Pertti Näränen

Pertti Näränen (b. 1962 in Finland) is Senior Lecturer of media studies at TAMK University of Applied Sciences, School of Art and Media. His doctoral thesis title was "Digital television: Analyses on early history, challenges to media policy, and transformation of television" (2006, University of Tampere, dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication). The dissertation is available in electronic format at http://acta.uta.fi/english/teos.phtml?10822. Previously Mr. Näränen has worked as researcher, lecturer and journalist in print and radio media. He also has background in cinema studies and in various new media projects. Home page: http://www.tamk.fi/~narper/.

Publications

Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media
Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media
Artur Lugmayr, Helja Franssila, Pertti Näränen, Olli Sotamaa, Jukka Vanhala, Zhiwen Yu. © 2012. 312 pages.
Media in the ubiquitous area is undergoing a tremendous change. Social media and Web 2.0 are applied in ever more diverse practices both in private and public communities and...