Introduction

The Finnish Society on Media Education
(Sällskapet för mediefostran rf., Mediakasvatusseura ry.)

The Finnish Society on Media Education, founded in 2005 by Finnish researchers and practitioners of media education, is an association operating nation-wide with two main languages (Finnish and Swedish). In 2009 the main financier of the activity is the Ministry of Education. Our aim is to support and develop the field of research and practices concerning media education, contribute to the public debate and provide opportunities to share media educational experiences online and offline. We have over 170 members around Finland, including film centres, media literacy associated cultural centres and associations, media companies and private members from several vocational branches (teachers, kindergartners, social workers, librarians and more).

Finnish Society on Media Education is a member of UN-Alliance of Civilizations Media Literacy Education Clearinghouse and in co-operation with International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media.

Read more about Finnish media education here.

Finnishsocietyonmediaeducation2009

 

Board

  • Researcher, doctor Reijo Kupiainen (chair), University of Tampere
  • Executive director Outi Freese, Koulukinoyhdistys/Skolbioföreningen (Helsinki)
  • Adjunct professor Sirkku Kotilainen, University of Jyväskylä
  • Senior Researcher Sol-Britt Arnolds-Granlund, Åbo Akademi (Vaasa)
  • Professor Tapio Varis, University of Tampere (Hämeenlinna)
  • Manager of Intercommunication Pirjo-Riitta Puro, Finnish Newspapers Association (Helsinki)
  • Youth worker Ismo Kiesiläinen, Youth Department (Helsinki)
  • Media Pedagogue Anu Ruhala, Media Education Centre Metka ry (Helsinki)

Deputy

  • researcher, project manager Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen, University of Helsinki
  • Head of Media Education Hanna Niinistö, Finnish Periodical Publishers Association, (Helsinki)
  • provincial artist Ilkka Kuukka, Jyväskylä
  • Director Gun Oker-Blom, Nordic Institute in Finland (Helsinki)
  • project secretary Juha Oravala, Sodankylä

Publications

Publications of the Finnish Society on Media Education: www.mediaecuation.fi/publications

Staff

The home position of the association is the Faculty of Humanities/The Research Center for Contemporary Culture in the University of Jyväskylä. Additionally, the society has an office in Helsinki: Pohjoisranta 6, 00170 Helsinki.

Staff in 2009

Coordinator Anniina Lundvall, firstname.surname@mediakasvatus.fi
Coordinator (Swedish) Hanna Wahlman , firstname.surname@mediakasvatus.fi
Researcher Ilkka Kuukka (1/2009), ilkka.kuukka(ät)jyu.fi

Trainees, email harjoittelija(ät)mediakasvatus.fi:
Minna Hägg (2007)
Rauna Rahja (2008)
Katri Koskinen (2008)
Maaret Räikkönen (2009)