Susanna Paasonen
@susannapaasonen.bsky.social
Professor of Media Studies at University of Turku with random interests https://susannapaasonen.org/
Took a long time, but it's finally out! 'We don’t have any queer porn in Finland': Ephemerality of a scene Book chapter with @susannapaasonen.bsky.social ! Making me miss #Finland even more! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #pornstudies #mediastudies #sexualitystudies
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Our book with @jenmadelene.bsky.social and @kattiid.bsky.social is not only out, but available for OA downloading. Voilà!
Hot Connections: Why Sexual Platforms Matter
A rethinking of “the social” in social media which includes the sexual.What can we learn from including sexual platforms in definitions of social media and
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At Concordia/Zoom on April 14: a walk down the memory lane.
JenniCam@30: Thirty years of live streaming cultures - Milieux
April 14th, 2026, will mark 30 years since Jennifer Ringley, then a college student, mounted a digital camera on top of her computer in her dorm room and began streaming […]
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If you're in Vienna next Monday and are looking for things to do: is there anything more fun than an academic talk?
Seminar Series talk: 'Frictional intimacies' by Susanna Paasonen
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Our book exists and will be available on OA next month. And look at @kattiid.bsky.socials' unboxing video skills!
Katrin Tiidenberg@kattiid.bsky.social · 6mo agoWell would you look at that! 🥰📚 Hot Connections is real! It was a blast to research & write with @jenmadelene.bsky.social & @susannapaasonen.bsky.social ❤️❤️ blurbs by @alexmonea.bsky.social Tarleton Gillespie & @katha.bsky.social Big thanks to @noahspringer.com & everyone at @mitpress.bsky.social
Jobs in Turku! Both this call and a tenure-track one on digital cultural heritage (in comments)
TIES2 COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows: Up to 10 postdoctoral positions
The Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme 2 (TIES2) is jointly funded by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska Curie-actions (MSCA) COFUND programme and the University of Turku. It is located within t...
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Our book with Jenny Sundén and @kattiid.bsky.social on local sexual platforms is forthcoming in March on OA w @mitpress.bsky.social. This has been such a fun project.
Hot Connections
What can we learn from including sexual platforms in definitions of social media and, by extension, from including sex in definitions of “the social&rd...
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CFP: Porn Studies journal special issue “Online sexual media beyond Anglocentrism”, edited by @carolparreiras.bsky.social & moi
Up to 10 3-year research posts with the Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme! I know the description is a little byzantine but if you're, say, working in my field, and want to do your thing, very much worth going for.
Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme 2 – For Applicants
TIES is a ground-breaking fellowship scheme based at UTU Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS). Eight TIES Fellows were appointed to three-year positions in 2023.Now TIAS invites applications fo...
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Postocs working on cultural heritage and digital culture, ahoy!
Two Fixed-Term Postdoctoral Researcher Positions
The University of Turku invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions for a period of two years within the thematic profiling area Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age (Dig...
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Excited to see our report "Webcam work: Policies, practices and platforms" spread its wings and find a life of its own! Hopefully, it will be a fruitful one. Read it at plexxxi.org/report, spread the word, and reach out to me, @hannems.bsky.social or @bexxxie.bsky.social with any feedback.
Am sadly more than halfway through my fabulous summer lakeside holiday reading pile (yet w 3 weeks left!). A special thanks to @henryhoke.bsky.social for Sticker (also adored Open Throat).
Join us Monday, online or in person: starts 12:15 EEST.
Dissertation defence (Media Studies): FM Valo Vähäpassi
FM Valo Vähäpassi defends the dissertation in Media Studies titled “Framing Trans. Affective Articulations of Trans Bodies and Violence” at the University of Turku on 26 May 2025 at 12.00 (University ...
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We congratulate the 2025 Holberg Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the 2025 Nils Klim Prize Laureate Daniela Alaattinoğlu! holbergprize.org/news/holberg...
Literary Theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Named 2025 Holberg Prize Laureate
It was announced today that the 2025 Holberg Prize is awarded to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Daniela Alaattinoğlu will receive the Nils Klim Prize. Today, the Holberg Prize—one of the largest…
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Join us on March 6, noon GMT for panel and discussion "Artificial Unintelligence: Deep Fakes, Deep Bias and the Sexualized Body", w talks from Sophie Compton, Lotte Louise de Jong & moi
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Our roundtable with Peter Alilunas, @drjonessoc.bsky.social, @noisybits.bsky.social and moi is just out as part of @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social 10th year anniversary. 50 freebies here:
Shaping pleasure, shifting boundaries: a roundtable on the future of porn studies
The roundtable, ‘Shaping Pleasure, Shifting Boundaries: A Roundtable on the Future of Porn Studies,’ took place in June 2024 via Zoom and was recorded, transcribed and then edited to cut digression...
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Important self-promotion: my Yul book is soon out on paperback (should be already), which means that e-book prices are now also more reasonable. A true labour of love, this one.
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
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✨Excited to announce that my new article "The hentai streaming platform wars" is out in the Porn Studies journal!✨ Reach out if you don’t have access and want a copy 📩 🧵 of the findings and link below👇
Such a rich collection: includes my bit on the in/conveniences of porn in platform ecologies.
Dave Palfrey@01factory.bsky.social · 2y agoConvened here are @dbyler.bsky.social, @ohalpern.bsky.social, @arminb.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, Tung-Hui Hu @susannapaasonen.bsky.social Neta Alexander, Rahul Mukherjee @andretwp.bsky.social Tomasz Hollonek & @mayameme.bsky.social. Lots to think on.
Ihsan Can Asman’s PhD defense on Turkish porn and sexual media uses is underway: the thesis is here www.utupub.fi/handle/10024...
On Friday, 11am EET (sorry, North America): Ihsan Can Asman's phd defence on porn and sexual media in Turkey, with livestream option.
Dissertation defence (Media Studies): MA Ihsan Can Asman
MA Ihsan Can Asman defends the dissertation in Media Studies titled “Intimate Happenings: Uses of porn and other sexual media in Turkey” at the University of Turku on 22 November 2024 at 11.00 (Univer...
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