Klas Backholm
Biographic Data
| ID | 4912055 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klas Backholm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Klas |
| FAMILY NAME | Backholm |
| SIGNATURE | BACKHOLM K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Åbo Akademi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5411-3180 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sexual health education through public service media targeting young people
Public service media (PSM) based sexual health education is a promising approach to use with young people. However, few studies to date have analysed sexual health content in Nordic PSM. A qualitative content analysis was conducted of PSM podcast content, highlighting the sexual health-related topics addressed and the opportunities for participation provided. Data were collected in line with predetermined inclusion criteria and guided by professi…
Journalists and the Coronavirus. How Changes in Work Environment Affected Psychological Health During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on how journalists carry out their work. This study investigates how the pandemic has affected the psychological well-being of journalists in Finland and Norway. The prevalence of six types of psychological distress symptoms is measured, as well as the impact of three work-related risk factors on distress severity. The risk factors were range of potential virus exposure in line of work, negative …
MeToo, Sexual Harassment and Coping Strategies in Norwegian Newsrooms
This article, through conducting a study of the sexual harassment (SH) of media workers, investigates the extent and types of SH experienced by the editorial staff of Norwegian newsrooms at the time the #MeToo campaign arrived in Norway, and what effects such experiences have on journalists’ professional lives. We are also interested in what Norwegian media houses are doing to address these challenges. The leading research question consists of th…
Crises, Rumours and Reposts
Social media (SoMe) platforms provide potentially important information for news journalists during everyday work and in crisis-related contexts. The aims of this study were (a) to map central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using SoMe for collecting and validating newsworthy content; and (b) to investigate how practices may contribute to a user-friendly design of a web-based SoMe content validation toolset. Interviews w…
The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action
This chapter examines how key communicators understand and evaluate opportunities and challenges of using social media in risk and crisis situations. We have conducted semi-structured interviews with several risk and crisis communicators with different tasks and functions. Interviewees range from crisis information managers and communicators supporting first responders, to journalists and journalist advisors. Interviewees give their views on opti…
Journalists’ emotional reactions after working with the Jokela school shooting incident
Journalists’ psychological distress after working with the Jokela school shooting incident was examined with a mixed methods research design using a sample of 196 journalists (27 on the scene, 169 working indirectly with the crisis). Quantitative results were compared to those of a control group of 297 journalists. Results from the quantitative data showed that in all journalists investigated, a minority indicated a level of PTSD, depression, sec…
The effects of exposure to crisis on well-being of journalists
Effects of work-related and personal exposure to potentially traumatic events on PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), depression, compassion fatigue and burnout were examined in 503 Finnish news journalists (238 men, 265 women) by using a web-based survey. Stepwise linear multiple regression analyses showed that two variables significantly predicted all four outcome factors, i.e. PTSD, depression, compassion fatigue and burnout: the variables we…
Journalists and the Coronavirus. How Changes in Work Environment Affected Psychological Health During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on how journalists carry out their work. This study investigates how the pandemic has affected the psychological well-being of journalists in Finland and Norway. The prevalence of six types of psychological distress symptoms is measured, as well as the impact of three work-related risk factors on distress severity. The risk factors were range of potential virus exposure in line of work, negative …
The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action
This chapter examines how key communicators understand and evaluate opportunities and challenges of using social media in risk and crisis situations. We have conducted semi-structured interviews with several risk and crisis communicators with different tasks and functions. Interviewees range from crisis information managers and communicators supporting first responders, to journalists and journalist advisors. Interviewees give their views on opti…
Journalists’ emotional reactions after working with the Jokela school shooting incident
Journalists’ psychological distress after working with the Jokela school shooting incident was examined with a mixed methods research design using a sample of 196 journalists (27 on the scene, 169 working indirectly with the crisis). Quantitative results were compared to those of a control group of 297 journalists. Results from the quantitative data showed that in all journalists investigated, a minority indicated a level of PTSD, depression, sec…
The effects of exposure to crisis on well-being of journalists
Effects of work-related and personal exposure to potentially traumatic events on PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), depression, compassion fatigue and burnout were examined in 503 Finnish news journalists (238 men, 265 women) by using a web-based survey. Stepwise linear multiple regression analyses showed that two variables significantly predicted all four outcome factors, i.e. PTSD, depression, compassion fatigue and burnout: the variables we…
The effects of exposure to crisis on well-being of journalists
Effects of work-related and personal exposure to potentially traumatic events on PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), depression, compassion fatigue and burnout were examined in 503 Finnish news journalists (238 men, 265 women) by using a web-based survey. Stepwise linear multiple regression analyses showed that two variables significantly predicted all four outcome factors, i.e. PTSD, depression, compassion fatigue and burnout: the variables we…
Journalists’ emotional reactions after working with the Jokela school shooting incident
Journalists’ psychological distress after working with the Jokela school shooting incident was examined with a mixed methods research design using a sample of 196 journalists (27 on the scene, 169 working indirectly with the crisis). Quantitative results were compared to those of a control group of 297 journalists. Results from the quantitative data showed that in all journalists investigated, a minority indicated a level of PTSD, depression, sec…
Crises, Rumours and Reposts
Social media (SoMe) platforms provide potentially important information for news journalists during everyday work and in crisis-related contexts. The aims of this study were (a) to map central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using SoMe for collecting and validating newsworthy content; and (b) to investigate how practices may contribute to a user-friendly design of a web-based SoMe content validation toolset. Interviews w…
The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action
This chapter examines how key communicators understand and evaluate opportunities and challenges of using social media in risk and crisis situations. We have conducted semi-structured interviews with several risk and crisis communicators with different tasks and functions. Interviewees range from crisis information managers and communicators supporting first responders, to journalists and journalist advisors. Interviewees give their views on opti…
MeToo, Sexual Harassment and Coping Strategies in Norwegian Newsrooms
This article, through conducting a study of the sexual harassment (SH) of media workers, investigates the extent and types of SH experienced by the editorial staff of Norwegian newsrooms at the time the #MeToo campaign arrived in Norway, and what effects such experiences have on journalists’ professional lives. We are also interested in what Norwegian media houses are doing to address these challenges. The leading research question consists of th…
Journalists and the Coronavirus. How Changes in Work Environment Affected Psychological Health During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on how journalists carry out their work. This study investigates how the pandemic has affected the psychological well-being of journalists in Finland and Norway. The prevalence of six types of psychological distress symptoms is measured, as well as the impact of three work-related risk factors on distress severity. The risk factors were range of potential virus exposure in line of work, negative …
Sexual health education through public service media targeting young people
Public service media (PSM) based sexual health education is a promising approach to use with young people. However, few studies to date have analysed sexual health content in Nordic PSM. A qualitative content analysis was conducted of PSM podcast content, highlighting the sexual health-related topics addressed and the opportunities for participation provided. Data were collected in line with predetermined inclusion criteria and guided by professi…
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Burnout (2 works) · Distress (2 works)