Curriculum vitae

Ritva Levo-Henriksson

Employer: University of Helsinki

Department of Communication

P.O. Box 54 (Unioninkatu 37)

FIN-00014 University of Helsinki

tel. +358-9-191 24839

e-mail: ritva.levo-henriksson@helsinki.fi

Present position: Professor (Acting),

Head of the Department of Communication

University of Helsinki, Finland

Degrees

Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 1994

Licentiate in Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 1984

M.A. in Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 1975

Additional education

Graduate seminar in International Communication, University of Texas at Austin, spring 1992

Graduate seminar in International Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison, spring 1975

Positions held

       Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, 1.3.2001- 31.7.2005

      Head of the Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, 1.1. - 28.2. 2001.      

Professor, Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, since February 2000 - February 28th, 2001

Research Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, 1998-February 2000

Researcher in the DeWitt Wallace Center for Journalism and Communications, Duke University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 1996, and in the spring of 2002 (Fulbright Researcher)

Senior Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, 1996-1998

Project Researcher, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, 1988-1994, few months at a time for the international research project "Television around the World."

Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, 1988-1996

Acting Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, 1986-1988

Lecturer in journalism and communication, Laajasalon Opisto (Adult education institution), Helsinki, 1975-1985

Copy editor, the Daily Cardinal, a student paper, University of Wisconsin, Madison, autumn 1974, spring 1975

Journalist, Kainuun Sanomat (a newspaper), summers 1968-1975, Kajaani

Publications

Monographies

Eyes upon Wings. Culture in Finnish and US Television News. Research Report 1/1994. Finnish Broadcasting Company. Research and Development. 328 pages.

Arkkityyppi ja versiot. TV-draamaa Amerikasta Aasiaan (Archetype and Versions. TV drama from America to Asia), with English summary. Research Report 7/1991. Finnish Broadcasting Company. The Department of Research and Development. 132 pages.

Edited Readers

Media ja me (The Media and Us, Festscrift in Honor of Professor Pertti Tiihonen's 60th Anniversary). Ritva Levo-Henriksson & Marko Ampuja (Eds.), Department of Communication, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, 2000. 306 pages.

Osmo A. Wiio kuusi vuosikymmentä. Viestinnän valtateillä (Osmo A. Wiio Six Decennies. On the Mainroads of Communication, Festscrift in Honor of Professor Osmo A Wiio's 60th Anniversary). Ullamaija Kivikuru, Ritva Levo-Henriksson, Helena Mäkinen, Terhi Rantanen, Sinikka Sassi, Pertti Tiihonen, Leif Åberg (Editorial board). Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, 1988. 204 pages.

Articles

Force and Possibility: Hopi Views about the Internet. In Reconfigurations of Native North America, Eds. John Wunder and Kurt E. Kinbacher. Forthcoming.

Pakkoliitos ja menestyksen tae. Hopi-intiaanien näkemyksiä internetistä (Force and A Guarantee to Success. Hopi Views about the Internet). In Välittämisen tiede. Viestinnän näkökulmia yhteiskuntaan, kulttuuriin ja kansalaisuuteen (Arts of Caring. Perspectives of Communication to Society, Culture and Citizenship, Festschrift in Honor of Professor Ullamaija Kivikuru), Ed. Nando Malmelin. Department of Communication, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, 2003, 275-285.

Media, etniset vähemmistöt ja identiteetti. Alkuperäiset amerikkalaiset. (Media, Ethnic Minorities, and Identity: Native Americans.) In Media ja Me (The Media and Us, Festschrift in Honor of Professor Pertti Tiihonen's 60th Anniversary), Eds. Ritva Levo-Henriksson & Marko Ampuja. Department of Communication, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, 2000, 273-283.

Possibilities for the Media to Promote the Ethnic Identity of Minorities: A Native American Case. Articles based on the Seventh Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies at the University of Helsinki, May 14-17, 1998. In Migration, Preservation and Change, Eds. Jeffrey Kaplan, Mark Schackleton & Maarika Toivonen. The Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki. Helsinki, 1999, 39-46.

Television News as Cultural Products: The Case of Finland and the United States. In Civic Discourse: Intercultural, International, and Global Media, Vol. 2. Eds. Michael Prosser and K.S. Sitaram. Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium. Ablex Publishing Corporation. Stamford, Connecticut 1999, 409-421.

Milloin kulttuuri on uutinen? (When Culture is News?) In Suomen Kulttuurirahasto. 58. toimintavuosi, 1998, 117-119.

Kaksi kulttuuria - kaksi tapaa uutisoida (Two Cultures - Two Ways to Make News). Tiedotustutkimus, 2/95, 65-74.

A Role of Finnish Television News in Comparison with US Television News: A Cultural Perspective. Finnish Broadcasting Company. Audience Research Review 1995, 85-94.

Televisiokulttuurin tutkimuksesta (Studying Television Culture). Julkaisuja, sarja 2 B/1/94. Helsingin yliopisto, Viestinnän laitos, 35-59.

"And the Hunting Goes on. The Basic Story and Versions of TV Drama." YLE Broadcasting Research 1992 Review. Finnish Broadcasting Company. Researh and Development. 1992, 139-145.

Kulttuuriset tekijät uutisvalinnassa (Cultural Factors Influencing the Selection of News). In Ullamaija Kivikuru, Ritva Levo-Henriksson, Helena Mäkinen, Terhi Rantanen, Sinikka Sassi, Pertti Tiihonen ja Leif Åberg (Editorial board), Osmo A. Wiio kuusi vuosikymmentä. Viestinnän valtateillä. Juhlakirja professori Osmo A. Wiion 60-vuotispäivänä 4.2.1988 (Osmo A. Wiio Six Decennies. On the Mainroads of Communication. Festschrift in Honor of Professor Osmo A. Wiio's 60th Anniversary, February 4, 1988). Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, 1988, 147-154.

Foreign News Coverage and Factors Influencing It; Focusing on the New York Times and Some Leading Nordic Newspapers. In Ten Years of American Studies: The Helsinki Experience, Ed. Markku Henriksson. SHS. Helsinki, 1987, 313-332.