Minna Aslama
- aslama@ssrc.org
- Interests
- Diversity / Inclusion, Media and Communications Policy, Public Sphere, Film/Television Production, Public broadcasting, Journalism, Broadcast news, Digital Media, Globalization, Markets, Media Justice, Political Economy
- Role(s)
- Researcher, Staff/Administration
- Location(s) of Work
- USA, Europe (all), Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
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Social Science Research Council
New York, New York, United StatesProgram Officer
Primary Affiliation
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Department of Communication
Faculty of Social SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiFinlandResearcher
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Donald McGannon Communication Research Center
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY, United States
Discipline(s)
- Cultural Studies
- Communications
- Economics
- Women’s Studies
Biography
Minna Aslama is the Program Officer for the Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Sphere Program at the SSRC. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki and has taken part in several international research activities including The Media Between Culture and Commerce Project by the European Science Foundation, and the research-advocacy project on Global Media Monitoring of news media (GMMP, 1995, 2000, 2005). Prior to her academic career, she worked at the Division of Advancement for Women of the UN Secretariat and at the Finnish Broadcasting Company in the research, training and development unit. She has also served as a consultant for various national and international organizations on research and training, especially with regard to issues of media and gender. Her recent/ongoing research work includes new conceptualizations of media audiences, public service media and content diversity in the digital era, and media policy flows in the globalizing media environment. In addition, she is especially interested in new forms of collaboration emerging in relation to the media justice and reform movements.
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