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The mediatization of the economist profession : How economists use the media to promote political and economic interests
No full textProfessional economists wield considerable power as experts and policymakers. Consequently, economists frequently appear in the media, where they comment on current economic issues and assess economic policy options. Despite the status of economists, little is known about the relationship between economists and the media and how economists use the media to promote economic and political interests. Building on the scholarship on the mediatization of expertise, this article analyzes the mediatization of the economist profession. The article draws on 17 semi-structured interviews with Finnish economists who appear frequently in the news media. The findings reveal how institutions from private banks to research institutes use economists to advance their economic and political interests via the media. It is found that using social media and serving journalists are elemental parts of an economist's job description. Furthermore, economists work closely with communications professionals to advance organizational interests. This article argues that further research should analyze how mediatization intertwines with the work of economic experts.Peer reviewe
Talous ja politiikka törmäyskurssilla : Talouskurin järki The Economist-lehdessä
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Ekonomisti viestijänä : suomalaisten ekonomistien mediasuhteesta
No full textTarkastelen, millainen on suomalaisten ekonomistien suhde mediajulkisuuteen. Kysyn, miksi ekonomisti esiintyy mediassa, miten ekonomistit pyrkivät hankkimaan medianäkyvyyttä ja millaisia eroja erilaisissa tehtävissä toimivien ekonomistien mediasuhteissa on. Empiirisesti artikkeli nojaa 17:n mediajulkisuudessa esiintyvän ekonomistin teemahaastatteluihin. Haastatteluaineiston perusteella mediajulkisuudessa esiintyminen on keskeinen osa eritoten pankki- ja etujärjestöekonomistien toimenkuvaa. Mediajulkisuudessa edistetään politiikkatavoitteita ja hankitaan näkyvyyttä työnantajalle. Ekonomistit työskentelevät tiiviisti organisaatioidensa viestintäammattilaisten kanssa ja pyrkivät vakiinnuttamaan paikkansa talouden rutiinikommentaattoreina, joiden puoleen toimittajien on helppo kääntyä. Yliopistolla tai esimerkiksi ministeriössä työskentelevän ekonomistin mediasuhde on usein pidättyväisempi, kun mediatyön osuus päivittäisestä toimenkuvasta on vaatimattomampi. Medianäkyvyyden tavoittelu on silti keskeinen osa erilaisissa tehtävissä työskentelevien ekonomistien arkea.Peer reviewe
The "Hierarchy of Credibility" Among Economic Experts : Journalists' Perceptions of Experts with Varying Institutional Affiliations
Full text linkEconomic journalism is dependent on journalists working closely with expert sources to produce factual and nonpartisan news and analyses about economic policy. Thus, the experts routinely used in economic journalism wield power when defining the economic reality and the possibilities for policy-making. Building on 19 semi-structured interviews with Finnish economic and political journalists and a questionnaire survey conducted among journalists (N=42), this article contributes to the existing literature on journalism practice and economic expertise by analysing how journalists perceive the credibility of various economic experts. The article draws from literature on the "hierarchy of credibility" concept and argues that journalists regard experts working for government authorities and research institutes as more credible than economic experts employed by, for example, private banks. The article argues that while a "hierarchy of credibility" exists among economic expert groups, it is difficult to make clear-cut demarcations between objective expertise and advocacy in economic journalism. Such results highlight the need for nuanced analyses on the role of economic expertise in journalism practice and in public life.Peer reviewe
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
"Elämme aikaa, jossa isot teoriat ovat taas tarpeen": Mika Pantzarin ja Visa Heinosen haastattelu
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Onko korona uusliberalismin kriisi?
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The Economist’s depoliticisation of European austerity and the constitution of a ‘euphemised’ neoliberal discourse
Full text linkThe austerity measures adopted after the financial crisis of 2008-2009 accelerated the critical scholarship on neoliberalism and the media. This article uses discourse theory to analyse how The Economist newspaper constructed a 'euphemised' neoliberal discourse amid the European austerity drive in the years 2010-2012. The article argues for distinguishing between different types of neoliberalism and defines euphemised neoliberalism as a discourse that is characterised by a post-political style, a posture typical of The Economist's elite journalistic identity. The article discusses the type of discourse being articulated via The Economist's rhetorical strategies of moral and rational austerity, anti-politics and austerity as modernisation. These strategies allowed for a nuanced and even a critical debate on European austerity policies, but ultimately The Economist produced a depoliticised understanding of economic policy-making, as the need for austerity and reforms could not be questioned. Finally, the article discusses how the austerity measures adopted in 2010 led to a crisis in the previously constituted euphemised neoliberal discourse and accelerated counter-hegemonic discourses, such as authoritarian forms of neoliberalism.Peer reviewe
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