Susanna Paasonen
@susannapaasonen.bsky.social
Professor of Media Studies at University of Turku with random interests https://susannapaasonen.org/
Up to 10 3-year research posts with the Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme! I know the description is a little byzantine but if you're, say, working in my field, and want to do your thing, very much worth going for.
Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme 2 – For Applicants
TIES is a ground-breaking fellowship scheme based at UTU Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS). Eight TIES Fellows were appointed to three-year positions in 2023.Now TIAS invites applications fo...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Up to 10 3-year research posts with the Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme! I know the description is a little byzantine but if you're, say, working in my field, and want to do your thing, very much worth going for.
Postocs working on cultural heritage and digital culture, ahoy!
Two Fixed-Term Postdoctoral Researcher Positions
The University of Turku invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions for a period of two years within the thematic profiling area Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age (Dig...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Postocs working on cultural heritage and digital culture, ahoy!
Reposted by Susanna Paasonen
Excited to see our report "Webcam work: Policies, practices and platforms" spread its wings and find a life of its own! Hopefully, it will be a fruitful one.
Read it at plexxxi.org/report, spread the word, and reach out to me, @hannems.bsky.social or @bexxxie.bsky.social with any feedback.
Read it at plexxxi.org/report, spread the word, and reach out to me, @hannems.bsky.social or @bexxxie.bsky.social with any feedback.
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Excited to see our report "Webcam work: Policies, practices and platforms" spread its wings and find a life of its own! Hopefully, it will be a fruitful one.
Read it at plexxxi.org/report, spread the word, and reach out to me, @hannems.bsky.social or @bexxxie.bsky.social with any feedback.
Read it at plexxxi.org/report, spread the word, and reach out to me, @hannems.bsky.social or @bexxxie.bsky.social with any feedback.
Am sadly more than halfway through my fabulous summer lakeside holiday reading pile (yet w 3 weeks left!). A special thanks to @henryhoke.bsky.social for Sticker (also adored Open Throat).
July 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Am sadly more than halfway through my fabulous summer lakeside holiday reading pile (yet w 3 weeks left!). A special thanks to @henryhoke.bsky.social for Sticker (also adored Open Throat).
Join us Monday, online or in person: starts 12:15 EEST.
Dissertation defence (Media Studies): FM Valo Vähäpassi
FM Valo Vähäpassi defends the dissertation in Media Studies titled “Framing Trans. Affective Articulations of Trans Bodies and Violence” at the University of Turku on 26 May 2025 at 12.00 (University ...
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May 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join us Monday, online or in person: starts 12:15 EEST.
Reposted by Susanna Paasonen
We congratulate the 2025 Holberg Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the 2025 Nils Klim Prize Laureate Daniela Alaattinoğlu!
holbergprize.org/news/holberg...
holbergprize.org/news/holberg...
Literary Theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Named 2025 Holberg Prize Laureate
It was announced today that the 2025 Holberg Prize is awarded to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Daniela Alaattinoğlu will receive the Nils Klim Prize. Today, the Holberg Prize—one of the largest…
holbergprize.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We congratulate the 2025 Holberg Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the 2025 Nils Klim Prize Laureate Daniela Alaattinoğlu!
holbergprize.org/news/holberg...
holbergprize.org/news/holberg...
Join us on March 6, noon GMT for panel and discussion "Artificial Unintelligence: Deep Fakes, Deep Bias and the Sexualized Body", w talks from Sophie Compton, Lotte Louise de Jong & moi
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February 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Join us on March 6, noon GMT for panel and discussion "Artificial Unintelligence: Deep Fakes, Deep Bias and the Sexualized Body", w talks from Sophie Compton, Lotte Louise de Jong & moi
Our roundtable with Peter Alilunas, @drjonessoc.bsky.social, @noisybits.bsky.social and moi is just out as part of @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social 10th year anniversary. 50 freebies here:
Shaping pleasure, shifting boundaries: a roundtable on the future of porn studies
The roundtable, ‘Shaping Pleasure, Shifting Boundaries: A Roundtable on the Future of Porn Studies,’ took place in June 2024 via Zoom and was recorded, transcribed and then edited to cut digression...
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January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our roundtable with Peter Alilunas, @drjonessoc.bsky.social, @noisybits.bsky.social and moi is just out as part of @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social 10th year anniversary. 50 freebies here:
Important self-promotion: my Yul book is soon out on paperback (should be already), which means that e-book prices are now also more reasonable. A true labour of love, this one.
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
edinburghuniversitypress.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Important self-promotion: my Yul book is soon out on paperback (should be already), which means that e-book prices are now also more reasonable. A true labour of love, this one.
Reposted by Susanna Paasonen
✨Excited to announce that my new article "The hentai streaming platform wars" is out in the Porn Studies journal!✨
Reach out if you don’t have access and want a copy 📩
🧵 of the findings and link below👇
Reach out if you don’t have access and want a copy 📩
🧵 of the findings and link below👇
November 28, 2024 at 5:11 PM
✨Excited to announce that my new article "The hentai streaming platform wars" is out in the Porn Studies journal!✨
Reach out if you don’t have access and want a copy 📩
🧵 of the findings and link below👇
Reach out if you don’t have access and want a copy 📩
🧵 of the findings and link below👇
Such a rich collection: includes my bit on the in/conveniences of porn in platform ecologies.
Convened here are @dbyler.bsky.social, @ohalpern.bsky.social, @arminb.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, Tung-Hui Hu @susannapaasonen.bsky.social Neta Alexander, Rahul Mukherjee @andretwp.bsky.social Tomasz Hollonek & @mayameme.bsky.social. Lots to think on.
Incredibly excited: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by @joshua-neves.bsky.social and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the oft-used word. Please read & circulate!
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
November 27, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Such a rich collection: includes my bit on the in/conveniences of porn in platform ecologies.
Reposted by Susanna Paasonen
Thank you Kath! Absolutely loved working on this project with the Web Foundation and @sprblm.bsky.social last year :)
Loving this Tech Policy Design Lab collaboration with @bloggeronpole.bsky.social:
superbloom.design/learning/blo...
superbloom.design/learning/blo...
Co-designing Platform Policy For "High Risk" Content Creators: The Tech Policy Design Lab Approach
A Tech Policy Design Playbook was developed and published as the culmination of our work with the World Wide Web Foundation and 3x3 on Deceptive Design, and includes guidance on how to run community c...
superbloom.design
November 24, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Thank you Kath! Absolutely loved working on this project with the Web Foundation and @sprblm.bsky.social last year :)
Ihsan Can Asman’s PhD defense on Turkish porn and sexual media uses is underway: the thesis is here www.utupub.fi/handle/10024...
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Ihsan Can Asman’s PhD defense on Turkish porn and sexual media uses is underway: the thesis is here www.utupub.fi/handle/10024...
On Friday, 11am EET (sorry, North America): Ihsan Can Asman's phd defence on porn and sexual media in Turkey, with livestream option.
Dissertation defence (Media Studies): MA Ihsan Can Asman
MA Ihsan Can Asman defends the dissertation in Media Studies titled “Intimate Happenings: Uses of porn and other sexual media in Turkey” at the University of Turku on 22 November 2024 at 11.00 (Univer...
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November 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
On Friday, 11am EET (sorry, North America): Ihsan Can Asman's phd defence on porn and sexual media in Turkey, with livestream option.