Publications

Vigren, M. (2024). Imagining alternative mediated futures: Critical speculation as a method. In SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonising Research.

Methods to imagine transformative futures. An integrative literature review.

Ketonen-Oksi, S. & Vigren, M. (2024).

Futures 157, article no: 103341.

From skilled users to critical citizens? Imagining and future-making as part of digital citizenship.

Ylipulli, J. & Vigren, M. (2023).

In D. Radovanović (ed.) Digital Literacy and Inclusion. Stories, Platforms, Communities, pp. 15–31. Springer.

A user-centered lens into digital excess: Exploring the superfluity and environmental burden of the digital world.

Olsson, T., Pyyhtinen, O., Rantasila, A., Laaksonen, SM, Vigren, M., Ylipulli, J., Sawhney, N. (2023).

Limits’23, June2023, Everywhere All at Once. ACM, New York, USA.

Media ja vastuu -teemanumero

editors N. Hatakka & M. Vigren

Media & Viestintä 1/2023

Being hacked: Understanding victims’ experiences of IoT hacking.

Rostami, A., Vigren, M., Raza, S. and Brown, B. (2022).

Proceedings of the Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022). August 8–9, 2022, Boston, MA, USA.

Why users hack: Conflicting interests and the political economy of software.

Brown, B., Vigren, M., Rostami, R. & Gloss, M. (2022).

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6(issue CSCW2). Article No.: 354, pp 1–26.

Vigren, M. (2022). Rhythmanalysis of the digital everyday life: Lefebvrian interpretations on self-tracking of digital device use. In SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online.

Verkkokysely nuorten media-arjesta 2020

Harju, A., Vigren, M. & Ridell, S. (2021).

Avoin tutkimusaineisto FSD3565. Tietoarkisto.

Media/arki 2030 -kuvittelutyöpajamalli

Vigren, M., Harju, A. & Ridell, S. (2021).

Tulevaisuuden media-arki nuorten kuvittelemana -hanke.

Vähemmän koukuttavia algoritmeja

Harju, A., Saariketo, M., Hiltunen, K., Koski, K. & Ridell, S. (2021)

Tulevaisuuden media-arki nuorten kuvittelemana -tutkimushankkeen loppuraportti. Tampereen yliopisto: Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta.

Tiedon politiikat

Saariketo, M. & Saarenmaa, L. (2021).

Media & Viestintä 44(1): i–iv.

Imagining alternative mediated futures? Reflections on experimental workshops with young people.

Vigren, M., & Ridell, S. (2021).

AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2021.

Subversive imagination and possibilities of critical agency in the landscapes of code?

Saariketo, M. (2020).

AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020.

Move, eat, sleep, repeat: rhythmic struggles in pro-active self-tracking practices.

Bergroth, H. & Saariketo, M. (2020).

AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020.

Kytköksinen mediateknologia tarvitsee haastajakseen rohkeaa mielikuvitusta.

Saariketo, M. (2020).

Media & Viestintä 43(2). Lektio.

Kuvitelmia toimijuudesta koodin maisemissa
Saariketo, M. (2020).

Väitöskirja. Yliopistopaino: Tampere.

Encounters with self-tracked data on ICT use
Saariketo, M. (2019).

Nordicom Review, 40 (Special Issue 1), 125–140.

Koodin rytmittämät kokemusmaisemat
Saariketo, M. (2018).

Kulttuurintutkimus 35(1–2), 37–49. 

The unchallenged persuasions of mobile media technology.
The pre-domestication of Google Glass in the Finnish press
Saariketo, M. (2018).

Proceedings of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 3rd Conference, Helsinki, Finland, March 7–9, 2018.

Älylasit tutuksi. Mediateknisten laitteiden kotoistaminen uutisissa
Saariketo, M. (2017).

Widerscreen 1–2.

In dialogue with related fields of inquiry: The interdisciplinarity, normativity and contextuality of audience research
Mathieu D., Brites M. J., Chimirri, N. A. & Saariketo, M. (2016).

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies 13(1), 462–475.

Methodological challenges in the transition towards online audience research
Mathieu, D., Vicente-Mariño, M., Brites, M. J., Amaral, I., Chimirri, N. A., Finger, J., Romic, B., Saariketo, M., Tammi, R., Torres da Silva, M., Pacheco, L. (2016).

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies 13(1), 289–320. 

Intersecting audience activities: An audience studies perspective on the materiality of design, platforms and interfaces
Mollen, A., Saariketo, M. & Kleut, J. (2016).

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies 13(1), 360–373. 

Neuvotteluja sosiaalisen median arkkitehtuurisesta vallasta. Käyttäjien ja ei-käyttäjien suhtautuminen Facebookiin teknologiavälitteisenä tilana
Saariketo, M. (2015).

Media & Viestintä 38(3), 128–146.

Reflections on the question of technology in media literacy education
Saariketo, M. (2015).

In Kotilainen Sirkku, Kupiainen Reijo (eds.) Reflections on Media Education Futures: Contributors to the Conference Media Education Futures in Tampere, Finland 2014. The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media at Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, pp. 51–61. 

Imagining alternative agency in techno-society: outlining the basis of critical technology education
Saariketo, M. (2014).

In L. Kramp, N. Carpentier, A. Hepp, I. Tomanic Trivundza, H. Nieminen, R. Kunelius, T. Olsson, E. Sundin & R. Kilborn (Eds.) Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe. Edition Lumière, pp. 129–138.

Facebook as a space for agency. Negotiations by users and non-users.

Saariketo, M. (2014).

Body, Space and Technology 12(1). 

Tulevaisuuden ihannetoimijan tarinallinen tuottaminen Euroopan digitaalistrategiassa
Saariketo, M. (2013).

Hallinnon Tutkimus 32(4), 270–283. 

Mediakasvatus lukion äidinkielen oppikirjoissa.

Vigren, Minna (2008).

Mediatutkimuksen pro gradu -tutkielma, Turun yliopisto.

Keynotes and invited panel talks 

“Nuorten media-arki nyt ja tulevaisuudessa” (Mediated everyday life of young people now and in the future). Ammattiosaamisen kehittämisyhdistys AMKEn PikkuVIMMA -seminaari viestinnän ja markkinoinnin ammatitlaisille, 8.6.2021. 

“Digiloikka tuntemattomaan?” (A digital leap into the unknown?). Panelist in Media criticism afternoon at the Metso library, Tampere February 5, 2019. Organized by Finnish Association for Media and Communication Studies.

“Reclaming control! Negotiations on the places of mobile technology in daily life”. Keynote at Reaktor Breakpoint conference, Helsinki May 24, 2018.

“Kasvattajana ohjelmoidussa yhteiskunnassa” (Acting as an educator in the softwarized society). Keynote at Somecamp seminar for digital youth workers, Turku September 19, 2017.

”Millainen rooli teknologialla on tulevaisuuden kasvatuksessa ja kasvattajana?” (What is the role of technology in future education and as an educator?) Panelist in the conference of Finnish Society for Media Education titled Mediakasvatus.nyt 2025: Minne menet, mediakasvatus?, Helsinki December 3, 2015. 

Presentations in academic conferences 

Eko-digitaalinen toimijuus ja eettisemmän tulevaisuuden kuvittelun taito. Yhdessä Johanna Ylipullin kanssa. Kulttuurintutkimuksen päivät 2023, 14.12.2023.

How to develop our abilities to imagine transformative, more socially and ecologically sustainable futures? An integrative literature review. Together with Sanna Ketonen-Oksi. 22nd Futures conference: Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing, 17.6.2022, Turku Finland.

The roles of imagination and aspiration in building socially, culturally, and ecologically sustainable future(s). Introduction to the session Imaginative Transformations upon Sustainable Futures. Together with Sanna Ketonen-Oksi. 22nd Futures conference: Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing, 17.6.2022, Turku Finland.

Participatory speculative methods to reimagine alternative futures of digitalization and datafication. Together with Marko Teräs. Political Imagination: Materiality, Politics and Pedagogy International conference in Seili, Finland. 11.6. 2022.

Fostering agency of sustainable futures? Together with Johanna Ylipulli. Sustainability Science conference, Finland, 19.5.2022.

Understanding the role and importance of agency creation in imagining more inclusive and socially sustainable futures. Together with Sanna Ketonen-Oksi. Sustainability Science conference, Finland, 19.5.2022.

Kuvitelmia ympäristövastuullisesta tulevaisuudesta ICT:n alan ilmasto- ja ympäristöstrategiassa. Median ja viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät 23.4.2022.

Imagining as a critical citizenship skill. Together with Johanna Ylipulli. Abstract Book of the Finnish Conference of Cultural Studies, 2021.

Mielikuvitusta ruokkivien menetelmien merkitys tulevaisuuteen suuntautuvan aktiivisen toimi­­­­juuden herättelyssä. Yhdessä Sanna Ketonen-Oksin kanssa. Kulttuurintutkimuksen päivät, 10.12.2021.

Taitavista käyttäjistä kriittisiksi digiyhteiskunnan kansalaisiksi? [‘From skilled users to critical citizens of the digital society?’]. Yhdessä Johanna Ylipullin kanssa. Abstract Book of the FERA Conference on Education, 2021.

Subversive imagination in the landscapes of code? Reflections on agency, infrastructuration, and alternative futures. European Communication Research and Education Association pre-conference (2021).

Tackling the obstacles to imagining mediated futures: Observations from experimental workshops with young people. Together with Seija Ridell & Auli Harju. Nordic Science and Technology Studies conference May 20, 2021.

Media-arki 2030: nuoret tulevaisuuden yhteiskuntaa kuvittelemassa. Sukupuolentutkimuksen päivät, yhdessä Auli Harjun ja Seija Ridellin kanssa. 12.11.2020. 

Overwhelmed by connectivity? Digital saturation experienced and (un)challenged by digital natives in pandemic times. Together with Auli Harju & Seija Ridell. European Communication Research and Education Association pre-pre-conference ‘Advancing Digital Disconnection Research’, October 2, 2020. 

‘Data doubling’ process, power and agency in data flows. Together with Karoliina Snell and Rune Saugman. Figurations: Persons in/out of Data Conference, Goldsmiths, London, December 16, 2019.

Feeling the rhythms of activity trackers. Together with Harley Bergroth. Cultural Studies and Cultural Politics Conference, University of Tampere, December 13, 2019.

Fostering imagination for alternatives in the landscapes of code. After Agency Conference, Poznan Poland, November 13, 2019.

Agency and inequality in the landscapes of code: sociotechnical imaginaries as infrastructure. Infrastructure and inequalities: Media Industries, Digital Cultures and Politics, University of Helsinki, October 22, 2019.

Fostering imaginaries of alternative data imaginaries? MyData Conference, Helsinki, September 27, 2019.

The infrastructural force of sociotechnical imaginaries: Human agency in the landscapes of code. Nordic STS conference, Univeristy of Tampere, June 14, 2019.

Feeling the rhythms of code. Annual conference of Association of Internet Researchers. Montreal 13.10.2018 “Feeling the rhythms of code”. STS symposium: Ideals and practices of interdisciplinary research, University of Tampere, June 14, 2018.

Rhythmic structures of everyday self-tracking. Together with Harley Bergroth. STS symposium: Ideals and practices of interdisciplinary research, University of Tampere, June 14, 2018.

Feeling datafication: self-tracked ICTs, mirrored digital traces, and affective intensities of data mining. Data justice conference, University of Cardiff, UK, May 22, 2018.

Ohjelmistojen suostutteleva valta: teknografinen tarkastelu aktiviisuusrannekkeiden käyttöliittymistä. Together with Harley Bergroth. Median ja viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät, University of Jyväskylä April 27, 2018.

Persuasive architectures of self-tracking software. Together with Harley Bergroth. Sosiologipäivät, University of Eastern Finland March 15, 2018.

The unchallenged persuasions of mobile media technology. The pre-domestication of Google Glass in the Finnish press. Digital Humanities in Nordic Countries, University of Helsinki, March 8, 2018.

Fostering agency in a programmable society? Digital Culture meets Data: Critical Approaches. University of Brighton, United Kingdom November 7, 2017.

Mirroring digital traces. Emotional engagements of datafied life. Feeling data: Emotion and affect in the datafied worlds. University of Helsinki November 1, 2017.

Insights to lives in code-based infrastructures: interpretations of data on one’s own ICT use. MyData conference. Tallinn, Estonia August 30, 2017.

Experimentation with a tracker: studying connections and connectivity in digital environments. Science and technology studies symposium, Helsinki, June 9, 2017.

Probing Stuart Hall’s encoding/decoding model in the study of digitally afforded social environments. Together with Seija Ridell. Social media research symposium, University of Jyväskylä, November 11, 2015.

Negotiating the architectural power of connective media. Stuart Hall’s encoding/decoding model and the critical study of digitally afforded social environments. ICT’s and Society, Vienna University of Technology, Austria June 4, 2015.

Imagining alternative agency in digital society. Introducing Critical Technology Education. Re:publica. Berlin, Germany May 6, 2015.

Outlines of Critical Technology Education. American Association of Geographers Conference. Chicago, USA April 22, 2015.

The story of Google Glass in Finnish media. 5th European Communication Conference. Communication for Empowerment: Citizens, Markets, Innovations. Lisbon, Portugal November 13, 2014.

Production of agency in technosociety. A need for critical technology education? Media education futures pre-conference, University of Tampere, May 7, 2014.

Toimijuus teknoyhteiskunnassa. Suuntaviivoja kriittiselle teknologiakasvatukselle. Mediakasvatustutkimus.nyt 2014 -tutkijatapaaminen, University of Helsinki, April 1, 2014.

Negotiating Facebook as a space for agency. Social Media. 4th Transforming Audiences Conference. University of Westminster, London, UK September 2, 2013.

Production of agency in techno-society: a narrative perspective. European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School. Bremen, Germany August 20, 2013.

Facebook as a space for agency. Stories told by users and non-users. Digital Resources in the Humanities & Arts. University of Winchester, UK July 22, 2013.

Facebook toiminnan tilana käyttäjien ja ei-käyttäjien tarinoissa. Workshop: Facebook, tutkimus, yhteiskunta. University of Tampere, April 18, 2013.

The production of ideal actors in Digital Agenda for Europe: a narrative perspective. KnowRight conference. University of Helsinki September 27, 2012.

EU:n digitaalistrategian tarina: teknologinen tulevaisuus ja toimijat. Viestinnän tutkimuksen päivät. University of Jyväskylä, August 30, 2012.

Workshops, trainings, meet-ups

Meetup: Tieteen ja taiteen rajapinnoilla. Rajapinta ry:n verkkotapahtuma. 7.4.2022.

Meetup: Sex and social media platforms. Rajapinta collective’s online event. 9.2.2022.

Meetup: Kollektiiviset kuvitelmat. Rajapinta ry:n verkkotapahtuma. 27.10.2021

Työpaja: Tulevaisuuden media-arki. Cometin mediatutkimustunti toisen asteen opiskelijoille. 17.5.2021.

Työpaja: Kriittinen teknologiakasvatus. Somecamp seminaari digitaalisen nuorisotyön tekijöille. Turku 19.9.2017

Workshop: Critical technology education. MyData conference, Helsinki 1.9.2016

Koulutus: Kriittinen teknologiakasvatus aikuisten mediakasvatuksena. Varsinais-Suomen kirjastotyöntekijöiden koulutus. 8.4.2016, Turku.

Työpaja: Toimijaksi kasva(tta)minen ohjelmoidussa yhteiskunnassa: johdatus kriittiseen teknologiakasvatukseen. I+-seminar, Mikkeli 26.8. 2015.

Materials for trainings and teaching

Vigren, M. (2024). Imagining alternative mediated futures: Critical speculation as a method. In SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonising Research. https://methods.sagepub.com/dataset/alternative-mediated-futures-critical-speculation

Vigren, M. (2021). Rhythmanalysis of the digital everyday life: Lefebvrian interpretations on self-tracking of digital device use. In SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529604290

The Media/Everyday Life 2030 workshop model was published in English in 2024 (original Media/Arki 2030 was published in 2021). It was developed in Young People Imagining Alternative Media(ted) Futures research project (2020-2021). In the project, we explored what kind of media technological everyday life young people want and what methods could be used to imagine alternatives that challenge the current situation. The project developed a workshop model for use by media professionals and others interested in imagining the future media landscape. The Media/Everyday Life 2030 workshop has been developed to give young people a playful way to reflect on the current mediated everyday life and its potential bleaker sides and desirable alternatives to it. The exercises allow you to choose a theme for the workshop (e.g. smart devices, social media, news, or games). The workshop can be organised in different settings from school classes to NGOs and workplaces.

You can download the workshop model here

Media/arki 2030 -työpajamalli julkaistiin osana Tulevaisuuden media-arki nuorten kuvittelemana projektia. Tutkimushankkeessa (2020–2021) tutkittiin, millaista media-arkea nuoret toivovat ja millaisin menetelmin voitaisiin kuvitella vaihtoehtoja nykyiselle media-arjelle. Projektissa kehitettiin työpajamalli media-alan toimijoiden ja muiden tulevaisuuden media-arjen kuvittelusta kiinnostuneiden käyttöön. Media/arki 2030 -työpaja on kehitetty, jotta nuoret saisivat pelillisessä hengessä pohtia nykyistä media-arkeaan ja sen mahdollisia nurjia puolia. Lisäksi työpajan idea on luoda mahdollisuuksia sen kuvittelemiseen, millaista toivottava media-arki voisi olla tulevaisuudessa. Harjoitukset antavat mahdollisuuksia valita työpajalle jonkin teeman (esimerkiksi älylaitteet, sosiaalinen media, uutiset tai pelit). Mikään ei estä työpajan toteuttamista vaikkapa omassa työyhteisössä.

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