Kultur och media / Culture and Media / Kulttuuri ja media

I en virvelvind av förändringar och ett hav av möjligheter utforskar och ger skribenter till bloggen Kultur och medier mening åt vårt dynamiska område. Läs om de senaste trenderna, händelserna och akademiska argumenten som formar och omformar vår värld på ett sätt som uppmuntrar oss att reflektera och debattera över vad som har hänt och vad som ännu inte har hänt. In a whirlwind of change, and a sea of possibilities, contributors to the Culture and Media blog explore and make meaning of our dynamic field. Read about the latest trends, events and academic arguments that are shaping and reshaping our world in ways that encourage us to reflect and debate on what has past and what has yet to come.

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27.03.2020

Kauko Lindfors, Lektor i ljud och klipp, Institutionen för Kultur och Media, Arcada UAS Kauan sitten meillä Suomessa oli vielä elokuvafestivaali, jonka nimi oli Kettupäivät. Suostuin aikanaan tuon festivaalin esiraatiin – siis valitsemaan lyhytelokuvia ja dokumenttielokuvia, jotka pääsisivät varsinaisille festivaaleille. En ollut yksin. Meitä oli esiraadissa muutamia ihmisiä. Katsoimme ehdokkaat omilla tahoillamme ja annoimme pisteitä paperiseen listaan. Siinä minä istun olohuoneessani. Lattialla on pari isoa pahvilaatikkoa, jotka ovat täynnä…

The Harvest: Feedback from the ‘Content Packaging’ Experience

06.03.2020 ,

Jutta Törnqvist, Lecturer in Online Media, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS This text reflects on the feedback of the ‘content packaging’ experience in the course UX & UI that I blogged about earlier while in the planning stage. Students were required to give their feedback based on the path they had selected at the start of the course. Interestingly, the results show no big surprises in terms…

Social media marketing on Instagram – Case study.

07.02.2020 ,

Shiva Heidari, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr Mats Nylund Examiner: Dr Nathalie Hyde-Clarke My MA thesis examines the use of social media in marketing, more specifically how Instagram is utilised for social media marketing of photography services. My thesis was based on an intrinsic case study. Due to a confidentiality clause, the company name and recommendations specific to that company are…

Rote learning and epistemic beliefs

23.01.2020 ,

Tore Ståhl, Educational Researcher, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Two recent blogs by Owen Kelly (2019, 2020) inspired me to some unsystematic reflections, firstly from a general educational perspective, and secondly in the light of my own research regarding so-called epistemic beliefs. Learning by doing or parroting The first experiences described by Kelly invite me to reflect about various areas within both educational practice and educational theory….

Learning from Scratch

17.01.2020 , ,

Owen Kelly (D. Phil), Principal lecturer in Online Media, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS In November 2019 I reported about a project that Irma Sippola and I started and which we call Snowcastle Valley. As part of this I have committed myself to teach eleven teenage girls and women, and five teenage boys, all school dropouts living below the poverty line, to code using the Scratch programming…

Narrow is Wide – On the Future of Finlandssvensk Film

18.12.2019 , ,

Jan Nåls, Principal Lecturer, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS The Swedish speaking minority in Finland has its own unique film culture – commonly referred to as Finlandssvensk film. Historically, it has been an unruly child who has demanded a little bit too much attention and money, a troublemaker with identity issues, part of a relatively civilised cultural family whose members are accustomed to other, more traditional, modes of…

Fake it till you make it: envisioning the end product with design artefacts

13.12.2019 ,

Kate Glushkova, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Tomas Träskman Examiner: Dr. Owen Kelly Arcada’s Media Management programme responds to the creative and managerial challenges posed by modern technology and changing user behaviour. It does so by fostering a multidisciplinary understanding of business, technology and culture. My study looks into managing the collaborative design process, where all these components find their place. Research focus:…

Leadership in change – YLE News and Current Affairs renewing project 2018-2019

11.12.2019 ,

Janne Mällinen, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor Dr. Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Examiner: Dr. Mats Nylund My Master’s Thesis investigates the concepts of leadership and to what extent the perceptions about leadership changed during a studio and content renewing project at YLE’s News and Current Affairs in 2018-2019. Leadership style plays a significant role when predicting organization performance or outcomes. It also enhances employees’ well-being. According to previous research, leaders…

Self-publishing in the digital age

11.12.2019 ,

Bryan Dollery, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Matteo Stocchetti Examiner: Dr. Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Improved accessibility to computers and the internet means lower entry barriers for many sectors. For some writers, this means that the dream of getting their story, comic or poetry out into the world is much closer to becoming a reality – as made by evident the…

Reflecting on Arcada’s Social Impact in the Finlandsvensk Film Industry

10.12.2019 , ,

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Social impact is understood to be the influence and effect an organisation has on the well-being and development of its community. It can be measured in a variety of ways. For the purposes of this discussion on the effect of the BA in Film och Media (previously Mediekultur) offered by Arcada in the Finlandsvensk community, we…