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Lectio Praecursoria: Credibility-building for social science big data

Problems in deploying new digital materials and methods in social research should be understood as – perhaps primarily – challenges in reconciling diverging epistemic conceptions across fields and communities, suggests Juho Pääkkönen in his doctoral thesis “Credibility-building for social science big data”, which was examined at the University of Helsinki on November 29, 2025. This post is the lectio praecursoria presented at the public examination.

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Lectio Praecursoria: Asymmetric Conversational Strategies – Methods for Detecting Manipulative Online Trolling

Trolling can be identified by paying attention to how trolls violate common conversational norms, suggests Henna Paakki in her doctoral thesis “Asymmetric Conversational Strategies – Methods for Detecting Manipulative Online Trolling”, examined at Aalto University on November 29, 2024. This post is the lectio praecursoria presented at the public examination.

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Lectio Praecursoria: Who is the algorithm? Interfacing the social, emotional, and algorithmic

Even a perfectly transparent algorithm – with all its laws and rules fully visible – might not tell enough about the social impacts and entanglements of technology, suggests Laura Savolainen in her doctoral thesis “Who is the algorithm? Interfacing the social, emotional, and algorithmic”, which was examined at the University of Helsinki on September 1, 2023. This post is the lector praecursoria presented at the public examination.

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Lectio Praecursoria: The Data-driven Customer Relationship in Behavioural Life Insurance

Emotions and values matter in the making of data-driven insurance services suggests Maiju Tanninen in her doctoral thesis ” The Data-driven Customer Relationship in Behavioural Life Insurance “, which was examined at Tampere University on November 18, 2022. This post is the lectio praecursoria presented at the public examination.

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Lectio Praecursoria: Encounters with Algorithmic Systems, through the Game Metaphor

The game metaphor could be more widely used to understand our relationships with algorithmic systems beyond the usual notion of ‘gaming the system’, suggests Jesse Haapoja in his doctoral thesis “Encounters with algorithmic systems, through the game metaphor”, which was examined at the University of Helsinki on May 5, 2022. This post is the lectio praecursoria presented at the public examination.

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Lectio Praecursoria: Poliitikkojen brändeillä on merkitystä

Poliitikkojen brändeillä on merkitystä, toteaa Elisa Kannasto tuoreessa väitöskirjassaan, jossa tutkittin poliittikkojen henkilöbrändäystä Facebookissa. Brändillä vakuuttaminen ja vaikuttaminen voi määrittää ehdokkaan, jopa puolueen suosion tason.