MeKriKo
mekriko.bsky.social
MeKriKo
@mekriko.bsky.social
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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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...
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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April 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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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/...
Vol. 16 (2024): Diversity in Communication
journal.fi
December 13, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Digitalisaation tutkimus edellyttaa ei-lineaarista ajattelua, koska takaisinsyotto. Minna Ruckenstein #TTP24 @Tampere
November 7, 2024 at 1:34 PM
It is out now. Incuding Kantanen & Koskela about covid time communication research.
October 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Alesja Serada defending her thesis on value creation on blockchain #univaasa #viestintätieteet @juholindman opponent @tanjasihvonen kustos.
October 4, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Vaasassa tutkitaan TikTokia, Tanja Sihvonen kommentoi://yle.fi/a/74-20106965?utm_source=social-media-share
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.
yle.fi
August 28, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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.
“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...
doi.org
March 13, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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
December 15, 2023 at 2:54 PM
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...
Call for papers / Einladung – VAKKI
sites.uwasa.fi
December 14, 2023 at 3:48 PM
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...
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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December 14, 2023 at 3:42 PM