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Researching Adolescents’ Linguistic Repertoires in Multilingual Areas : Case Studies from South Tyrol and Finland

2023

In this chapter we present and compare two research experiences in the domain of linguistic repertoires (LRs) applied to the field of education. Our aim is to elucidate how we used different combinations of methods for data generation in the trilingual (German, Italian and Ladin) Italian province of South Tyrol and the bilingual (Finnish and Swedish) coastal regions of Finland in order to map the LRs of young multilingual participants aged 10 to 19. We investigated different aspects of their LRs (representations, use and trajectories) with multiple methods, ranging from more traditional sociolinguistic surveys such as questionnaires and inter views to multimodal and task-based methods such …

Ethical Demands and Responsibilities in Online Publishing: The Finnish Experience

2014

Rapid advancement of online communication and publishing poses new challenges to media policy-makers and regulators for both statutory regulation and self-regulation. For journalists, ‘the Internet shapes and redefines a number of moral and ethical issues … when operating online or making use of online resources’ (Deuze and Yeshua, 2001: 276).

Latvijos Savivaldybių rinkimų palyginimas su kitomis Europos šalimis

2013

Latvijos Savivaldybių rinkimų palyginimas su kitomis Europos šalimis. On 1 June, 2013 local elections in 119 local councils took place in Latvia. The elections of 2013 were first after completion of the administrative territorial reform in Latvia, average voter turnout was 46%, lowest since Independence restoration in Latvia. Just before the elections Minister of Regional Development and Local Government initiated debates over t he structure of councils and put forth a proposal to reduce the number of councillors in local councils. Some small changes in local government elections were made and the issue stays on a political agenda. The paper deals with local government election practices in…

European History as a Nationalist and Post-Nationalist Project

2020

Euroopan kulttuuriperintötunnus ja kansalaisten osallistuminen

2019

The Inclusion and Exclusion of Europe as a Discursive Strategy in Populist Political Rhetoric

2014

In recent decades global cultural flows and the movement of people within and across the borders of the EU have diversified Europe by increasing the inner pluralism of European societies. At the same time European societies have faced the rise of diverse nationalist and populist movements and political parties. These movements and parties have criticized the increasing diversity in Europe, finding faults especially in the EU integration process, current immigration policies, and the consequent development of multi- and intercultural societies. In current populist discourse, ‘borderlessness’ and the transformation of the current cultural, symbolic, and societal borders are often objected or …

National imagery in Finnish folk metal : lyrics, Facebook and beyond

2014

Folk metal is a music genre originated from heavy metal music. For many artists and fans, folk metal is more than just music: it is a way of revitalising tradition. Folk metal is then a genre which is closely related to individual’s cultural identities. As part of popular culture, heavy metal has been investigated for instance in the fields of cultural studies and psychology. Andrew Brown investigates how heavy metal emerged as subject for academic research. Deena Weinstein approaches heavy metal as culture and behaviour that is shared by individuals from different cultural backgrounds. However, subgenres like folk metal have not yet been explored in depth by academics. Analysing folk metal…

Vuorovaikutteisuus Suomen luonnonsuojeluliiton Facebook-viestinnässä

2016

Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on kuvata ja ymmärtää Suomen vanhimman ympäristöjärjestön, Suomen luonnonsuojeluliiton Facebook-viestintää sen aktiivisuuden, viestintäfunktioiden ja niiden aiheuttamien reaktioiden kautta. Tutkimuksessa käytettiin kahta aineistoa, Luonnonsuojeluliiton Facebook-tilapäivityksiä kommentteineen ja tykkäyksineen kuukauden ajalta vuosilta 2010 ja 2015. Samalla saatiin siis myös kuva siitä, miten Luonnonsuojeluliiton viestintä on tutkittavien seikkojen osalta muuttunut viidessä vuodessa. Aineisto analysoitiin sisällönanalyysin ja aineiston määrällisen jäsentämisen kautta. Viestintäfunktioita tutkittaessa käytettiin apuna aiemman tutkimuksen luomaa luokittelukehikko…

Vastuullisuus paikallista yhteisöä kohtaan johdon käsityksissä yritysvastuusta

2016

Tässä pro gradu -tutkielmassa tutkittiin sitä, miten suomalainen yritys ymmärtää vastuullisen yritystoiminnan. Koska johdon käsitykset yritysvastuusta edustavat sitä, miten yritys ymmärtää vastuullisen yritystoiminnan, tarkoitettiin tässä tutkimuksessa yrityksen käsityksillä yritysvastuusta kohdeorganisaation johdon käsityksiä yritysvastuusta. Tutkimuksen kohdeorganisaatio oli Keskisuomalainen Oyj, joka on suomalainen viestintäyhtiö. Kohdeorganisaation johdolla tarkoitettiin tässä tutkimuksessa Keskisuomalainen Oyj:n johtoryhmän jäseniä. Keskisuomalainen Oyj:n johtoryhmän jäsenten käsityksiä yritysvastuusta tutkittiin fenomenografisella tutkimusotteella. Tässä tutkimuksessa kvalitatiivinen…

The challenge for equity and excellence: Evidence for future successful action in bilingual Finland

2018

In 2013, the authors prepared a report on educational excellence and equity in Finland based on PISA 2009 data and asked the question “Could Finland achieve both excellence and equality goals in the coming decade? Five years later, this report re-examines the challenge faced by Finland in light of recent PISA results. The Finnish school system, both the Finnish and Swedish speaking components, have consistently ranked at the top of the list of OECD countries. However, Finland’s performance has been dropping compared to previous years, while it failed to keep pace with performance improvements in other countries. Simply working harder along the same path will no longer work. Therefore, this …