Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Tuomas Heikkilä (M. Soc. Sci) is a doctoral student in Media and Communication Studies. His research concerns debunking and countering health misinformation about COVID-19 on digital media environments.
External positions
Kuluttajatutkimuskeskus
1 Aug 2021 → 30 Jun 2022
Fields of Science
- 518 Media and communications
- Misinformation
- Social media
- Debunking
- Platform governance
- Health Information
- Social Media
- Computational Social Science
- COVID-19
- Disinformation
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Harhaanjohtavan viestinnän kiistellyt vaarat: Integroiva kirjallisuuskatsaus mis- ja disinformaation ongelmanmäärittelyjen kritiikkiin
Translated title of the contribution :Contesting the problems of mis- and disinformation: An integrative review of the social problems of deceptive and misleading communication Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Contesting the Covid-19 consensus: connective action of pseudoanonymous accounts on Finnish Twitter
Heikkilä, T. K., Laaksonen, S.-M. & Väliverronen, E., 29 Mar 2023, AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. Chigago: Association of Internet Researchers , Vol. 23. 5 p. (AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Contesting the Covid-19 Consensus: Connective Action of Pseudoanonymous Accounts on Finnish Twitter
Heikkilä, T. K., Väliverronen, E. & Anttila, H. K., 25 Mar 2022.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract
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Correcting Covid-19 misinformation from scientific sources
Heikkilä, T. K. & Väliverronen, E., 22 Apr 2022.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract
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COVID-19 content moderation and platform accountability
Heikkilä, T. K., Laaksonen, S.-M. & Pohjonen, M., 23 Apr 2022.Research output: Conference materials › Abstract
Projects
- 2 Finished
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UnCoCo: Vaihtoehtoiset viestijät koronakriisissä – Unconventional Communicators in the Corona Crisis
Laaksonen, S.-M. (Principal Investigator), Heikkilä, T. (Participant), Pääkkönen, J. (Participant), Reinikainen, H. M. (Participant), Pöyry, E. (Participant), Öhman, E. (Participant), Jauho, M. (Participant) & Luoma-Aho, V. (Other)
01/11/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
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BIBU: Tackling Biases and Bubbles in Participation
Kantola, A. (Project manager), Harju, A. A. (Participant), Heikkilä, T. (Participant), Helminen, V. (Participant), Hiilamo, A. J. (Participant), Hiilamo, H. (Participant), Hokkanen, L. J. S. (Participant), Moolla, I. (Participant), Peltoniemi, J. (Participant), Rantanen, V. E. T. (Participant), Tuominen, P. (Participant), Tuukkanen, R. H. H. (Participant), Vento, I. (Participant), Wass, H. (Participant), Ylä-Anttila, T. (Participant), Rask, M. (Participant), Rinne, J. (Participant), Vento, I. (Participant) & Ylönen, M. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2017 → 28/02/2022
Project: Research Council of Finland: Strategic Research Council funding (SRC)
Activities
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Rajapinta Association of Digital Social Sciences (External organisation)
Heikkilä, T. (Chair)
1 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2026Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
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Information ecosystem and troubled democracy
Heikkilä, T. (Speaker: Presenter)
27 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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"Meet a researcher" school visit
Heikkilä, T. (Speaker)
7 Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Haastettu asiantuntijuus – rokotukset, COVID-19 ja ravitsemus
Heikkilä, T. (Speaker: Presenter)
30 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Rajapintapäivät 2024
Heikkilä, T. (Chair of organizing committee)
14 Nov 2024 → 15 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press/Media
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Yle: Kartta paljastaa somen ”superlevittäjät”, joista moni pelaa Putinin pussiin
12/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Valheellinen tieto on kaikkien vastuulla
01/03/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media