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Artikkeli tarkastelee kuulumisen käsitteen kautta kolmea aikakauslehti­paria, joista kussakin on ruotsin­ ja suomenkielinen lehti. Lehtiparit koh­dentuvat samoihin aihepiireihin, kulttuuriin ja yhteiskuntaan, talouteen sekä feminismiin. Tarkoituksena on saada selville laadullisen analyysin kautta, onko ruotsinkielisissä lehdissä vahvempaa kannustusta kuulumi­seen. Tulosten perusteella näyttää siltä, että ruotsinkielinen kulttuurilehti Nya Argus luo selkeästi kotipesää tunnepohjaisen, elitistisen raportoinnin kautta, kun taas talouslehti Forum ja feministinen Astra pitävät ehdotto­masti aihepiiriä tärkeämpänä kuin ruotsinkieliseen vähemmistöön kuulumista. Analyysissä kuulumista tarkastellaan kahdesta eri näkökulmasta, 'kotona olemisena' tai kuulumisen politiikkana, muutoksena. Muutoskan­nustusta ei tutkituissa välineissä juurikaan havaittu.

The role of information and communication technology (ICT) in development has been discussed from two distinctly different perspectives: some view it as a means for opening new alleys for the facilitation of development and democracy, while others assess it as counterproductive. Furthermore, it has been emphasised that people in cities and rural areas utilise ICT in different ways, as do people with wealth and education compared to poor people. In Africa, Kenya has declared itself an ICT hub. The state has emphasised ICT in promoting services, much less freedom of expression. This article discusses ICT and development via the filter of assemblage, a key concept developed by Deleuze and Guattari (2004/1980. A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. London: Continuum.). They emphasised fluidity as well as micro- and macro-level dichotomies. When communities based on sharing and consistent social order meet new technology, the change goes deeper than that of improved services. The basic difference might be the fact that a community is constructed on cultural ties developed over time, which strengthens immobility and stability, while an assemblage is characterised by mobility and fluidity. Thus, a system of values, hierarchies, and inherited traditions is challenged, mixed with 'new' problems brought about by individualised behaviour. ; Peer reviewed

The tsunami disaster on 26 December 2004 was the biggest peacetime accident to affect the Scandinavian countries. The region hit by the tsunami is one of the most popular holiday destinations for Scandinavians. One hundred-and-seventy-nine Finnish lives were lost, and several hundreds injured. The immediate media coverage and reception were as expected. The volume of the coverage was huge, audiences rose by one-third, as did the use of web material. However, the main type of media used immediately after the catastrophe were the mobile phone and amateur-run discussion groups on the web, allowing for individual expression. But on closer examination, the overall picture is quite a traditional one. The media and public institutions were also providing top-down information via the web, both the media and the receivers focused on Finns alone, and the welfare state was seen as the culprit for not ensuring the security of its citizens.