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MeKriKo

@mekriko.bsky.social
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Professor of Applied Linguistics. Working at Communication Studies at the University of Vaasa. Interested in professional discourse, organizational communication and accessibility studies.

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Liisa Kääntä @lillikaanta.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Our paper on emotional discourses, climate change and housing was just published in Discourse, Context & Media 👏🎉 Thank you once again wonderful collaboration, first author @evesalmela.bsky.social, co-authors @mekriko.bsky.social & Henna Syrjälä! #decarbonhome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Guilt and innocence – Emotional discourses in online discussions on climate change and housing
This paper explores the discourses of guilt and innocence represented in Finnish online communication in different platforms. Guilt and innocence repr…
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VAKKI Communication Research Association @vakkiry.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This year's VAKKI Publications is out now! The theme is "diversity in communication". Contributions are written in English, Finnish and Swedish. journal.fi/vakki/issue/...
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Vol. 16 (2024): Diversity in Communication
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Digitalisaation tutkimus edellyttaa ei-lineaarista ajattelua, koska takaisinsyotto. Minna Ruckenstein #TTP24 @Tampere
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
It is out now. Incuding Kantanen & Koskela about covid time communication research.
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
Alesja Serada defending her thesis on value creation on blockchain #univaasa #viestintätieteet @juholindman opponent @tanjasihvonen kustos.
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Vaasassa tutkitaan TikTokia, Tanja Sihvonen kommentoi://yle.fi/a/74-20106965?utm_source=social-media-share
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Tiktokia tutkinut professori tyrmää ajatuksen sovelluksen kieltämisestä – ”Kertoo vierauden pelosta”
Vaasan yliopiston professorin Tanja Sihvosen mukaan Tiktokia ei tulisi kieltää, sillä eihän muitakaan viestintäsovelluksia ole kielletty.
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
Publication news! Our paper on responsible expertise is out. Liisa Kääntä, Merja Koskela, Henna Syrjälä & Eveliina Salmela (2024) “We Need to Build Carbon-Neutral Houses” – Discourses of Responsible Expertise in Finnish Professional Media, Environmental Communication.
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“We Need to Build Carbon-Neutral Houses” – Discourses of Responsible Expertise in Finnish Professional Media
In this study, we explore how expertise and responsibility are discursively intertwined in professional media. Based on quotations from building and real-estate industry professionals in news texts...
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
Grading Master's students term papers raises the question how difficult is it to define a concept. Terms such as 'genus proximum' and 'differentia specifica' have obviously reincarnated as "x is important and useful". This again does not reveal WHAT x is in the context. #professorlife #academics
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
The deadline approaches 15.12., but there is still time to submit an abstract to VAKKI symposium 2024 (February 8-9, in Vaasa, Finland) "Diversity in Communication", featuring @EllenNathues and @Christiane Maass as keynotes. sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/sym...
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Call for papers / Einladung – VAKKI
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MeKriKo @mekriko.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
It is very uplifting to watch PhD students succeed in their doctoral defence. An excellent opponent often helps by being constructive and critical at the same time. www.uwasa.fi/en/newshub/n...
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Technical instructions with extended reality? A new model helps spot potential risks
New technologies, such as robots, smart wristbands, artificial intelligence as well as AR, VR, and other extended reality (XR) tools, are increasingly surrounding us in many areas of our lives. In add...
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