Niina Sormanen
 


niina.sormanen@utu.fi




ORCID identifierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2336-9655





Areas of expertise
Journalistic media practices in the digital and social media age; information consumption and communicative activity of online audiences; news and media literacy

Research community or research topic
Investigating the spread of unreliable scientific information on social media and through journalistic media, and their effects on society from public health to environmental policy and technologies.

Biography




Research

Currently (2024-2027), I conduct research in two projects (project leader Kim Holmberg): ‘Unreliable science: Unraveling the impact of mainstream media misrepresentation (2024-2026)’ http://kimholmberg.fi/projects/unreliable-science-unraveling-the-impact-of-mainstream-media-misrepresentation/ and ‘Societal impact of unreliable scientific information: the influence of retracted scientific articles on public perceptions, attitudes, and evidence-informed decision-making (2024-2028)’ http://kimholmberg.fi/projects/societal-impact-of-unreliable-scientific-information-the-influence-of-retracted-scientific-articles-on-public-perceptions-attitudes-and-evidence-informed-decision-making-2024-2028/



Publications


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