{"id":44,"date":"2020-03-18T09:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T07:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwasa.fi\/inno\/?p=44"},"modified":"2020-03-18T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T07:48:06","slug":"meet-the-innolabbers-ville-manninen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwasa.fi\/inno\/2020\/03\/18\/meet-the-innolabbers-ville-manninen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the InnoLabbers: Ville Manninen"},"content":{"rendered":"

This series introduces the members of University of Vaasa\u2019s InnoLab research platform. Today we\u2019re meeting Ville Manninen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Journalism scholar, well-rounded nature-enthusiast, cultural dilettante and a far-flung country yokel.<\/p>\n

Your title at InnoLab is researcher, but what exactly do you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, pretty much anything they tell me to. I\u2019m currently working with InnoLab\u2019s \u201cDisrupting the media scene\u201d project, and I teach a bit in Communication Studies. What those things entail in practice is still under deliberation. I\u2019m also affiliated with the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, where I help with a research project on the use of drones and satellite imagery in Finnish newspapers.<\/p>\n

Sounds like a lot of work. Why bother?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That sweet, sweet paycheck makes it all worthwhile! In all seriousness, I like to think I\u2019m doing something good. My background is in journalism, and I hope the research and teaching I do eventually benefit that field. And what benefits journalism will eventually benefit the society as a whole.<\/p>\n

Imagine your phone rings. It\u2019s the call you\u2019ve been hoping for \u2013 what is it about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Ministry of Transport and Communications, and they\u2019ve finally decided to launch an extensive research program on the plurality of Finnish media! It\u2019s something me and my colleagues have been advocating for for years, and now I\u2019m called to help plan the project.<\/p>\n

Just kidding, it\u2019s actually a journalist. They\u2019re finally doing a story on that one topic you\u2019ve always wanted to give an interview on! What do you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media plurality in Finland needs research! Although that\u2019s something I\u2019ve told already, and not just once. Maybe I could complain about the poor treatment of Finland\u2019s national parks by some fellow hikers. It\u2019s one of my pet peeves \u2013 what kind of a person walks dozens of miles to vandalize a camping site?<\/p>\n

Good job on the interview. Too bad you can\u2019t be the resident expert on every topic. What would you like to learn more about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve neglected a lot of classics. I\u2019ve had War and Peace<\/em> sit on my bookshelf for over ten years without getting past the first few chapters. Last summer I bought Hannah Arendt\u2019s The Origin of Totalitarianism<\/em> and I\u2019m afraid it\u2019ll meet the same fate. On a strictly academic note, I\u2019d really love to get better acquainted with quantitative methodology. I took a few courses in statistical mathematics as a grad student, but I forgot most of it pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

Sounds interesting. Is that something I, too, should be concerned about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Classics and statistical mathematics? Yes, definitely! One thing that did stick with me from those statistics courses was the teachers\u2019 general disdain for the haphazard treatment of statistical information in media. Classics are useful in that once you\u2019ve read them, you don\u2019t have to re-invent their concepts and philosophies. Instead of coming up with things a naked dude living in a barrel already thought of millennia ago, you can think of ways to rebuke him. Well, I think that\u2019s been done as well\u2026<\/p>\n

Okay. Now recommend me something \u2013 anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jonagolds are my absolute favourite type of apples. They\u2019re big, inexpensive and juicy. Just make sure you pick ripe ones, since Jonagolds are often shipped kind of raw. Go for apples with a yellow base colour with swathes of stripy red rather than solid red, and check the bottom and around the stem \u2013 if there\u2019s still green, the apple\u2019s going to be sour. You can also try to ripen the apples yourself by keeping them near ripe bananas, but I usually go for ones that are ready to eat off-the-shelf.<\/p>\n

Any last advice for being both an effective researcher and<\/em> a happy office worker?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think breaks and routines help with both. Sometimes you need inspiration, but most of what I do tends to be fairly routinized \u2013 it\u2019s then better to just sit down, power on for an hour or two and then have some coffee. After a full week, just shut down your cellphone and forget the office address for a few days!<\/p>\n

From the perspective of Ville’s colleagues: If Ville was an animal, what would he be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201dAs a communication researcher, I would mark Ville as a Whale as they say it can communicate for longer distance, meaning that they have really good outreach and message is clearly delivered.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA humble-bee of course! Charmingly humble about his skills, and a fine team player. I’m positive he has wings”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA wise owl! He can listen to others, and whenever he talks, it is something clever.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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