Mobilizing ‘the Disenfranchised’ in Finland, France and the United States
Post-Truth Public Stories in the Transnational Hybrid Media Space
Main funder
Funder's project number: KOKOUS 30.3.2017
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 20 400,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/06/2017
Project end date: 31/12/2018
Summary
This comparative project studies how Finnish, French and US countermedia mobilize a ”disenfranchised” community of prosumers from people who are losing trust in the mainstream media. We collect data on polemic news event coverage in hybrid media space using a mixed-methods approach; qualitative methods from media studies and sociology complemented by a computational big data toolkit. This provides unique insight into alternative news outlets’ transnational mobilization strategies and narratives.
