Pertti Näränen

My teching and research interests include media history, media ethics, documentary, and screenwriting. My dissertation title was Digital television. Analyses on early history, challenges to media policy and transformation of television  Tampere University Press, 2006). I've supported various reseach projects and conferences as a member of the board (e.g. EuroITV 2010, Mindtrek Academic, Virtual Writer’s Room). 

Head of Degree Program in Audiovisual Media

Thesis work, research methods, media history, documentary, journalism.

Artur Lugmayr, Heljä Franssila, Pertti Näränen, Olli Sotamaa, Jukka Vanhala and Zhiwen Yu. 2011. Media in the Ubiquitous Era: Ambient, Social and Gaming Media. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Näränen, Pertti. 2006. Digital Television: Analyses on Early History, Challenges to Media Policy, and Transformation of Television. (Diss.). University of Tampere. Tampere University Press. Acta Electronica Universitatis Tamperensis; 503. 

Näränen, Pertti. 2004. "European Regulation of Digital Television". In Digital Terrestrial Television in Europe, eds. Allan Brown and Robert G. Picard, pp.33–49. London: Lawrence Elbaum Associates.

Näränen, Pertti. 2003. "The Opportunity Lost and Found? European Regulation of Digital Television." In Greg Lowe and Taisto Hujanen (eds.), Broadcasting & Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Remit, pp. 57-68. Gothenburg: Nordicom 2003.