Honorary doctors 2018 - An eminent name in media studies
(WorldNews Finland)

The internationally highly esteemed Professor Nicholas Couldry studies media and communication phenomena from the point of view of institutions and symbolic power Faculty of Communication Sciences COMS One of the most frequently cited researchers in the field of media and communication research. The name of the British media scholar and professor Nicholas Couldry is familiar from textbooks and scientific articles. Couldry is a sociologist who has studied the role of media in society. He has investigated the media`s relationship to democracy, political participation, power, and ethics. Risto Kunelius, professor of journalism at the University of Tampere, estimates that in the past fifteen...