Susanna Paasonen | |
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Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Helsinki, Finland |
Alma mater | University of Turku |
Known for | Writings on the rise in popularity of internet pornography |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Media Studies |
Institutions | University of Turku |
Thesis | Figures of fantasy: women, cyberdiscourse and the popular internet (2002) |
Susanna Paasonen (born 1975, Helsinki) is a Finnish feminist scholar. She is a Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku, and was a visiting scholar at MIT in 2016.[1] She gained her PhD from the University of Turku in 2002; her dissertation was on gender and the popularization of the internet,[2] which was later published through Peter Lang.[3] After holding positions at the universities of Tampere, Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Paasonen was appointed Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku on 1 August 2011,[4] and publishes on internet research, media theory, sexuality, pornography and affect.[5]