Kaarina Nikunen

1.1k total citations
43 papers, 576 citations indexed

About

Kaarina Nikunen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaarina Nikunen has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 576 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Communication and 10 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Kaarina Nikunen's work include Media Studies and Communication (9 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 papers). Kaarina Nikunen is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (9 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 papers). Kaarina Nikunen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Ireland and Japan. Kaarina Nikunen's co-authors include Karina Horsti, Matti Nelimarkka, Susanna Paasonen, Mervi Pantti, Rikke Andreassen, Anne Kaun, Gavan Titley, Markus Ojala, Elisabeth Eide and Shani Orgad and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Media + Society and Journalism.

In The Last Decade

Kaarina Nikunen

41 papers receiving 501 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaarina Nikunen Finland	12	293	228	165	155	70	43	576
C.J. WALLIS United States	11	229 0.8×	212 0.9×	110 0.7×	54 0.3×	78 1.1×	23	514
Bridget Harris Australia	14	528 1.8×	346 1.5×	66 0.4×	188 1.2×	56 0.8×	42	835
Yasmin Ibrahim United Kingdom	12	324 1.1×	88 0.4×	93 0.6×	68 0.4×	28 0.4×	86	546
Meenakshi Gigi Durham United States	14	351 1.2×	364 1.6×	215 1.3×	81 0.5×	32 0.5×	34	796
Mitchell Hobbs Australia	9	203 0.7×	112 0.5×	107 0.6×	123 0.8×	25 0.4×	22	419
Tina Askanius Sweden	12	297 1.0×	104 0.5×	230 1.4×	35 0.2×	96 1.4×	34	554
Akane Kanai Australia	14	265 0.9×	366 1.6×	122 0.7×	69 0.4×	26 0.4×	29	537
Jane Arthurs United Kingdom	10	179 0.6×	281 1.2×	127 0.8×	70 0.5×	23 0.3×	26	518
Kishonna L. Gray United States	13	521 1.8×	301 1.3×	112 0.7×	131 0.8×	13 0.2×	28	677
Gavan Titley Ireland	11	415 1.4×	94 0.4×	131 0.8×	42 0.3×	197 2.8×	44	660

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaarina Nikunen

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All Works

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Nikunen, Kaarina. (2025). From Irony to Solidarity: Affective Practice and Social Media Activism. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 3 indexed citations

Nikunen, Kaarina, et al.. (2025). Contested Meanings of Hate Speech and the Post-Truth Condition on Digital Platforms. Social Media + Society. 11(2).

Nikunen, Kaarina. (2024). How Datafication Affects the Welfare State and Social Solidarity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(2). 199–205. 2 indexed citations

Ometov, Aleksandr, et al.. (2024). Stress DeTech-tion: Revolutionizing Wellbeing in Future Networks. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 114–117. 1 indexed citations

Paasonen, Susanna, et al.. (2023). Intimate Infrastructures We Depend upon. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(2). 285–308. 2 indexed citations

Nikunen, Kaarina, et al.. (2021). Affective Practice of Soldiering: How Sharing Images Is Used to Spread Extremist and Racist Ethos on Soldiers of Odin Facebook Site. Television & New Media. 22(2). 166–185. 13 indexed citations

Nikunen, Kaarina. (2021). Ghosts of white methods? The challenges of Big Data research in exploring racism in digital context. Big Data & Society. 8(2). 11 indexed citations

Paasonen, Susanna, et al.. (2015). ‘We hid porn magazines in the nearby woods’: Memory-work and pornography consumption in Finland. Sexualities. 18(4). 394–412. 21 indexed citations

Orgad, Shani & Kaarina Nikunen. (2015). The Humanitarian Makeover. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 12(3). 229–251. 4 indexed citations

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Horsti, Karina & Kaarina Nikunen. (2013). The ethics of hospitality in changing journalism: A response to the rise of the anti-immigrant movement in Finnish media publicity. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 16(4). 489–504. 48 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina, et al.. (2013). Lapset netissä Puheenvuoroja lasten ja nuorten netin käytöstä ja riskeistä. 2 indexed citations

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Dhoest, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Exploring Media Use among Migrant Families in Europe: Theoretical Foundations and Reflections. Observatorio (OBS*). 3 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina. (2012). Sukupuolittuneet mediakuvastot ja ylirajainen kokemus maahanmuuttajanuorten arjessa. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 1 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina. (2012). Faniuden aika - Kolme tapausta televisio-ohjelmien faniudesta vuosituhannen taitteen Suomessa. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 1 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina. (2012). Enemmän vähemmällä : laman ja teknologisen murroksen vaikutukset suomalaisissa toimituksissa 2009-2010. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 1 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina. (2010). In Between the Accented and the Mainstream: Cutting across Boundaries in Kniven i Hjärtat. Television & New Media. 12(1). 46–65. 2 indexed citations

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Eide, Elisabeth & Kaarina Nikunen. (2010). Media in Motion: Cultural Complexity and Migration in the Nordic Region. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina, et al.. (2007). Pornification: sex and sexuality in media culture. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11(2). 337–50. 157 indexed citations

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Paasonen, Susanna, et al.. (2007). Pornification and the education of desire. 1–20. 14 indexed citations

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Nikunen, Kaarina. (2007). Cosmo girls talk: Blurring boundaries of porn and sex. 5 indexed citations

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