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The VAKKI association connects language and communication researchers in Finland and worldwide: https://sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/ Yearly symposium in February. VAKKI Publications academic journal in December: https://journal.fi/vakki/
Jäsenemme väitöskirjatutkija Cecilia Hjerppe kirjoitti tutkijavierailustaan Copenhagen Business Schoolissa #AjatusviivaBlogi #VaasanYliopistonViestintätieteet blogs.uwasa.fi/ajatusviiva/...
TikTok, as "the vibe platform", represents an important shift in the social media landscape, Kristine Ask says #VAKKI2026
Our second keynote speaker, Kristine Ask, talking about vibe-based media #VAKKi2026
I presented my research co -written with Bharat Kumar Nayak on the fact-checking community in India at #VAKKI2026 conference. The presentation focussed on working condition of fact checkers in India and the future of industry. The comments & questions were really inspiring
Post doctoral researcher Eveliina Salmela presents her work on representation of the neuro diversity and work life in Instagram. Her research analyses various types of neuro divergent content. She also shares her preliminary findings in the presentation
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VAKKI26 workshop: Analysing synthetic communication data
Nyt lähtee!
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Amanda Lagerkvist keynote on wildness of human communication gave a lot of food for thought on what it means to communicate as a human in the age of AI. It concludes by highlighting the need to embrace the wildness of human communication as an open question
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Existential Media Studies -teemaisella keynotella käyntiin. Amanda Lagerkvistin kiehtova setti kysyy, mitä on olla ihminen #tekoäly & #digitalisaatio -aikana.
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Recommended further reading - Lagerkvist, A. (2025). Reawakenings to the improbable: Offerings of the limit situation for media theory in a disorderly world. Media, Culture & Society, 47(2), 418-426. doi.org/10.1177/0163...
Keynote speaker Amanda Lagerkvist: existential media studies explores what it means to be human in the era of digitalization and AI #VAKKI2026
#VAKKI2026 starting, two days of "Human(e) communication" ahead
Tällä viikolla to-pe kokoonnumme taas Vaasaan VAKKI-symposiumiin, teemana Inhimillinen viestintä / Human(e) communication. Bluuttausta seuraa. Sitä ennen voi tutustua vuoden 2025 julkaisuumme Communicational Relations, jossa 11 vertaisarvioitua artikkelia 4 kielellä: journal.fi/vakki/issue/...
Looking forward to the XLVI VAKKI Symposium next week in Vaasa! The program and abstract book have been published: sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/sym...
Please note that the abstract deadline for the 2026 VAKKI Symposium is coming up: Monday December 8, 2025. sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/sym...
The deadline for workshop proposals for the 2026 VAKKI Symposium has been extended! Please submit your proposal by Nov. 10, 2025. CfP: sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/sym...
The XLVI VAKKI Symposium will be held on Feb. 12–13, 2026 in Vaasa! The theme is Human(e) Communication.
We invite workshop proposals by Nov. 3, 2025 and presentation abstracts by Dec. 8, 2025.
1st Call for Papers: sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/sym...
A lecture by our collaborator Merja Koskela, a professor of Communication Studies at @univaasa.bsky.social, introduces some of the basics of crisis communication. What is a crisis? What is crisis communication? What academic approaches exist for studying crisis communication?
Rajapinta association published guidelines for generative AI in research to answer the increasing interest and worries related to generative AI in academic work. rajapinta.co/2025/04/14/r...
Save the date: the next VAKKI Symposium will be held on February 12-13, 2026, in Vaasa! More information later.
Second keynote by @joelle-basque.bsky.social is about to start at #vakki2025
Prof Tanja Sihvonen huomauttaa (mitä me ”yli 20set” Usalaisen mediakulttuurin vaikutusvallassa kasvaneet emme ehkä ymmärrä) että katse alustojen ja sisältöjen tulevaisuuden ja kehityksen osalta kannattaa suunnata Kaukoitään! #VAKKI2025 #journalismipaneeli
Hyvä pointti Olli Seurilla siitä kuinka nyt käynnissä oleva ”alustahajaannus” on erityisen vaikeaa markkinoijille ja vaikuttajille, jotka aikoinaan tulivat nauttimaan helposta tavasta saavuttaa yleisöt #VAKKI2025 #journalismipaneeli
Highly topical example of Musk's "rhetorical gesture" presented by Tommy Bruhn at #VAKKI2025 workshop on "Relations in Rhetoric" #conference #communication #rhetoric
The engaging presentation by Lisa Villadsen at #VAKKI2025 was on a very important topic - rhetorical citizenship. See this book for more: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
The first keynote speaker, Johanna Arnesson, gave us a very clear intro to how the worlds of politics and social media influencers intersect and interact. For more, see the recent book "Influencer politics": uplopen.com/books/e/10.1... #VAKKI2025
#vakki2025 starting now! @hhirsto.bsky.social introducing the symposium and the first keynote speaker Johanna Arnesson.
Tomorrow and Friday we welcome the participants of the XLV VAKKI Symposium to Vaasa. Looking forward to interesting discussions around the theme of "Communicational Relations"! Program: sites.uwasa.fi/vakki/en/sym...
Ensimmäinen teksti journalismituotehankkeestamme on nyt julkaistu Alustassa @alustalehti.bsky.social!
www.tuni.fi/alustalehti/...
Sosiaalinen media antaa näkyvyyttä tieteen moninaisuudelle ja tutkijoiden persoonille, ja siellä viestimisen tapoja on monenlaisia – älä stressaa teetkö oikein. Pohdin digiaikakauden tiedeviestintää Visiiri-lehdessä.
#tiedeviestintä #scicomm #faktatnettiin
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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/...