Joined Seminar with Rajapinta

HEPP is holding a joined seminar with Rajapinta next Monday (28 October) 14:00 - 16:00 with various presentation about election research involving AI, audiovisual content and media polarisation.



HEPP x Rajapinta Seminar

Monday 28th October, 14-16 (EET): University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 37, room 1066 or online

With 40 different countries holding elections this year, 2024 has been labeled the "super year of elections." Finland has already voted for its 13th president, and the European Parliament elections took place over the summer. Globally, the most highly anticipated election is set to happen within a month, as the United States prepares to choose its next president. The role of digital platforms and media in elections has been growing throughout the 21st century. This Rajapinta x HEPP meetup focuses on recent research regarding the role of social media and influencers in democratic elections.

Presenters:
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ต๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป & ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜‚ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ (๐—ฆ๐—ฌ๐—ก๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—”, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ): ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ - ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€

SYNTHETICA examines the complex and multifaceted ripple effects and limitations of AI-human interplay in the contexts of work, business, and society. It focuses on contemporary data-driven societies through their ICT development and application practices as well as discursive constructions that manifest the limitations of this technology. The presentation delves into the role of AI bots in the context of Finnish presidential elections.
Synthetica blog: Paholainen asuu yksityiskohdissa - tekoรคlyn yllรคttรคviรค sivuvaikutuksia (in Finnish)

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป (๐—›๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ): ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

The PLEDGE team from Helsinki led a multi-project collaboration across ten countries to study European Parliament election campaigns on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Based on four weeks of short-video data, Emilia Palonen will present preliminary results from country reports covering Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

๐—ข๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด (๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€): ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ: ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

While the conversation of modern American politics often focuses on political polarization, the 2024 presidential election challenges our understanding of endorsements, media, and parties. Analyzing the media and political attention to popstar Taylor Swift, this presentation explores a contested cultural and political icon in the 2024 presidential election and the implications for political campaigns in a 24/7-media environment where politics have developed into a spectator sport.

Join us in Helsinki or online (Teams and hepp IG)!