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Riikka
Turtiainen
University Lecturer, Degree Programme in Digital Culture, Landscape and Cultural Heritage
Docent, Faculty of Humanities
FT, digitaalisen kulttuurin yliopistonlehtori

Contact

+358 40 534 8458
Siltapuistokatu 2
28100
Pori

Areas of expertise

media sports
social media
representations of women's sports
gamification of exercise
embodiment
online research ethics

Biography

I have been working as an assistant, a project researcher, a university teacher and a university lecturer of digital culture since 2005. My doctoral thesis (2012) considered digitalisation of media sports. At the time I am a member of the Ethics Committee of the University of Turku, a member of editorial board of journals Kulttuurintutkimus and Wider Screen and a member of the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies research group (Awarded by Academy of Finland 2018–2025).

Teaching

Annually, I'm teaching courses about social media and online cultures, online research ethics, qualitative research methods,  and research seminar. 

I have been teaching also courses about sports and social media, online technologies and embodiment, online activism, gamification of exercise  and online communication.

Research

My research interests focus on sports and social media, media sports and gender – particularly representations of female athletes, embodiment, and the connections between game and sports/exercise cultures. I am also interested in questions concerning online research ethics in general.

Publications

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Talviurheilua ja TikTokia (2022)

WiderScreen
Turtiainen Riikka
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä )