Laura Savolainen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4266549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Savolainen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Savolainen |
| SIGNATURE | SAVOLAINEN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5979-1607 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Kymmenen teesiä dataistuneesta mediasta
Tässä puheenvuoroartikkelissa ryhmä tutkijoita tarkastelee median dataistumista kymmenen teesin kautta. Teesit perustuvat neljään eri tutkimushankkeeseen. Data ja algoritmit ovat vakiintuneet osaksi mediasisältöjen tuotantoa, johtamista ja yleisösuhteita. Tämä herättää kuitenkin myös epäilyä, jännitteitä ja kysymyksiä vallasta. Kirjoittajat esittävät, että dataa hyödynnetään mediassa usein taloudellisen tehokkuuden näkökulmasta. Samalla ihmiset –…
Individual choice, collective effects
For a long time, social media recommender systems have been developed in the wild. Recommender systems promote, hide and distribute content and while doing this, shape online experiences and public discourse. Even though recent research has revealed many ethical, social and legal issues caused by their uses, actual interventions have been scarce. Recently, the European Union has shown more interest in legal governance. The Digital Services Act (D…
Moral orders of pleasing the algorithm
This article examines how ‘pleasing the algorithm’, or engaging with algorithms to gain rewards such as visibility for one’s content on digital platforms, is treated from a moral perspective. Drawing from Harré’s work on moral orders, our qualitative analysis of Reddit messages focused on social media content creation illustrates how so-called folk theories of algorithms are used for moral evaluations about the responsibilities and worthiness of …
Dimensions of autonomy in human–algorithm relations
This article reorients research on agentic engagements with algorithms from the perspective of autonomy. We separate two horizons of algorithmic relations – the instrumental and the intimate – and analyse how they shape different dimensions of autonomous agency. Against the instrumental horizon, algorithmic systems are technical procedures ordering social life at a distance and using rules that can only partly be known. Autonomy is activated as r…
The shadow banning controversy
In this paper, I approach platform governance through algorithmic folklore, consisting of beliefs and narratives about moderation systems that are passed on informally and can exist in tension with official accounts. More specifically, I analyse user discussions on ‘shadow banning’, a controversial, potentially non-existing form of content moderation on popular social media platforms. I argue that discursive mobilisations of the term can act as a…
Filtering feminisms
Based on interviews with feminist Instagram users, this article studies emergent feminist visibilities on Instagram through the concept of filtering. Filtering entails both enhancement and subtraction: some feminist sensibilities align with Instagram’s interaction order, while others become subdued and remain at the margins of visibility. Taken together, users’ filtering practices contribute to the confident and happy image, individualistic strea…
Delighting and Detesting Engagement
How do audiences make sense of and interact with political junk news on Facebook? How does the platform's 'emotional architecture' intervene in these sense-making, interactive processes? What kinds of mediated publics emerge on and through Facebook as a result? We study these questions through topic modeling 40,500 junk news articles, quantitatively analyzing their engagement metrics, and a qualitative comment analysis. This exploratory research …
Filtering feminisms
Based on interviews with feminist Instagram users, this article studies emergent feminist visibilities on Instagram through the concept of filtering. Filtering entails both enhancement and subtraction: some feminist sensibilities align with Instagram’s interaction order, while others become subdued and remain at the margins of visibility. Taken together, users’ filtering practices contribute to the confident and happy image, individualistic strea…
The shadow banning controversy
In this paper, I approach platform governance through algorithmic folklore, consisting of beliefs and narratives about moderation systems that are passed on informally and can exist in tension with official accounts. More specifically, I analyse user discussions on ‘shadow banning’, a controversial, potentially non-existing form of content moderation on popular social media platforms. I argue that discursive mobilisations of the term can act as a…
Dimensions of autonomy in human–algorithm relations
This article reorients research on agentic engagements with algorithms from the perspective of autonomy. We separate two horizons of algorithmic relations – the instrumental and the intimate – and analyse how they shape different dimensions of autonomous agency. Against the instrumental horizon, algorithmic systems are technical procedures ordering social life at a distance and using rules that can only partly be known. Autonomy is activated as r…
Moral orders of pleasing the algorithm
This article examines how ‘pleasing the algorithm’, or engaging with algorithms to gain rewards such as visibility for one’s content on digital platforms, is treated from a moral perspective. Drawing from Harré’s work on moral orders, our qualitative analysis of Reddit messages focused on social media content creation illustrates how so-called folk theories of algorithms are used for moral evaluations about the responsibilities and worthiness of …
Delighting and Detesting Engagement
How do audiences make sense of and interact with political junk news on Facebook? How does the platform's 'emotional architecture' intervene in these sense-making, interactive processes? What kinds of mediated publics emerge on and through Facebook as a result? We study these questions through topic modeling 40,500 junk news articles, quantitatively analyzing their engagement metrics, and a qualitative comment analysis. This exploratory research …
Filtering feminisms
Based on interviews with feminist Instagram users, this article studies emergent feminist visibilities on Instagram through the concept of filtering. Filtering entails both enhancement and subtraction: some feminist sensibilities align with Instagram’s interaction order, while others become subdued and remain at the margins of visibility. Taken together, users’ filtering practices contribute to the confident and happy image, individualistic strea…
Delighting and Detesting Engagement
How do audiences make sense of and interact with political junk news on Facebook? How does the platform's 'emotional architecture' intervene in these sense-making, interactive processes? What kinds of mediated publics emerge on and through Facebook as a result? We study these questions through topic modeling 40,500 junk news articles, quantitatively analyzing their engagement metrics, and a qualitative comment analysis. This exploratory research …
Dimensions of autonomy in human–algorithm relations
This article reorients research on agentic engagements with algorithms from the perspective of autonomy. We separate two horizons of algorithmic relations – the instrumental and the intimate – and analyse how they shape different dimensions of autonomous agency. Against the instrumental horizon, algorithmic systems are technical procedures ordering social life at a distance and using rules that can only partly be known. Autonomy is activated as r…
The shadow banning controversy
In this paper, I approach platform governance through algorithmic folklore, consisting of beliefs and narratives about moderation systems that are passed on informally and can exist in tension with official accounts. More specifically, I analyse user discussions on ‘shadow banning’, a controversial, potentially non-existing form of content moderation on popular social media platforms. I argue that discursive mobilisations of the term can act as a…
Moral orders of pleasing the algorithm
This article examines how ‘pleasing the algorithm’, or engaging with algorithms to gain rewards such as visibility for one’s content on digital platforms, is treated from a moral perspective. Drawing from Harré’s work on moral orders, our qualitative analysis of Reddit messages focused on social media content creation illustrates how so-called folk theories of algorithms are used for moral evaluations about the responsibilities and worthiness of …
Kymmenen teesiä dataistuneesta mediasta
Tässä puheenvuoroartikkelissa ryhmä tutkijoita tarkastelee median dataistumista kymmenen teesin kautta. Teesit perustuvat neljään eri tutkimushankkeeseen. Data ja algoritmit ovat vakiintuneet osaksi mediasisältöjen tuotantoa, johtamista ja yleisösuhteita. Tämä herättää kuitenkin myös epäilyä, jännitteitä ja kysymyksiä vallasta. Kirjoittajat esittävät, että dataa hyödynnetään mediassa usein taloudellisen tehokkuuden näkökulmasta. Samalla ihmiset –…
Individual choice, collective effects
For a long time, social media recommender systems have been developed in the wild. Recommender systems promote, hide and distribute content and while doing this, shape online experiences and public discourse. Even though recent research has revealed many ethical, social and legal issues caused by their uses, actual interventions have been scarce. Recently, the European Union has shown more interest in legal governance. The Digital Services Act (D…
Computer Science (4 works) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Politics (3 works)