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RESEARCHERS
Esa Väliverronen,
project leader (professor, University of Helsinki, Dept. of Communication, esa.valiverronen@helsinki.fi, http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/valiverr/) has studied the communication of science, technology and environmental
issues in the media. His research interests also include theories of the
public sphere, science and technology studies, discourse analysis and
metaphors. His
previous projects are:
Iina Hellsten
(Dr.Soc.Sc.) defended her dissertation The Politics of Metaphor,
Biotechnology and Biodiversity in the Media in January 2002 at University of Tampere,
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. She works currently at the
Amsterdam School of Communication Research continuing her research on
metaphors and biotechnology (hellsten@pscw.uva.nl)
Her previous projects are:
- The
EU-question the Citizen and the Media, the Academy of Finland
(1993-1995). Metaphor analysis of the debate on Finland's EU membership
in Helsingin Sanomat and on national television.
- Images
of Women in the Media. EU Commission, (1997). Report on Nordic research
into images of women in the media.
- Science
in Biodiversity Politics, the Academy of Finland (1997-1999). Metaphors
of nature and biodiversity in journalism (New York Times/US and
Guardian/UK, Aamulehti and Helsingin Sanomat/FIN), coverage of Dolly,
the cloned sheep in 1997 (Times and Nature), advertisements by the life
sciences companies Hoechst and Novartis in 1997-98 (Newsweek and Der
Spiegel). Link
to PUBLICATIONS.
Riitta Kärki
(Lic.Soc.Sc., University of Tampere, Department of Information Studies, lirika@uta.fi) is researching her doctoral dissertation on "The production of
knowledge and scholarly communication within medical genetics". The aim
is to explore medical research practice in a social, institutional and
societal context. Scholarly communication is understood broadly as covering
everything from personal discussions to the appearance of scientists and
representations of medical science in the media. The study is based on
interviews with Finnish medical scientists. Her previous projects are:
- The
characteristics of information studies and the sociology of science and
the study of scholarly communication as their common domain, University
of Tampere (1991-1994).
- Reflections
on medical science in the public sphere, the Cultural Foundation of
Finland (1996-1997). Link to PUBLICATIONS.
Michaela Laurén
(M.Soc.Sc., University of Helsinki, Department of Sociology, miksu@worldpacific.com.au) started her post-graduate
studies in 1999. Her Master's thesis "Human heredity and genes in
newspapers" was completed in autumn 1998 and she will continue her
studies on different aspects of public understanding of human genetics and
heredity. She has worked previously in a project on:
- Prenatal Screening in Europe: past,
present and future, EU Commission (1996-99) Link to PUBLICATIONS.
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