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford. March 18, 2021.

Pohjonen, M. (2020). Algorithmic mediations of a ‘media in crisis.’ Data analysis and Contemporary Security: AI, Optics, Ethics workshop. Dublin City University (DCU). December 21, 2020.