Tuija Saresma

Tuija Saresma is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä. Her work focuses on deconstructing oppressive social media phenomena through critical discourse analysis and feminist frameworks.

• Research areas: hate speech, misogyny, xenophobia, and racialization
• Current projects: Crossing Borders (belonging in physical/virtual spaces) and Violence Research group

Her research develops resistance tools against online discriminatory ideologies, benefiting educators and civic actors. She contributes to digital humanities methodologies and intersectional feminist pedagogy, with recent publications analyzing populist rhetoric on Twitter and academic freedom challenges.

Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches combining sociology, media studies, and gender theory. Key subfields include digital ethics, affective computing, and critical race theory applications in online spaces.