Professional Affiliation

Postdoctoral researcher, Tampere University,

Journalist, Yle

Expert Bio

Olli Seuri, DSocSci, is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences in Tampere University. In recent years he has focused on a variety of issues related to journalism and its boundaries in the hybrid media environment. His doctoral dissertation was on journalistic history-making. Seuri is also an award-winning journalist working for Yle (Finnish broadcasting company), and he has previously worked as a Professor of Practice in journalism (2019–2020) at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University. He has published journalistic interview guidebooks both in Finnish and Swedish as well as co-authored a popular non-fiction book on post-truth and media called ”Totuuden jälkeen – Miten media selviää algoritmien ja paskapuheen aikana” (Teos, 2018).

Expertise

• History
• Journalism
• Hybrid Media System
• Disinformation
• Countermedia
• Gatekeeping Theory

Wilson Center Project

Transparency as a strategic tool in journalism

Gatekeeping in the digital age

Project Summary

There is a growing literature on media transparency and openness in both academic and policy-oriented popular writing. Still, there is a lack of connection between journalists and theorists, which is a common problem in the field of media. As a working journalist and academic Olli Seuri aims to reduce this gap with his research “Transparency as a strategic tool in journalism.” The plan A for this fellowship is to write a policy-oriented academic paper on media transparency and openness. Alternative plan is to write a longer, but popular policy brief with both international and Finland-specific observations.

Major Publications

Seuri, O. & Mattsson, A. (2022). Öppna frågor: En guide till bättre svar. Gleerups. (”Open questions: A guide to better answers.”)

Seuri, O., Ikäheimo, H-P. & Huhtamäki, J. (2022). What Happens When Platforms Mediate the Audience–Journalism Relationship? In V. J. E. Manninen, M. K. Niemi & A. Ridge-Newman (Eds.). Futures of Journalism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham (pp. 227–243). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95073-6_15

Seuri, O. & Ramstedt, K. (2022). Remixing News: Appropriation and Authorship in the Counter-media. Media and Communication 10(1), 110–119. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i1.4437

Vihma, A., Hartikainen, J., Ikäheimo, H-P. & Seuri, O. (2018). Totuuden jälkeen – Miten media selviää algoritmien ja paskapuheen aikana. Teos. (”Post-truth – Media survival strategies in the era of bullshit and algorithms.”)