We are glad to announce our new publication about blockchain in journalism.<\/p>\n
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\nSihvonen, Tanja; Koskela, Merja; Huusko, Harri. (2020). Good technology, bad applications? Making sense of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in journalism.\u00a0Yhteiskuntapolitiikka.<\/em>\u00a01, 17-30.<\/p>\n
\nTutkimuksessa selvitet\u00e4\u00e4n, kuinka kryptovaluuttoja ja niiden taustalla olevaa lohkoketjuteknologiaa on k\u00e4sitelty suomalaisessa journalismissa: miten aihepiirist\u00e4 on alettu kirjoittaa, miten sen k\u00e4sittely on muuttunut ja keiden \u00e4\u00e4ni teksteiss\u00e4 kuuluu? Analyysissa k\u00e4ytet\u00e4\u00e4n merkityksellist\u00e4misen k\u00e4sitett\u00e4.<\/p>\n
\nThis study explores how Finnish journalism has dealt with cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, and the underlying blockchain technology. The analysis is based on the concept of sense-making by Karl E. Weick. Using this concept, we analyse how journalism creates a shared understanding of this new technological phenomenon. We also study how societal changes associated with blockchain have been explained and made understandable to readers. To access these dimensions, we rely on text analysis. Our study focuses on 292 articles published in Taloussanomat, Kauppalehti, Tivi, Helsingin Sanomat and DigiToday in 2015\u20132018. We are interested to fnd out how blockchain technology and bitcoin have emerged as topics of journalism in Finland, and how coverage of these topics has changed over the years. Our results reveal how journalistic texts have made sense of this technology; whose voice is heard in these texts; and in which contexts these shared signifcations have been set.<\/p>\n