The research focuses on fostering platform awareness in media education, emphasizing the significance of understanding data-driven and algorithmic influences in social media and search engines. Spurava’s work calls for increased awareness of the ways in which digital platforms impact our perceptions and interactions.
Professor Päivi Rasi-Heikkinen from the University of Lapland will serve as the opponent, while Professor Sirkku Kotilainen from Tampere University’s ITC faculty will act as the custos of the ceremony.
The full dissertation is available online through Tampere University’s repository, TREPO, at this link, and more information about the research can be found on Tampere University’s website here.