Futures of Journalism: Technology-stimulated Evolution in the Audience-News Media Relationship

Ville J. E. Manninen is a Researcher at the University of Vaasa’s InnoLab research platform in Finland. He has worked as a researcher and a lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, focusing on journalistic work practices and media plurality. Ville is a journalism studies graduate and has worked in several newspapers.

Mari K. Niemi is the Research Director of E2 Research, an independent research institute based in Helsinki, Finland. She served as the founding Director of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship InnoLab, a research platform at the University of Vaasa. Mari was awarded Academic of the Year in 2015 for her active participation in science communication and public discussion.

Anthony Ridge-Newman is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication at Liverpool Hope University, UK. His research and teaching have been previously based at Glasgow, London, Roehampton and Oxford universities. Anthony has published three books on political communication, and he has diverse scholarly and practice expertise and experience across media, communication and politics.