Northern Narratives and Digital Horizons
A Conference on 100 Years of Nordic Public Service Media
25–26th April 2024
Iso Paja auditorium, Radiokatu 3, Helsinki, Finland
Registration
The Northern Narratives and Digital Horizons Conference is organized by the Yle 100 Research Program. The program's cooperating partners are the Universities of Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Tampere and Turku. The program is funded by the Finnish public media company Yle.
Program
DAY 1, 25th April 2024
9.30 Morning coffee available in the lobby
10.00 Opening Session (in English)
- Opening of the conference
- Prof. Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, director of the Yle 100 Research Program
- Welcoming note on behalf of Yle
- Ville Vilén, director of creative content and media
10.30 Keynote Speech
- Public service broadcasting – enabling democracy and civil society for 100 years
- Gilles Marchand, CEO SRG SSR, member of the EBU board
11.30 Yle, Finland and the Finns. Yle and Finnish society during the first decades of the independent nation
- Public Service with a National(istic) Twist
- Jukka Kortti, University of Helsinki
- Instrument of Revolution or Mouthpiece of Fascists? Yleisradio Struggling Between Politics and Neutrality
- Reetta Hänninen, University of Helsinki
- Independence Day on radio 1926–1939
- Iisa Aaltonen, University of Helsinki
- Citizenship and Children's programs: Some Thoughts of the Finnish Broadcasting Company's Views on Childhood
- Heidi Kurvinen, University of Turku
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00–17.00 Research workshops Northern Narratives and Digital Horizons (in Finnish and in English)
Workshop 1: Approaches to public service content: Nordic case studies
Meeting room I, Iso Paja 1. floor
Chair: Olli Turunen (Yle 100 Research Program, University of Helsinki)
- Public television and children’s cultural citizenship: Arts education in Noppa
- Mari Pajala (University of Turku)
- The Landscape of Listening: Exploring Conventions and Experimental Aspects in Audio Documentary Creation in the Nordic Region
- Katarina Blomqvist (University of Helsinki)
- Urheilun esitysoikeudet julkisen palvelun mediayhtiön koetinkivenä
- Sami Suodenjoki (Tampereen yliopisto)
- Voisiko se tapahtua tänään? Havaintoja Yleisradion Seuraava sota -kuunnelmasta
- Paavo Oinonen (Turun yliopisto)
Workshop 2: Paving the way to digital public service – remits and strategies
Auditorium, Iso Paja
Chair: Ismo Silvo, Yle 100 Research Program
- The audio revolution – Broadcasters’ audio strategies in the Nordic countries
- Aura Lindeberg (Tampere University)
- Broadcasting legislation and Internet-based services – What went wrong in Finland
- Heikki Hellman (Tampere University)
- ”Digi, digi, digi”: Yle and Finland’s transition to digital television broadcasting in Finnish Parliament plenary session speeches, 1999–2007
- Rami Mähkä (University of Turku)
- Tangoon tarvitaan kaksi: Yleisradion ja Nokian teknologiayhteistyö 1989–2008
- Marko Ala-Fossi (Tampereen yliopisto)
- RÚV and (Svenska) Yle – a public service comparison
- Lars Lundsten (University of Helsinki)
17.00–19.00 Reception offered by Yle for the conference participants, Iso Paja Restaurant
DAY 2, 26th April 2024
Session on public service media as a creator, mediator and enabler of culture (in English)
9.30 Keynote Speech
- Public Service in the service of culture – Swedish historical and comparative nordic perspectives
- Kristina Riegert, Södertörn University, Stockholm
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Yle and Culture
- Art, Journalism or Something Else? 100 years of Culture Programmes at Yle
- Anu Koivunen, University of Turku
- From TV Operas to Music Videos: Toying with the Limits of Audiovisual Production
- Janne Mäkelä, University of Turku
- Behind the Screen: Crafting the Visual Expression in TV Production during the 1990s
- Maiju Kannisto, University of Turku
- The impacts of platformization and globalization on Yle’s drama production in the 2000s
- Heidi Keinonen, University of Turku
12.30–13.00 Lunch break
Session on Yle and digitalisation of the public service media 1995–2020 (in Finnish)
13.00 Ylen tie kohti digitaalista palvelua
- Turbulenssia ja tyventä: Yle muutoksessa 1995–2020
- Marko Tikka (Tampereen yliopisto)
- Eurovaalikoneesta Voitto-robottiin: Yleisradion uutis- ja ajankohtaistoimitusten innovointityö 1990-luvulta 2020-luvulle
- Turo Uskali, Jyväskylän yliopisto:
- Yleisradion alueuutistoiminnan kehitys Radio Keski-Suomesta Yle Jyväskyläksi – digitaalinen transformaatio 1996–2024
- Suvi Mononen, Jyväskylän yliopisto
- Nuoret uutisyleisöt tavoittaa sosiaalisesta mediasta: Yle Kioskin tarina
- Margareta Salonen, Jyväskylän yliopisto
14.30 Break
15.00 Closing session (in Finnish)
- Raportit tutkimus-workshopeista
- Tutkimushankkeen jatko kohti julkaisuja 2025-26
- Päätöskeskustelu