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- Ellefson, Merja
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“Sons of the Midnight Sun”- Korpelanism, Sámi and Finnish Minorities in Swedish Newspapers in late 1930s
- 2024
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Ingår i: Media History Monographs. - Elon, North Carolina : Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, USA. - 1940-8862.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the winter of 1935 a series of strange events began to unfold. It began with news items about a flying ark that would take the true believers to the Promised Land. A religious group called the Korpelans saw the new Finnish bible translation as the abomination of desolation, which meant that the end was near. They began to end their earthly lives by quitting their jobs, getting rid of their property, etc. Such peculiar behavior caught reporters’ attention and the drive was on. Coverage of the movement consisted of various rumors and rather random accounts of threats, curses, and the constant praying of members and their retreat from everyday life and reality. Since the event took place among the Sami and Finnish minorities living in Northern Sweden at the juncture of the Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian borders, there were also ample amounts of exoticism.
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- Ellefson, Merja, 1963-
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Whose Nation? Memories of the 1918 Finnish Civil War in Military Magazines
- 2021
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Ingår i: medien & zeit: Kommunikation in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. - : Arbeitskreis für historische Kommunikationsforschung (AHK). - 0259-7446. ; 36:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the ways military magazines remembered and made sense of the Finnish civil war both directly after the 1918-1919 war and during the centennial anniversaries of the declaration of independence and the war in 2017-2018. Military organizations and their magazines were journalistic and organizational memory-makers. Due to their size and popularity among the winning side, they shaped public opinion and perceptions of the war. The winners’ perspective was disseminated through organizational activities, commemorative rituals, and ideological upbringing. Magazines were an important tool in strengthening the feeling of togetherness and common destiny. Although the military interest groups no longer have the same societal impact, it is interesting to see the changes that occur as the winners tell the tale a hundred years apart. In brief, the aim is to examine which issues are highlighted or suppressed, and on which grounds people are seen as friends or foes, i.e., whose Finland appears on the pages of the magazines a hundred years later.
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- Schwarzenegger, Christian, et al.
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Ethnic Minorities and the Media : A Struggle for Voice, Self, and Community?
- 2020
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Ingår i: The Handbook of European Communication History. - Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.. - 9781119161622 - 9781119161783 ; , s. 437-452
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this chapter, we discuss the relation between ethnic minorities and the media through the ages and across different European countries. Drawing on findings regarding minority media in Spain, the United Kingdom (UK), Germany, Austria, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and Russia, the chapter illustrates the role of minority media in a struggle for voice and just representation by ethnic minorities and migrant communities under specific historical and political constellations and against the backdrop of evolving media environments. Furthermore, minority media are discussed regarding their contribution to a sense of community, as well as cultural and political belonging for minority people.
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