Eliisa Vainikka
University Lecturer
I teach courses related to digital media, research methods and study of media and communication. I also supervise Bachelor's theses. I finished my Doctoral degree from Tampere University in 2020. In my doctoral thesis I studied communication in anonymously used online platforms.
Some of my most significant publications (the full list of publications is available in ORCID):
Vainikka, E., Soronen, A., & Kallio, S.-M. (2024). Is prompt engineering the future of screenwriting? Views of professional screenwriters and commissioners about the impact of AI technologies on their profession. Critical Studies in Television, 20(1), 54-72.
Vainikka, E., & Toivanen, P. (2024). The anatomy of austerity in Finnish media: The journalistic point-of-view towards Europe from the North. European Journal of Communication, 39(4), 307-322.
Vainikka, E. (2019). Naisvihan tunneyhteisö - Anonyymisti esitettyä verkkovihaa Ylilaudan ihmissuhdekeskusteluissa. Media & viestintä, 42(1).
Vainikka, E. (2018). The anti-social network: Precarious life in online conversations of the socially withdrawn. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(4), 596-610.