Suomen venäjänkielinen media ja monietninen julkisuus
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Suomen venäjänkielinen media, monietnisyys, monietninen julkisuusAbstract
The article examines Finland’s Russian media from the angle of multi-ethnic public sphere, which presupposes minorities rights to communicate and to be understood, and the concept of differentiated citizenship (Husband 1998). Present-day diasporic media are transnational, and the role and position of national ethnic media is under pressure of neoliberal market, digitalization and transnational discourses.
The article is based on the interviews of Russian-speaking media-actors which were collected in 2016. The ability of media in Russian produced in Finland to act as a public sphere for Russian-speakers is assessed through outlets’ revenue models and journalistic qualities. Although the media scene is seen by interviewed experts as wide and diverse, it is experienced as non-sufficient and its representativeness is doubted. The Russian media and public sphere in Finland can be strengthened by developing measures of support of ethnic media and intensifying cooperation between different actors.
