Susanna Paasonen

Susanna Paasonen
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Helsinki, Finland
Alma materUniversity of Turku
Known forWritings on the rise in popularity of internet pornography
Scientific career
FieldsMedia Studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Turku
ThesisFigures 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]

  1. ^ "Visitors and Postdoctoral Associates - MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing". MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  2. ^ Paasonen, Susanna (2002). Figures of fantasy: women, cyberdiscourse, and the popular Internet (PhD thesis). Turku: University of Turku. ISBN 9789512921348.
  3. ^ Paasonen, Susanna (2005). Figures of fantasy: Internet, women, and cyberdiscourse. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820476070.
  4. ^ "Profile: Susanna Paasonen, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku". Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  5. ^ Paasonen, Susanna. "Home page". susannapaasonen.org/ – via WordPress.