Markku Lonkila
Biographic Data
| ID | 6329014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Markku Lonkila |
| GIVEN NAMES | Markku |
| FAMILY NAME | Lonkila |
| SIGNATURE | LONKILA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0312-6963 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Sharing and liking as youth nano-level participation. Finnish students’ civic and political engagement in social media
This study examines the types and prevalence of Finnish students’ civic and political online participation such as posting, commenting, sharing or liking social media posts. We focus particularly on the use of Facebook like and share buttons for civic and political purposes, which we conceptualize as ‘nano-level participation’ and discuss in light of the debate on ‘slacktivism’. Our data comes from a classroom survey among 194 Finnish university …
Up with ecology, down with economy? The consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation in the global public sphere
Building on theories of valuation and evaluation, we develop an analytical framework that outlines six elements of the process of consolidation of an idea in the public sphere. We then use the framework to analyse the process of consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation between 1997 and 2013, focusing on the interplay between ecological and economic evaluations. Our content analysis of 1274 articles in leading newspapers in five coun…
The social significance of the Facebook Like button
In this paper we study social aspects of using the Like button for purposes of impression management, identity construction, and maintenance of social ties online. On the theoretical level our investigation combines Goffman’s notion of face-work with concepts of social network analysis, shedding light on what we dub ‘nano-level’ interaction and sociality on social networking sites. Our data come from a 2013 classroom survey in which 26 Finnish un…
Justifying Civic Activism in Russia and Finland
In this article, we present a novel way of researching civil society in a comparative perspective and illustrate it through a detailed analysis of public disputes concerning urban building construction projects in St. Petersburg and Helsinki in 2008–2009. In our illustration, we use justification theory, a line of thought developed by Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot in the early 1990s, but until now little used in comparative civil society res…
The Role of Social Networking Sites in Civic Activism in Russia and Finland
This essay compares the role of the social networking sites, Facebook in Finland and Vkontakte in Russia, in organising civic activism. It is based on data collected about two successful campaigns mobilised by local residents against urban building projects in St Petersburg and Helsinki in 2009. Though in both cities these sites were important channels for transmitting information and organising and coordinating the campaigns, their role was clea…
Driving at Democracy in Russia
This article investigates two strongly opposing modes of organisational activity among Russian car drivers in St Petersburg: Freedom of Choice (Svoboda Vybora) is a contentious grassroots association whereas the city district chapter of the All-Russian Society of Car Drivers (Vserossiiskoe Obshchestvo Avtomobilistov) is part of a nationwide Soviet-era organisation collaborating closely with the authorities. The article describes the history, goal…
Social networks and cellphone use in Russia
Despite the rapid expansion of cellphone use, academic research has paid little attention to mobile telecommunications in Russia. This article examines the adoption and use of cellphones among young Russian adults through social network data and qualitative interviews conducted in St Petersburg in 2003. The study describes the role of personal networks in the purchasing decision, depicts the practices and social rules of cellphone use and investi…
The Internet and Anti-military Activism in Russia
This study investigates the forms and networks of civic activism on the Russian-language segment of the internet through the data of anti-military web pages and weblogs in 2007. The results of the web page analysis are complemented by interviews with Russian activists and discussed in the context of the role of the internet in Russian democratisation. Although the state of anti-military activism on the Russian internet currently seems fragmented,…
The Russian Work Collective and Migration
Networks, Identity, and (In)action
In analyses of the political quiescence in Russia today the emphasis is predominantly on the lack or deficit of something - above all, the weakness of civil society. In order to avoid this one-sided and arguably biased Western way to view the Russians' strategies of cooperation and challenge, a look is taken, in a comparative perspective, at people's daily practices. The data consist of the information on the personal networks of secondary school…
The social meaning of work
(1998). The social meaning of work: Aspects of the teaching profession in Post‐Soviet Russia. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 699-712
Informal Exchange Relations in Post-Soviet Russia
In this article I compare the informal exchange of favours, goods and information in St. Petersburg and Helsinki. The study is part of a larger international comparative research project coordinated by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. This text is based on data collected in the two cities during 1993 - 94: Forty secondary school teachers in St. Petersburg and thirty-eight in Helsinki kept a diary of their important social …
Justifying Civic Activism in Russia and Finland
In this article, we present a novel way of researching civil society in a comparative perspective and illustrate it through a detailed analysis of public disputes concerning urban building construction projects in St. Petersburg and Helsinki in 2008–2009. In our illustration, we use justification theory, a line of thought developed by Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot in the early 1990s, but until now little used in comparative civil society res…
Informal Exchange Relations in Post-Soviet Russia
In this article I compare the informal exchange of favours, goods and information in St. Petersburg and Helsinki. The study is part of a larger international comparative research project coordinated by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. This text is based on data collected in the two cities during 1993 - 94: Forty secondary school teachers in St. Petersburg and thirty-eight in Helsinki kept a diary of their important social …
Driving at Democracy in Russia
This article investigates two strongly opposing modes of organisational activity among Russian car drivers in St Petersburg: Freedom of Choice (Svoboda Vybora) is a contentious grassroots association whereas the city district chapter of the All-Russian Society of Car Drivers (Vserossiiskoe Obshchestvo Avtomobilistov) is part of a nationwide Soviet-era organisation collaborating closely with the authorities. The article describes the history, goal…
The Russian Work Collective and Migration
Up with ecology, down with economy? The consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation in the global public sphere
Building on theories of valuation and evaluation, we develop an analytical framework that outlines six elements of the process of consolidation of an idea in the public sphere. We then use the framework to analyse the process of consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation between 1997 and 2013, focusing on the interplay between ecological and economic evaluations. Our content analysis of 1274 articles in leading newspapers in five coun…
The Role of Social Networking Sites in Civic Activism in Russia and Finland
This essay compares the role of the social networking sites, Facebook in Finland and Vkontakte in Russia, in organising civic activism. It is based on data collected about two successful campaigns mobilised by local residents against urban building projects in St Petersburg and Helsinki in 2009. Though in both cities these sites were important channels for transmitting information and organising and coordinating the campaigns, their role was clea…
The Internet and Anti-military Activism in Russia
This study investigates the forms and networks of civic activism on the Russian-language segment of the internet through the data of anti-military web pages and weblogs in 2007. The results of the web page analysis are complemented by interviews with Russian activists and discussed in the context of the role of the internet in Russian democratisation. Although the state of anti-military activism on the Russian internet currently seems fragmented,…
The social meaning of work
(1998). The social meaning of work: Aspects of the teaching profession in Post‐Soviet Russia. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 699-712
Social networks and cellphone use in Russia
Despite the rapid expansion of cellphone use, academic research has paid little attention to mobile telecommunications in Russia. This article examines the adoption and use of cellphones among young Russian adults through social network data and qualitative interviews conducted in St Petersburg in 2003. The study describes the role of personal networks in the purchasing decision, depicts the practices and social rules of cellphone use and investi…
Sharing and liking as youth nano-level participation. Finnish students’ civic and political engagement in social media
This study examines the types and prevalence of Finnish students’ civic and political online participation such as posting, commenting, sharing or liking social media posts. We focus particularly on the use of Facebook like and share buttons for civic and political purposes, which we conceptualize as ‘nano-level participation’ and discuss in light of the debate on ‘slacktivism’. Our data comes from a classroom survey among 194 Finnish university …
Networks, Identity, and (In)action
In analyses of the political quiescence in Russia today the emphasis is predominantly on the lack or deficit of something - above all, the weakness of civil society. In order to avoid this one-sided and arguably biased Western way to view the Russians' strategies of cooperation and challenge, a look is taken, in a comparative perspective, at people's daily practices. The data consist of the information on the personal networks of secondary school…
Informal Exchange Relations in Post-Soviet Russia
In this article I compare the informal exchange of favours, goods and information in St. Petersburg and Helsinki. The study is part of a larger international comparative research project coordinated by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. This text is based on data collected in the two cities during 1993 - 94: Forty secondary school teachers in St. Petersburg and thirty-eight in Helsinki kept a diary of their important social …
The social meaning of work
(1998). The social meaning of work: Aspects of the teaching profession in Post‐Soviet Russia. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 699-712
Networks, Identity, and (In)action
In analyses of the political quiescence in Russia today the emphasis is predominantly on the lack or deficit of something - above all, the weakness of civil society. In order to avoid this one-sided and arguably biased Western way to view the Russians' strategies of cooperation and challenge, a look is taken, in a comparative perspective, at people's daily practices. The data consist of the information on the personal networks of secondary school…
The Russian Work Collective and Migration
Social networks and cellphone use in Russia
Despite the rapid expansion of cellphone use, academic research has paid little attention to mobile telecommunications in Russia. This article examines the adoption and use of cellphones among young Russian adults through social network data and qualitative interviews conducted in St Petersburg in 2003. The study describes the role of personal networks in the purchasing decision, depicts the practices and social rules of cellphone use and investi…
The Internet and Anti-military Activism in Russia
This study investigates the forms and networks of civic activism on the Russian-language segment of the internet through the data of anti-military web pages and weblogs in 2007. The results of the web page analysis are complemented by interviews with Russian activists and discussed in the context of the role of the internet in Russian democratisation. Although the state of anti-military activism on the Russian internet currently seems fragmented,…
Driving at Democracy in Russia
This article investigates two strongly opposing modes of organisational activity among Russian car drivers in St Petersburg: Freedom of Choice (Svoboda Vybora) is a contentious grassroots association whereas the city district chapter of the All-Russian Society of Car Drivers (Vserossiiskoe Obshchestvo Avtomobilistov) is part of a nationwide Soviet-era organisation collaborating closely with the authorities. The article describes the history, goal…
The Role of Social Networking Sites in Civic Activism in Russia and Finland
This essay compares the role of the social networking sites, Facebook in Finland and Vkontakte in Russia, in organising civic activism. It is based on data collected about two successful campaigns mobilised by local residents against urban building projects in St Petersburg and Helsinki in 2009. Though in both cities these sites were important channels for transmitting information and organising and coordinating the campaigns, their role was clea…
Justifying Civic Activism in Russia and Finland
In this article, we present a novel way of researching civil society in a comparative perspective and illustrate it through a detailed analysis of public disputes concerning urban building construction projects in St. Petersburg and Helsinki in 2008–2009. In our illustration, we use justification theory, a line of thought developed by Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot in the early 1990s, but until now little used in comparative civil society res…
The social significance of the Facebook Like button
In this paper we study social aspects of using the Like button for purposes of impression management, identity construction, and maintenance of social ties online. On the theoretical level our investigation combines Goffman’s notion of face-work with concepts of social network analysis, shedding light on what we dub ‘nano-level’ interaction and sociality on social networking sites. Our data come from a 2013 classroom survey in which 26 Finnish un…
Up with ecology, down with economy? The consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation in the global public sphere
Building on theories of valuation and evaluation, we develop an analytical framework that outlines six elements of the process of consolidation of an idea in the public sphere. We then use the framework to analyse the process of consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation between 1997 and 2013, focusing on the interplay between ecological and economic evaluations. Our content analysis of 1274 articles in leading newspapers in five coun…
Sharing and liking as youth nano-level participation. Finnish students’ civic and political engagement in social media
This study examines the types and prevalence of Finnish students’ civic and political online participation such as posting, commenting, sharing or liking social media posts. We focus particularly on the use of Facebook like and share buttons for civic and political purposes, which we conceptualize as ‘nano-level participation’ and discuss in light of the debate on ‘slacktivism’. Our data comes from a classroom survey among 194 Finnish university …
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Social Media and Politics (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Democracy (3 works)