Niina
Sormanen
taloussosiologia
Investigating the spread of scientific mis- and disinformation on social media and through journalistic media, and their effects on society from public health to environmental policy and technologies.
Ota yhteyttä
Linkit
Asiantuntijuusalueet
Journalistic media practices in the digital and social media age
information consumption and communicative activity of online audiences
news and media literacy
Tutkimus
Currently (2024-2027), I conduct research in two projects (project leader Kim Holmberg): ‘Unreliable science: Unraveling the impact of mainstream media misrepresentation (2024-2026)’ http://kimholmberg.fi/projects/unreliable-science-unraveling-the-impact-of-mainstream-media-misrepresentation/ and ‘Societal impact of unreliable scientific information: the influence of retracted scientific articles on public perceptions, attitudes, and evidence-informed decision-making (2024-2028)’ http://kimholmberg.fi/projects/societal-impact-of-unreliable-scientific-information-the-influence-of-retracted-scientific-articles-on-public-perceptions-attitudes-and-evidence-informed-decision-making-2024-2028/
Julkaisut
Young consumers’ brand distrust model: Understanding the antecedents of young consumers’ distrust of brands (2025)
Journal of Business Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Fostering Media Literacy: A Systematic Evidence Review of Intervention Effectiveness for Diverse Target Groups (2025)
Media and Communication
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Young people as audiences, consumers and participants in digital news and information environments (2025)
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)Multiliteracies in the Making – Multidisciplinary Conceptualization (2025)
The Journal of Literacy and Technology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Strategies of Eliciting Young People’s Affective and Quick Participation in a Youth Magazine’s Instagram Community (2023)
Journalism Practice
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
News consumption repertoires among Finnish adolescents: Moderate digital traditionalists, minimalist social media stumblers, and frequent omnivores (2022)
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )Social network site communities as agents and spaces of pursuing influence in society: forms, stages and attributes of building communicative power (2018)
(G5 Artikkeliväitöskirja)Business and News Media Perspectives on the Power of Social Media Publics: Case Finland (2018)
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )Facebook’s ad hoc groups: a potential source of communicative power of networked citizens (2017)
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )Chances and Challenges of Computational Data Gathering and Analysis: The case of issue-attention cycles on Facebook (2016)
The case of issue-attention cycles on Facebook
Digital Journalism
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )