The timing and treatment of tail biting in fattening pigs

The victims of TB have a reduced growth potential. In addition, victims of TB have reduced growth rate. The victims are likely to suffer more frequently from other health disordes than pigs with non-bitten tails. Tail biting was often preceded by leg disorders and followed by reduced appetite, which may be associated with reduced growth rate of victims of tail biting. The costs of TB were particularly heavy when medication was needed and when the fattening of the victims could not be continued as planned. As TB behaves like an epidemic, immediate response to tail biting is important to prevent further cases and economic damage

Market and policy-oriented incentives to provide animal welfare: The case of tail biting

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Asylum Seekers Arrived, Elites Occupied the Air: Topics and Interviewees in YLE's Magazine Programmes During the "Asylum Seeker Crisis"

In this study, we examine the choice of interviewees and discussion topics made by Finland’s national broadcasting company YLE during the so-called "asylum seeker crisis" of 2015 and 2016. The rapid increase in asylum seekers, combined with deepening political tensions regarding the situation and the entry of a populist anti-immigration party into government, created a challenging environment for the media. This was especially true for YLE, which is committed to political neutrality and cultural diversity. Our data shows that the "crisis" was framed as a crisis hitting Finland and European decision-making rather than as a humanitarian crisis. Despite long-term academic criticism of bias in expert interviewee selection (e.g. the underrepresentation of minority and female interviewees), the media continued to use traditional sources of knowledge. However, in a novel approach for Finland, the media engaged the large-scale involvement of politicians, and especially representatives of the populist Finns Party. </p

”Mahdollisuudet ovat kirjaimellisesti rajattomat”: Uutismediassa työskentelevien näkemyksiä uusista teknologioista

Tässä anayysissä kysymme: Mitä teknologisia innovaatioita suomalaisessa uutismediassa on kokeiltu, ja mitkä ovat jo arkisessa käytössä? Millaisiksi alalla työskentelevät kokevat valmiutensa ottaa uusia teknologioita ammatilliseen käyttöön? Selvitämme lisäksi alalla vallitsevia käsityksiä eri teknologioiden merkityksestä journalismin tulevaisuudelle. Tutkimme aihetta uutismedian parissa Suomessa työskenteleville suunnatun kyselyn avulla. Keskitymme analyysissä kyselyn teknologioita ja niiden omaksumisen olosuhteita käsittelevään osaan

Confrontational yet submissive: Calculated ambivalence and populist parties’ strategies of responding to racism accusations in the media

This article provides an analysis and typology of the discursive strategies nationalist-populist anti-immigration parties use when responding to racism accusations in mainstream news. The typology is based on a three-party comparative analysis of statements given in national public service media by the representatives of three electorally successful Northwestern European populist parties – the UK Independence Party, the Finns Party and the Sweden Democrats. When responding to racism accusations, populist parties use both submissive and confrontational sets of discursive strategies in varying combinations to communicate an ambivalent attitude towards racism. This ambivalence is communicated both on the level of an individual speaker utilizing several strategies and on the level of multiple speakers communicating contradictory messages. The comparative analysis suggests that country-specific contexts, and the statuses of both the persons under accusation and the responders giving statements, affect to what extent responses to racism accusations tend to be confrontational.</p

Politiikan journalismin tila Suomessa

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