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University of Helsinki: Helsinki, FI

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University of Helsinki: Helsinki, FI

2018-01-01 to present | Associate Professor (Faculty of Theology/Religious Studies)
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Johanna Sumiala

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Jyväskylä: Jyvaskyla, FI

1996-09-01 to 2001-12-08 | PhD. (Media and Communication Studies)
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Afterword: Religious Populism

Populism
2025-02-25 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1163/25888072-bja10077
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Contributors: Katja Valaskivi; Johanna Sumiala
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Goodnight Ma’am:

Media, Culture & Society
2025-01-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/01634437241308751
DOI: 10.1177/01634437241308751
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Anu A. Harju; Julia Sonnevend
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Introducing the Special Issue Digital Death: Transforming Rituals, History, and the Afterlife

Social Sciences
2024-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/socsci13070346
Contributors: Dorthe Refslund Christensen; Johanna Sumiala
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Digital Death and Spectacular Death

Social Sciences
2024-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/socsci13020101
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Michael Hviid Jacobsen
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Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz (1992) Media Events

Classics in Media Theory
2024-01-01 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.4324/9781003432272-26
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-003-43227-2
Part of ISBN: 978-1-032-55796-0
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Islam as the Folk Devil

International Journal of Communication
2023 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Anu A. Harju; Emilia Palonen
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Religious Populism?

International Journal of Communication
2023 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Stewart M. Hoover; Corrina Laughlin
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“You Will Never Hear Me Mention His Name”

International Journal of Communication
2023 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Katja Valaskivi; Johanna Sumiala
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Introduction to the special issue

Nordic Journal of Religion and Society
2023-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.18261/njrs.36.2.1
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Linnea Jensdotter; Mona Abdel-Fadil; Henrik Reintoft Christensen
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Conceptualizing Populism about/in/as Religion

Nordic Journal of Religion and Society
2023-12-15 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.18261/njrs.36.2.2
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Contributors: Katja Valaskivi; Johanna Sumiala; Niko Johannes Pyrhönen
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Developing digital team ethnography of global media events on social media

New Media & Society
2023-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/14614448231207784
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Contributors: Minttu Tikka; Jukka Huhtamäki; Anu A. Harju; Johanna Sumiala
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Presidential Address for the ismrc Virtual Conference 2021

Journal of religion, media and digital culture
2023-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1163/21659214-BJA10099
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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”Holy shit!!! Jos tuo ei herätä ihmisiä niin sitten ei mikään!” Salaliittoteoreettinen populistinen kuvittelu ja tunnestruktuurit sosiaalisessa mediassa

Media & viestintä : kulttuurin ja yhteiskunnan tutkimuksen lehti
2023-03-29 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.23983/mv.128479
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Contributors: Katja Valaskivi; Petri Jääskeläinen; Jukka Huhtamäki; Johanna Sumiala
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Death, Spirituality, and Digital Afterlife

The Handbook on Religion and Communication
2023-02-07 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1002/9781119671619.ch26
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-119-67161-9
Part of ISBN: 978-1-119-67155-8
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Digital Religion – A Methodological Approach

The Oxford Handbook of Digital Religion
2022 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197549803.013.24
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Part of ISBN: 9780197549834
Part of ISBN: 9780197549803
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Media and religion

International Handbook of Practical Theology
2022-09-06 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1515/9783110618150-015
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Part of ISBN: 9783110618150
Part of ISBN: 9783110644555
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Ambivalent rituals of belonging

Nordic journal of media studies
2022-05-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.2478/njms-2022-0005
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Contributors: Katja Valaskivi; Johanna Sumiala; Minttu Tikka
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Almost immortal?

Media History
2022-04-03 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1080/13688804.2021.1958671
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Lotta Lounasmeri; Galina Lukyanova
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(De)-differentiation and religion in digital news

The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism
2021 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.4324/9780203731420-28
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Part of ISBN: 9780203731420
Part of ISBN: 9781138304963
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Mediated Death

2021-11-26 | Book | Author
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ISBN: 978-1-5095-4453-0
ISBN: 978-1-5095-4454-7
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Epistemic modes in news production

Journalism
2021-05-16 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/14648849211015601
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Contributors: Niina Uusitalo; Katja Valaskivi; Johanna Sumiala
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Just a ‘Stupid Reflex’? Digital Witnessing of the Charlie Hebdo Attacks and the Mediation of Conflict

Theorising Media and Conflict
2020 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-78920-683-8
Part of ISBN: 978-1-78920-682-1
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Minttu Tikka; Katja Valaskivi
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Mediasuru - kenen elämällä on väliä?

Suru
2020 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-952-360-021-8
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Tapaus Christchurch ja pääministerin huivi

Hallitsematon viestintä
2020 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-952-68576-6-4
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Katja Valaskivi; Minttu Tikka
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‘Our words are stronger’

International Journal of Cultural Studies
2020-05-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1367877919895992
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Tiina Räisä
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Digital media ethnographers on the move – An unexpected proposal

Journal of Digital Social Research
2020-02-19 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.33621/jdsr.v2i1.37
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Minttu Tikka
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Agony at a Distance

Responsibility and Resistance
2019 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-26212-9_8
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Part of ISBN: 978-3-658-26212-9
Part of ISBN: 978-3-658-26211-2
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Youth in the Media City

Publications
2019 | Edited book | Editor
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ISBN: 978-952-7175-75-0
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ISBN: 978-952-7175-74-3
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Annaliina Matilda Niitamo
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Charlie Hebdo, 2015

Media, war & conflict
2019-06-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1750635219846033
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Minttu Tikka; Katja Valaskivi
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The Mourning News

Mass Communication and Society
2019-05-04 | Book review | Author
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2019.1565517
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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“No More Apologies”

Journal of religion, media and digital culture
2019-03-20 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1163/21659214-00801007
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Anu A. Harju
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Digital Rituals and the Quest for Existential Security

Digital Existence
2018 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9781315107479
Part of ISBN: 9781351607186
Part of ISBN: 978-1-138-09243-3
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Uskonto mediayhteiskunnassa

Uskontososiologia
2018 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-952-68429-7-4
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Deconstructing Immortality?

A Networked Self and Birth, Life, Death
2018-08 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.4324/9781315202129-11
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Part of ISBN: 9781315202129
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-138-70588-3
Part of ISBN: 978-1-138-70589-0
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Media, Ritual, and Immortality

Mirrors of Passing
2018-08 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-78533-895-3
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Hybrid Media Events

2018-05-18 | Book | Author
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ISBN: 9781787148512
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ISBN: 978-1-78714-852-9
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Katja Valaskivi; Minttu Tikka; Jukka Huhtamäki
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From Media Events to Expressive Events

Television & New Media
2018-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1527476417741673
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Katja Valaskivi; Daniel Dayan
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Introduction

Television & New Media
2018-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1527476417747653
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Katja Valaskivi
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Introduction

Journal of Religion in Europe
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01004003
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Mediated Muslim martyrdom

New Media & Society
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1461444816649918
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Lilly Korpiola
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Politics of Space in News Media

Journal of Religion in Europe
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01004007
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Jenni Hokka; Katja Valaskivi; Suvi Tuuli Laakso
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“Je Suis Charlie” and the Digital Mediascape

Journal of ethnology and folkloristics
2017 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1515/jef-2017-0007
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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The Naked Blogger of Cairo

European Journal of Communication
2017-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/0267323117696159
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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#JeSuisCharlie

Media and Communication
2016 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.17645/mac.v4i4.593
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Minttu Tikka; Jukka Huhtamäki; Katja Valaskivi
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Melkein kuolematon johtaja

Lähikuva : Turun elokuvakerho ry:n jäsenlehti
2016 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Lotta Inari Lounasmeri
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Promootiokulttuurin kuningas Kekkonen

Lähikuva : Turun elokuvakerho ry:n jäsenlehti
2016 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Lotta Inari Lounasmeri; Johanna Sumiala
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Tahrir 2011

Media Events
2016 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1057/9781137574282_3
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-137-57428-2
Part of ISBN: 978-1-137-57427-5
Part of ISBN: 978-1-349-84733-4
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Lilly Korpiola
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Vallan ihmeellinen Kekkonen

2016 | Edited book | Author
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ISBN: 978-952-264-656-9
Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Lotta Inari Lounasmeri; Ainur Elmgren; Kati Katajisto; Niina Hämäläinen; Laura Saarenmaa
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#PrayforParis ja muita globaaliin mediatapahtumaan liittyviä huomioita

AntroBlogi
2015 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala
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Digital urbanisms

Observatorio (OBS)
2015 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Johanna Sumiala; Vuolteenaho, Jani; Leurs, Koen; Sumiala, Johanna
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