Sanna Malinen

Latest publications

• Political Trust and Aspirations to Influence Social Media During a Crisis: A Longitudinal Study

  Koivula, A., Malinen, S. & Koiranen, I., 10 Feb 2026, In: Policy & Internet. 18, 1, e70030.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Politicisation and polarisation of health during COVID-19: A digital ethnography of alternative health influencers

  Nurmi, J., Malinen, S. & Jallinoja, P., 2026, In: Journal of Digital Social Research. 8, 1, p. 17-32

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Cognitive authorities of COVID-19 information: educational differences and outcomes of trust in health experts and social media influencers in Finland

  Malinen, S. & Koivula, A., 18 Jun 2024, In: Information Research. 29, 2, p. 71-91 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Moderation of Deliberation: How Volunteer Moderators Shape Political Discussion in Facebook Groups?

  Malinen, S., 2022, Social Computing and Social Media: Design, User Experience and Impact.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• The voice of distrust? The relationship between political trust, online political participation and voting

  Koivula, A., Malinen, S. & Saarinen, A., 2022, In: Journal of Trust Research. 11, 1, p. 59-74

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Undercurrents of echo chambers and flame wars: party political correlates of social media behavior

  Koiranen, I., Koivula, A., Malinen, S. & Keipi, T., 3 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Information Technology and Politics. 19, 2, p. 197–213

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Boundary control as gatekeeping in facebook groups

  Malinen, S., 2021, In: Media and Communication. 9, 4, p. 73-81 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• The owners of information: Content curation practices of middle-level gatekeepers in political Facebook groups

  Malinen, S., 2021, In: New Media and Society. 26, 1, p. 495-512

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• How do Digital Divides Determine Social Media Users' Aspirations to Influence Others?

  Malinen, S., Koivula, A. & Koiranen, I., 22 Jul 2020, 11th International Conference on Social Media and Society: Diverse Voices - Promises and Perils of Social Media for Diversity, SMSociety 2020. Gruzd, A., Mai, P., Recuero, R., Hernandez-Garcia, A., Sian Lee, C., Cook, J., Hodson, J., McEwan, B. & Hopke, J. (eds.). ACM, p. 141-147 7 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

• Influencers and targets on social media: Investigating the impact of network homogeneity and group identification on online influence

  Malinen, S. & Koivula, A., 25 Mar 2020, In: First Monday. 25, 4-6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review