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Negotiating Trust: Immigrants\u2019 Relationships with News and Media<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Session conveners<\/td>		Lotta Kokkonen lotta.o.kokkonen@jyu.fi &
Ilkhom Khalimzoda ilkhom.i.khalimzoda@jyu.fi<\/td><\/tr>
Time<\/td>13:00-14:30, Thursday 5.11.2026, Parallel session 1<\/td><\/tr>
Place<\/td>Saussure (M128), Arken <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Session description<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Media shape how we understand events locally and globally, construct social realities, imagine futures, and influence public opinion. They have also transformed the dynamics of migration. As Madianou and Miller (2012) propose in their theory of Polymedia, information and communication technologies (ICTs) in general have contributed to the transformation of the entire migration experience. Whereas once it took weeks or months \u2013 or years! \u2013 for messages to reach the previous home(s) of those who migrate, now it is possible to tap into an endless newsfeed from almost anywhere in the world and keep in contact with networks that are geographically dispersed. The choices between the different media sources, languages and social realities can lead to various arguable repercussions such as limited social engagement (ibid.), and\/or the possibility to live a life both \u2018here\u2019 and \u2018there\u2019 in a kind of \u2018bifocal\u2019 orientation (Vertovec, 2004).<\/summary>\n

Research also consistently shows that media shape public attitudes toward immigrants. For instance, exposure to successful immigrant role models can influence perceptions and attitudes toward immigration (Unan, 2025). In Scandinavia, among other places, immigration-critical alternative media that mimic mainstream news formats have become a growing concern. These outlets employ journalistic conventions to advance a shared ideological message: that increased immigration has made Scandinavian societies unsafe and that political elites and the justice system are responsible for this so-called crisis (Nygaard, 2019). More broadly, heightened media attention to immigration polarizes attitudes by activating preexisting prejudices, rather than through persuasive effects of biased news consumption (Schneider, Strawczynski & Valette, 2025).

But what about the attitudes, experiences and expectations of the immigrants? Siitonen et al. (2026) have illustrated that since moving to Finland some immigrant families participating to their study reported to have experienced a push towards a certain type of media, often because it is considered as \u2018reliable\u2019 by the authorities within the environment. These recommendations were said to be coming for example from organisers and\/or teachers at the integration training, for example. Yet, being able to critically assess the reliability of for example the news in Finnish was not always possible due to limitations in the Finnish language competence. Thus, many of the participants would rely on their friends and social circles for reliable news. This kind of \u2018curating\u2019 of the relevant content was discussed in those families especially where both parents had another L1 than Finnish. (Siitonen et al., 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This session examines the fragmented nature of media use among transnational individuals, families, and communities. We aim to explore which media sources are considered trustworthy and why, as well as the kinds of realities media both reflect and construct for those who have relocated geographically. The democratic authority of news media rests on a basic premise of delegated trust: citizens rely on media to provide relevant and accurate information. In a context of declining trust, growing polarization, and an expanding media landscape, this session also considers how immigrants relate to the media when that trust is strained or breaks down.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Accepted Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Contradictions and tensions in immigrant families\u2019 negotiations on their media use in Finland: Lotta Kokkonen (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4) & Ilkhom Khalimzoda (University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4)<\/summary>\n

In this presentation we will introduce our study investigating media practices within immigrant families in Finland, focusing on households with teenage children where at least one parent relocated to Finland in adulthood. In contemporary societies, media functions as a key facilitator of connectivity, identity, and belonging, and for immigrant families it plays a dual role in sustaining transnational ties while supporting integration into local contexts. Drawing on 19 focus group interviews, the research explores how multilingual and global media landscapes shape everyday family life, highlighting both opportunities for cohesion and sources of tension. Our analysis reveals that participating families seem to negotiate on balancing heritage preservation, safety concerns, and local expectations. Family members also negotiate meanings and practices of autonomy and engaging with transnational media trends. The study contributes to understanding how immigrant families navigate bifocality\u2014the simultaneous engagement with local and distant realities\u2014and how these negotiations take place in everyday interactions in these families.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Migrants on TikTok: Economy of Trust and Affective Politics: Nadezhda Vasileva (Tampere University)<\/summary>\n

This paper examines how migrants become media sources themselves and share their knowledge of immigration and life in Finland through content creation on TikTok. TikTok is a short-video platform that relies heavily on individualized algorithmic content moderation, creating unique viewing experiences based on the users\u2019 watching behaviors, interactions, and preferences.  For mobile subjects, who move to Finland mainly to work and study \u2013 TikTok is a tool to learn about and relate to their new surroundings, local people, Finnishness, and on the other hand, to make their presence in Finland visible to others. Drawing on ethnographic data – semi-structured interviews with content creators, aged 18-35, who moved to Finland mostly within the last 5 years, observations on TikTok and multimodal analysis of selected videos, this paper reflects on how migrants get engaged in the economy of trust on TikTok. Negotiation and construction of trust on TikTok are considered to be at least two-directional – 1) towards developing a trustworthy online persona or so-called authenticity of content creators (trust in the content creator), 2) towards mitigating possible harm arising from the digital visibility (vulnerability) of content creators through control over their content and self-disclosure (distrust of the audience, algorithms).  Relying on digital migration studies (Leurs & Ponzanesi, 2025), informed by decolonial perspective, the paper focuses on the ways migrants negotiate their belonging to Finland and navigate the affective regimes, manufactured and reinforced by TikTok. This paper draws on the ongoing research project \u201cTikTok (Anti) Democracies: Self-making, Skepticism, and Political Expression among Young People\u201d, supported by Kone Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

From Journalism to Integration: How Migrant Media Contributes to
Integration Through Everyday News \u2013 The Case of HaberFin: Tarkan Tekten (HaberFin) <\/summary>\n

Integration is often discussed in terms of employment, language learning, education and participation in society. However, migrants also need continuous access to reliable information about the society in which they live. This paper examines how migrant media can contribute to integration through its everyday journalistic activities, using HaberFin, a Turkish-language online newspaper in Finland, as a case study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


HaberFin\u2019s primary purpose is journalism: reporting news and current affairs from Finland, Turkey and the wider world. Since its establishment, the newspaper has produced more than 4,000 Turkish-language news reports, analyses and commentaries about Finland, covering politics, migration, legislation, citizenship, residence permits, education, healthcare, the economy, security and social issues. Integration is not its primary mission. Nevertheless, its everyday reporting creates an important connection between Turkish-speaking migrants and Finnish society.
The paper asks how providing regular news in migrants\u2019 own language can contribute to their understanding of Finnish institutions, public debates and social life, and consequently support their integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The study uses HaberFin as a qualitative case study and analyses its journalistic output and the subjects it covers. Particular attention is given to reporting that explains changes in legislation, public policies, elections, public services and other issues directly affecting migrants\u2019 everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The paper argues that journalism itself can have an integrative function. By informing migrants about what is happening in the society around them, migrant media can reduce information gaps, increase understanding of institutions and enable migrants to follow and participate in public discussion. In this sense, integration is not necessarily a separate activity added to journalism; it can be a natural outcome of being informed and connected to the society in which one lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The HaberFin case demonstrates how migrant media can simultaneously fulfil its primary
role as journalism and contribute to information access, institutional understanding, trust,
participation and belonging.
Keywords:<\/strong> Migrant media, journalism, integration, Finland, trust, belonging, information
access, HaberFin<\/p>\n<\/details>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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