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The space of media usage in Finland, 2007 and 2018: the impact of online activities on its structure and its association with sociopolitical divisions
journal contribution
posted on 2021-04-13, 14:30 authored by Semi Purhonen, Adrian LeguinaAdrian Leguina, Riie HeikkiläIn Nordic countries and beyond, there exists a lack of longitudinal, population-level research focused on sociopolitical polarisation and the proliferation of new online activities in the context of changing media usage. In this article, we examine media usage in Finland in 2007 and 2018. We use two nationally representative surveys (N = 1,388 in 2007 and N = 1,425 in 2018) to make comparisons over time and include a wide set of media usage indicators. Applying multiple correspondence analysis, we assess the impact of the proliferation of online activities on the structure of the space of media usage and examine whether the association between media usage and sociopolitical divisions has become more sharply pronounced. The results suggest stability of the structure of media use rather than dramatic change. We discuss these results by reflecting on the relatively strong persistence of “traditional” models of stratification in digital cultural consumption and media practices.
Funding
Academy of Finland (grant no. 309181)
Institute of Advanced Studies at Loughborough University
History
School
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Department
- Social and Policy Studies
Published in
Nordicom ReviewVolume
42Issue
S3Pages
111 - 128Publisher
Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom)Version
- VoR (Version of Record)
Rights holder
© Nordicom and respective authorsPublisher statement
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Nordicom under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Literature (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2020-12-02Publication date
2021-03-29Copyright date
2021ISSN
1403-1108Publisher version
Language
- en