

About me
I am a Doctoral Researcher in Marketing and my research sits on the field of cultural consumer research. I am interested in the relationships between consumers, their data and various technologies. In my doctoral research I delve into consumers' privacy experience and the ways it is embedded in the surrounding socio-cultural environment and arises from the entanglements between consumers, data, technologies, cultural imaginaries and affects. Through the utilization of qualitative methods I aim for a deep understanding of consumers and their lifeworlds.
Fields of expertise
interpretative consumer research, technology, consumer privacy, consumer data, qualitative methods
Research unit
Selected publications
Horppu, J. (2023). Sensing privacy: Extending consumer privacy research through a consumer culture theory approach. Marketing Theory, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14705931231175698
Latest publications
Imagination workshops as a creative method for exploring the sociomaterial dimensions of privacy
Horppu, J., 24 Mar 2025, In: Qualitative Market Research. 28, 2, p. 293-312 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Reconceptualising Privacy in a Digital World: A sociomaterial perspective
Horppu, J., 2025, Tampere University. (Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat; vol. 1219)Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Collection of Articles
Kommentti: Onko teknologia jästien taikaa? Pohdintaa tulevaisuuden teknologiavisioista ja niiden tutkimisesta
Horppu, J., 8 Apr 2024, In: Ilmiö.Research output: Contribution to journal › Other online publication › General public
Reimagining the inevitable: how metaverse imaginaries construct understandings of privacy and surveillance
Horppu, J. & Närvänen, E., 2024, In: Consumption markets and culture. 27, 4, p. 412-431Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Sensing privacy: Extending consumer privacy research through a consumer culture theory approach
Horppu, J., 2023, In: Marketing Theory. 23, 4, p. 661-684Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review