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Vanninen, Sari
columns in Karjalainen (Finland)
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Sari Vanninen on the Internet and 1989
Writing in the daily Karjalainen Sari Vanninen reflects on the significance of the year 1989. She says it was no mere coincidence that in that year of political upheaval the foundations were also laid for the Internet, and hence for democratic media: "Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe fell. These developments eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. … And another detail is worth mentioning: the Soviet president at the time, Mikhail Gorbachev, recognised Finland's neutrality during his state visit in October 1989. But even more happened. CERN physicist Tim Berners-Lee set in motion a historical revolution when he invented the architecture of data transfer between computers based on the HTTP address system. He also developed the World Wide Web and the hypertext language HTML. … The year 1989 reminds us that people rebel against totalitarianism. When you tie up the threads of history it seems it can't be pure coincidence that in that very same year Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundations for the Internet, and thus for global democratic media."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Online media, » History, » Europe, » Global
Internet fever abates
According to a current media study and data from the Finnish statistics office, the number of newspaper readers has not decreased in Finland despite the economic crisis, although the number of internet connections has gone down somewhat. The daily Karjalainen comments: "Internet fever has abated at least for the moment, while the printed word has consolidated its position. The Finns are a nation of readers, and the tradition of reading and subscribing to papers is not so easy to undermine. We are moving farther and farther away from the vision that papers will die out in 20 years at the very latest. Such visions come primarily from the United States, where the newspapers are suffering painfully from the economic crisis. Anyone who says that the Internet is replacing the newspapers sees things from a too one-sided perspective. The truth is that the papers and the Internet complement each other, and are used together for different purposes."
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More from the press review on the subject » Print media, » Media policy, » Media economy, » Finland
Sari Vanninen on the American dream and reality
Sari Vanninen writes in her column for the daily Karjalainen about the discrepancy between the American dream and US reality: "The American dream is a dream of a better, richer and happier life. It's the 'dishwasher to millionaire story', the opportunity for everyone who works hard enough and has ideas to get rich. The chance to become rich is enshrined in American democracy. The dream of a fulfilled life was what attracted the 1,500 people who went down with the Titanic in 1912. They planned a future in the land of dreams, whose Statue of Liberty is the symbol of a world of new possibilities. But in today's perception the American dream generally remains just that - a dream. For millions in America who live in a spiral of poverty and misery it is unattainable. … Nowadays [however] there's a mini-version of the American dream that promises a luxurious life thanks to state aid. Well-known examples are [TV] competitions like American Idol and Big Brother. The express route to the stars is fast, but the price can be fearfully high."
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