Category: News

Aska Mayer transforms experimental gaming practices into sustainable solutions

Combining insights from gaming culture with real-world challenges, Mayer’s research offers a roadmap for rethinking augmentation as an inclusive and adaptable process.

Actor-researcher Samuel Kujala challenges traditional acting with technology and seeks a symbiotic relationship with the machine

Samuel Kujala believes that the relationship between actors and technology can fuel creativity.

Guna Spurava’s Doctoral Dissertation in the Field of Media Education to Be Examined at Tampere University

Guna Spurava will defend her doctoral dissertation titled "Towards Platform Awareness in Media Education" at Tampere University’s Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences on Friday, 15 November 2024, starting at 12:00.

New Publications from the Boundaries of Performing Research Group

Two new publications from members of the Boundaries of Performing research group expand the field of performance studies with fresh perspectives. 

Read the blog post by Mikael Laakso, where he outlines the value and impact of using DOAJ data in his research

New research project: Larpocracy

The project addresses the declining engagement in traditional democracy and the limitations of social media in fostering civil discourse.

Call for abstracts for seminar Media, culture and geopolitics 4.10.2023

TaRC's autumn seminar for researchers will be held on Friday 4 October from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m., Linna K110

Pauliina Hulkko's "Hands on!" Workshop in Norway: A Deep Dive into the Significance of Hands at the Agder Theatre Laboratory

For two intensive weeks, 12 international artists immersed themselves in exploring the possibilities and meanings of hands.

The PEGASUS project builds more sustainable gaming cultures

Funded by the Research Council of Finland, the PEGASUS project brings together researchers and stakeholders within the Finnish gaming ecosystem to develop innovative solutions for equity issues in gaming communities.

The Media Research Foundation is funding the EU Kids Online project with €40 000

The new theme of the project will include research on children's critical attitude towards AI and the identification of fake media.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society has granted funding for Mikko Meriläinen

Funding is for the period 2024-2028.

The Information Studies Days – first Call for Abstracts

The Information Studies Days are organized by the Association for Information Studies ITY ry on November 6th and 7th 2024 in Turku.

New Article: How I edit my Instagram images’: investigating skilled vision in the work of YouTube’s lifestyle-content creators

Ida Roivainen's second PhD thesis article

Open jobs at Tampere University: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor of Game Studies

The position is located in the Unit of Communication Sciences in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences.

Russ Palmer to receive Honorary Doctorate at the University of Oulu

Music Therapist and Vibroacoustic Therapy Practitioner Russ Palmer will be conferred Honorary Doctor at the University of Oulu in its Doctoral Conferment Ceremony next week. Palmer has lectured on sound studies courses at Tampere University.

Project PEGASUS has begun!

PEGASUS: Promoting equity and game cultural sustainability in Finland

Broad fields ranked by QS – information and library management and communication studies succeed

Esa Kirkkopelto's performance Satan is Dead will premiere at Zodiak on 26 March 2024

The performance is part of Esa Kirkkopelto’s artistic research on the performing body in a posthumanist situation.

A new publication! The Rule Book by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola is published 12 March 2024

How games are built on the foundations of rules, and how rules—of which there are only five kinds—really work.

Coverage of the Russia–Ukraine War by Television News

New article by Kaarle Nordenstreng, Svetlana Pasti, Tao Zhang, Savyasaachi Jain, Giuliano Bobba, Henry Wolgast, Aaron Hyzen, Liziane Soares Guazina, Suchitra Patnaik, Musawenkosi Ndlovu