A5042391313- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Social Media and Politics
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
- Islamic Studies and Radicalism
- Religious Education and Schools
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
University of Helsinki
2023-2025
The article analyses how online audiences discuss the ‘street gang’ phenomenon in Finland, a topic that has garnered considerable amount of public attention and concern. discussions have been clearly gendered racialized, young immigrant men constructed as main culprits. Gangs threat to Finnish values national security. resemble moral panics emerging times societal uncertainty. Consisting comments on news articles about street gangs, data for were collected from three media sites (hs.fi,...
In spring 2019, there was a heated debate in the media concerning Al-Hol camp Syria, where number of women and children were detained. This article explores intersectional dynamics exclusion online comments on news items regarding repatriation from to Finland. The analytical framework is based critical discursive psychology combined with an lens. analysis distinguished three interpretative repertoires: repertoire foreign threat, neglected maternal obligations, irrationality. Within these...
Abstract In this article, we demonstrate how international social‐media discussions offer a platform for taking stance on the war in Ukraine, redrawing national boundaries and legitimising their defence. We do so by analysing data that consist of comments triggered viral YouTube video depicting an encounter between ageing civilian woman, labelled ‘Babushka Z’, Ukrainian soldier. Using critical discursive psychological framework, identify five interpretative repertoires: vulnerability ,...