Media Geographies

Media Geographies is a book about how spatial
constraints of human communities configure and
define our existence in the world. it explores the
public discussion of the economic crisis and the
challenges this crisis created for a democratic
system. Its point of departure is the media
portrayal of a small nation state, Finland, during
an exceptionally deep economic depression.

Through a multifaceted analysis of the regional
newspapers, and cultural history, different regions
emerge with their own history: the past, the
present, and ways of addressing the future.
Journalism in general does not reflect only dominant
cultural values, but also nation's political
history, the main staples of economic system and
geographical relations between the centre and the
peripheries. The author shows how media, economy,
and history interact in a media market that
recreates and shapes specific cultures in time and
space.

Autorentext

Inka Salovaara-Moring, PhD, is a Post-
Doctoral Researcher of the Academy of Finland and Associate
Professor in Communication at Tallinn
University, Estonia. Her research interests include media
geography (borderland areas, conflicts, and identity politics),
Central Eastern European media systems, and press freedom and
pluralism.

Klappentext

Media Geographies is a book about how spatial
constraints of human communities configure and
define our existence in the world. it explores the
public discussion of the economic crisis and the
challenges this crisis created for a democratic
system. Its point of departure is the media
portrayal of a small nation state, Finland, during
an exceptionally deep economic depression.

Through a multifaceted analysis of the regional
newspapers, and cultural history, different regions
emerge with their own history: the past, the
present, and ways of addressing the future.
Journalism in general does not reflect only dominant
cultural values, but also nation's political
history, the main staples of economic system and
geographical relations between the centre and the
peripheries. The author shows how media, economy,
and history interact in a media market that
recreates and shapes specific cultures in time and
space.