Marko Ampuja
Biographic Data
| ID | 4194811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marko Ampuja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marko |
| FAMILY NAME | Ampuja |
| SIGNATURE | AMPUJA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4849-894X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kahden lännen välissä: Rajaturvallisuuskeskustelun episteeminen hallinta suomalaisessa uutismediassa
Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan rajaturvallisuuslaista käytyä keskustelua suomalaisessa uutismediassa (Helsingin Sanomatja Ilta-Sanomat) ja poliittisessa lehdistössä (Demokraatti, Kansan Uutiset, Nykypäivä, Suomenmaa, Suomen Uutiset, Verde). Tutkimuksen teoreettis-metodologinen viitekehys ammentaa rajan käsitteestä ja länsimaiden diskursiivista rakentumista tarkastelevasta kriittisestä tutkimusperinteestä ja hyödyntää uutistekstien analyysissä e…
Banal entrepreneurialism: The media-cultural idolization of startup entrepreneurship and its saturation in Finland
We examine the cultural vitality of startup entrepreneurship as a key element of contemporary capitalism by analyzing the media and social media coverage of the Finnish startup event Slush. Startup entrepreneurs and companies have become objects of public idolization, and they are crucial for the cultural legitimation of contemporary capitalism. To assess this development, we employ the concept of startup culture, which refers to the conflux of a…
Globalization, modernity, and capitalism: On Victor Roudometof's ‘How should we think about globalization in a postglobalization era?’
Victor Roudometof's goal is to defend the analytical value of ‘globalization’ against declarations concerning its alleged obsolescence, and especially against theories that associate globalization with Eurocentric narratives of Western modernity. His aim is to demonstrate the fruitfulness of examining the interconnections between different world regions that go beyond conventional temporal frames. In this he succeeds well, but the article has som…
Julkinen keskustelu Ylestä kaipaa analyyttistä tarkkuutta ja sivistysnäkökulmaa
Puheenvuorossa tarkastellaan ajankohtaista poliittista keskustelua Yleisradion asemasta suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Se nojaa kirjoittajan toimittamaan tuoreeseen verkkokirjaan Yle myllerryksessä: kamppailu julkisen palvelun mediasta Suomessa (DECA, 2025). Puheenvuoro nostaa esiin kriittisiä huomioita kaupallisen media-alan ja nykyhallituksen Yle-vastaisen kampanjoinnin ja politiikkatoimien taloudellisista ja ideologisista perust…
Established ideas from established institutions: Austerity and structural reforms in the Finnish economic policy debate
Instead of alternative economic ideas or institutional shifts, the post-financial crisis conjuncture has witnessed the persistence of neoliberal ideas and the strengthening of the institutions implementing them. Instructed by ideational institutionalism, this article analyzes the interplay between ideas and institutions by examining the public debate on economic policy in Finland during the euro crisis. We show how ideas formed by the dominant in…
From ‘Post-Industrial’ to ‘Network Society’ and Beyond: The Political Conjunctures and Current Crisis of Information Society Theory
This article critically discusses the intellectual and conceptual shifts that have occurred in information society theories (and also policies) in the previous four decades. We will examine the topic by focusing on the work of Daniel Bell and Manuel Castells, arguably two of the most important information society theorists. A key element in the academic shift from “post-industrial” (Bell) thinking to the discourse on “network society” (Castells) …
Conclusion: Globalization Theory and the Neoliberal Moment
In Theorizing Globalization Marko Ampuja offers a critical reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, challenging their media-centrism and their lack of historical materialist analysis of global capitalism and the power of neoliberalism.
Theorizing Globalization: A Critique of the Mediatization of Social Theory
Theorizing Globalization offers a reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, a topic that has become enormously popular in social sciences and cultural studies. Instead of recycling common arguments, Ampuja critically examines the works of key globalization theorists such as Manuel Castells and Arjun Appadurai to demonstrate their excessive fascination with recent changes in media and communications technology. The author argues th…
Globalization Theory, Media-Centrism and Neoliberalism: A Critique of Recent Intellectual Trends
This article develops a critique of academic globalization theory from the viewpoint of media and communications. First, it discusses the overall importance of media and communications for the core argument of globalization theory, namely that the contemporary period has witnessed a dramatic shift in the spatio-temporal constitution of society. This is followed by a reconstruction and critique of such a line of reasoning in the work of two notabl…
Established ideas from established institutions: Austerity and structural reforms in the Finnish economic policy debate
Instead of alternative economic ideas or institutional shifts, the post-financial crisis conjuncture has witnessed the persistence of neoliberal ideas and the strengthening of the institutions implementing them. Instructed by ideational institutionalism, this article analyzes the interplay between ideas and institutions by examining the public debate on economic policy in Finland during the euro crisis. We show how ideas formed by the dominant in…
Globalization Theory, Media-Centrism and Neoliberalism: A Critique of Recent Intellectual Trends
This article develops a critique of academic globalization theory from the viewpoint of media and communications. First, it discusses the overall importance of media and communications for the core argument of globalization theory, namely that the contemporary period has witnessed a dramatic shift in the spatio-temporal constitution of society. This is followed by a reconstruction and critique of such a line of reasoning in the work of two notabl…
Conclusion: Globalization Theory and the Neoliberal Moment
In Theorizing Globalization Marko Ampuja offers a critical reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, challenging their media-centrism and their lack of historical materialist analysis of global capitalism and the power of neoliberalism.
Theorizing Globalization: A Critique of the Mediatization of Social Theory
Theorizing Globalization offers a reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, a topic that has become enormously popular in social sciences and cultural studies. Instead of recycling common arguments, Ampuja critically examines the works of key globalization theorists such as Manuel Castells and Arjun Appadurai to demonstrate their excessive fascination with recent changes in media and communications technology. The author argues th…
Globalization Theory, Media-Centrism and Neoliberalism: A Critique of Recent Intellectual Trends
This article develops a critique of academic globalization theory from the viewpoint of media and communications. First, it discusses the overall importance of media and communications for the core argument of globalization theory, namely that the contemporary period has witnessed a dramatic shift in the spatio-temporal constitution of society. This is followed by a reconstruction and critique of such a line of reasoning in the work of two notabl…
From ‘Post-Industrial’ to ‘Network Society’ and Beyond: The Political Conjunctures and Current Crisis of Information Society Theory
This article critically discusses the intellectual and conceptual shifts that have occurred in information society theories (and also policies) in the previous four decades. We will examine the topic by focusing on the work of Daniel Bell and Manuel Castells, arguably two of the most important information society theorists. A key element in the academic shift from “post-industrial” (Bell) thinking to the discourse on “network society” (Castells) …
Established ideas from established institutions: Austerity and structural reforms in the Finnish economic policy debate
Instead of alternative economic ideas or institutional shifts, the post-financial crisis conjuncture has witnessed the persistence of neoliberal ideas and the strengthening of the institutions implementing them. Instructed by ideational institutionalism, this article analyzes the interplay between ideas and institutions by examining the public debate on economic policy in Finland during the euro crisis. We show how ideas formed by the dominant in…
Globalization, modernity, and capitalism: On Victor Roudometof's ‘How should we think about globalization in a postglobalization era?’
Victor Roudometof's goal is to defend the analytical value of ‘globalization’ against declarations concerning its alleged obsolescence, and especially against theories that associate globalization with Eurocentric narratives of Western modernity. His aim is to demonstrate the fruitfulness of examining the interconnections between different world regions that go beyond conventional temporal frames. In this he succeeds well, but the article has som…
Julkinen keskustelu Ylestä kaipaa analyyttistä tarkkuutta ja sivistysnäkökulmaa
Puheenvuorossa tarkastellaan ajankohtaista poliittista keskustelua Yleisradion asemasta suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa. Se nojaa kirjoittajan toimittamaan tuoreeseen verkkokirjaan Yle myllerryksessä: kamppailu julkisen palvelun mediasta Suomessa (DECA, 2025). Puheenvuoro nostaa esiin kriittisiä huomioita kaupallisen media-alan ja nykyhallituksen Yle-vastaisen kampanjoinnin ja politiikkatoimien taloudellisista ja ideologisista perust…
Kahden lännen välissä: Rajaturvallisuuskeskustelun episteeminen hallinta suomalaisessa uutismediassa
Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan rajaturvallisuuslaista käytyä keskustelua suomalaisessa uutismediassa (Helsingin Sanomatja Ilta-Sanomat) ja poliittisessa lehdistössä (Demokraatti, Kansan Uutiset, Nykypäivä, Suomenmaa, Suomen Uutiset, Verde). Tutkimuksen teoreettis-metodologinen viitekehys ammentaa rajan käsitteestä ja länsimaiden diskursiivista rakentumista tarkastelevasta kriittisestä tutkimusperinteestä ja hyödyntää uutistekstien analyysissä e…
Banal entrepreneurialism: The media-cultural idolization of startup entrepreneurship and its saturation in Finland
We examine the cultural vitality of startup entrepreneurship as a key element of contemporary capitalism by analyzing the media and social media coverage of the Finnish startup event Slush. Startup entrepreneurs and companies have become objects of public idolization, and they are crucial for the cultural legitimation of contemporary capitalism. To assess this development, we employ the concept of startup culture, which refers to the conflux of a…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Globalization (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (3 works)