The meanings of racism: Public discourses about racism in Finnish news media and online discussion forums

Pantti, Mervi; Nelimarkka, Matti; Nikunen, Kaarina; Titley, Gavan

doi:10.1177/0267323119874253

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“…The conclusions are drawn from data collected from the coding of news coverage posted to Facebook by six news organizations in the United States. Some findings nevertheless affirm previous work exploring press coverage in other countries (e.g., Pantti et al 2019). Further exploration of coverage from a diversified landscape of news organizations, especially those with partisan or alternative ideological positions, is warranted to expand the generalizability of findings and understand how the debatability of racism is furthered along political lines.…”

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When is the “Racist” Designation Truly Applicable? News Media’s Contribution to the Debatability of Racism

Kilgo¹

2021

Television & New Media

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Since the U.S. 2016 presidential election, journalists and news organizations have been forced to confront shifting racial, social and political climates, and re-evaluate practices and norms. However, news coverage of racism is complex, especially because the conceptualization of racism in society is discordant, and the parameters of racism are heavily debated. News coverage can contribute to this debatability, specifically when it presents issues of racism with certain linguistic and topical features. In a content analysis of social media posts from six of the Facebook pages maintained by national broadcast and newspaper organizations, the present study explores contextual and linguistic representations of racism, and how social media users on Facebook engage with news posted by these organizations. Results suggest representations in news coverage signal a public debate about what is and is not racism. Coverage heavily emphasized prominent figures, while social media audiences amplified Trump’s presence in social networks.

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confidence: 84%

When is the “Racist” Designation Truly Applicable? News Media’s Contribution to the Debatability of Racism

Kilgo¹

2021

Television & New Media

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“…We had several discussions on the object of research, reaching the understanding that racism cannot be approached as a fixed thing that we can capture using big data; instead, we decided to turn the research question around and investigate how racism was understood and discussed in public. The idea was to 'map macro-level discursive contexts in which racism is discussed in Finnish news media and online discussion forums by using topic modelling' (Pantti et al, 2019). This time, the social-media data was well known existing academic database, also used in previous research.…”

Section: Big Data Analytics Of Racist Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several studies based on large datasets also explored the rise of digital racism (Siapera, 2019; Awan, 2016) and the role of digital technology in enhancing the spread of racial discourse (Daniels, 2018; Farkas et al, 2018; Matamoros-Fernandez, 2017; Noble, 2018). Conducted in the context of Finland, our study explored the dynamics between the mainstream news media and the social media and the ways in which these dynamics shape and strategically amplify, for example, the different racialised understandings of migration and refugee issues in society (Laaksonen et al, 2020; Pantti et al, 2019; Pöyhtäri et al, 2019).…”

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Ghosts of white methods? The challenges of Big Data research in exploring racism in digital context

Nikunen

2021

Big Data & Society

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The paper explores the potential and limitations of big data for researching racism on social media. Informed by critical data studies and critical race studies, the paper discusses challenges of doing big data research and the problems of the so called ‘white method’. The paper introduces the following three types of approach, each with a different epistemological basis for researching racism in digital context: 1) using big data analytics to point out the dominant power relations and the dynamics of racist discourse, 2) complementing big data with qualitative research and 3) revealing new logics of racism in datafied context. The paper contributes to critical data and critical race studies by enhancing the understanding of the possibilities and limitations of big data research. This study also highlights the importance of contextualisation and mixed methods for achieving a more nuanced comprehension of racism and discrimination on social media and in large datasets.

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“…The platform brings together people from different local places and backgrounds, enabling intense feelings of affiliation -as well as those of ostracism. In the current political climate of anti-immigration activism and national populism where definitions of Finnishness come embedded in exclusive, even ethnonationalist notions of belonging (Pantti et al 2019), Alastonsuomi is both inclusive in the range of bodies it features and, similarly to other social media platforms, facilitates practices of segregation. It remains crucial to ask whose sense of belonging or trust is stronger and which users may be excluded from networks of sociability and exchange dependent on cultural codes and conventions one is assumed to share.…”

Section: Belonging Through Imagined Finnishness and Sexual Liberationmentioning

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Space, Place and Location in Sexual Social Media

Sundén¹,

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Paasonen³

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Contributing to the swiftly emerging field of the geographies of digital sexualities, this panel explores the geosocial and geopolitical dimensions of digital sexual cultures by zooming in on the connections between sexual practices, geographic imaginaries, and locally embedded social media platforms devoted to sexual expression. Building on case studies of an Estonian platform used primarily by those interested in group sex (LC, est. 2018), a Swedish platform preferred by BDSM practitioners (Darkside.se, est. 2003), and a Finnish platform for nude self-expression (Alastonsuomi.com, est. 2007) we show how these platforms contribute to and shape sexual geographies in digital and physical registers. On the one hand, these platforms operate as spatialized tools which put bodies in motion in the interest of hooking up. They function as digital compasses that allow for orientation of sexual desires in physical spaces. On the other hand, these platforms also assemble localized online places for flirtation, imagination, visibility, and appreciation, which interlink bodies with the visual pleasures and vulnerabilities of seeing and being seen. We approach questions of locatedness and place-making both through the regional and linguistic boundaries within which these platforms operate, as well as through our participants’ sense of comfort and investment in the local as a space of sexual play. As sexual content and communication are increasingly pushed out of large, U.S.-owned social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr, local and (to some extent) independent platforms where sexual expression is less regulated offer an interesting counterweight.

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The meanings of racism: Public discourses about racism in Finnish news media and online discussion forums

Cited by 19 publications

References 40 publications

When is the “Racist” Designation Truly Applicable? News Media’s Contribution to the Debatability of Racism

When is the “Racist” Designation Truly Applicable? News Media’s Contribution to the Debatability of Racism

Ghosts of white methods? The challenges of Big Data research in exploring racism in digital context

Space, Place and Location in Sexual Social Media

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