I was accepted to the ECREA Barcelona 2008 Conference to present my first official research results. The title of my presentation is Males Serving Comfort: Warm or Cold? A Qualitative Study of Episode Interviews. It is based on my up-coming article, which I am hoping to publish early next year.
Additionally, I am writing an article to a book called Ero, vanhemmuus ja tukeminen [Divorce, parenting, and support]. I will take on male friendships and discuss how and what kind of support is provided to a friend going through separation, divorce, or a break up. Very exciting! The book is published by University of Kuopio and Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland.
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Home Page and blog of Ira A. Virtanen, PhD, University Teacher and Researcher in Communication. "What is most personal is most universal" -Carl R. Rogers-
About Me
- Ira
- Finland
- I teach communication at University of Helsinki. My main interests lie in interpersonal relationships, social support and supportive communication, communication contexts such as culture, gender, relationship, and settings. PhD (2015) from University of Tampere, M.A. (2006) and B.A. (2005) from University of Helsinki. I worked as a Visiting Fulbright Student Researcher at Purdue University in Indiana 2010-2011.
Most recent publications:
- Virtanen, I. A. (2015). Supportive communication in Finnish men’s friendships. Published doctoral dissertation. Acta-Sarja 2019. Tampere University. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-44-9702-5
- Virtanen I. A., Isotalus, P., & Keaton, S. A. (2014). “Offer no readymade solutions”: Men’s support provision and intentions in specific episodes with an upset friend. Studies in Communication Sciences, 14(1), 54–60.
- Puheenvuoro ”Puheviestinnän asiantuntijayhteisön tulevaisuuden näkymiä” Prologos ry:n jäsenkirjeessä 1/2015 (Virtanen, I & Hollanti, K.).
- Artikkeli ”Haasteelliset asiakaskohtaamiset eläinlääkärin työssä”. Hollanti, K. & Virtanen, I., Suomen Eläinlääkärilehti, nro 6/2014.
- Virtanen, I. A., & Isotalus, P. (2014). Talking troubles with Finnish men: Meaningful contexts of ‘supportive silence’. Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies, 9(2), 111–125.
- Virtanen, I. A., & Isotalus, P. (2013). A clear mirror on which to reflect: Beneficial supportive communication in Finnish men’s friendships. Qualitative Communication Research, 2(2), 133–158.
- Virtanen, I. A. (2013). Ikä ja elämänkulku miesten ystävyyssuhteissa. Teoksessa Ilkka Pietilä & Hanna Ojala (toim.) Miehistä puhetta: Miehet, ikääntyminen ja vanhenemisen kulttuuriset mallit (s. 227–251). Tampere: TUP.
- Virtanen, I. A. (2011). Talking about learning – The ever-changing environment. Teachers as sources of informal social support. The Teaching and Learning Newsletter, The Language Center & Department of Communication, South East European University, Makedonia.
- Virtanen, I. A. & Isotalus, P. (2011). The essence of social support in interpersonal communication. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 3 (1), 25-42.
- Virtanen I. A., & Isotalus, P. (2010). Miesten tukea antava viestintä eroavalle ystävälle [Men’s support provision for a friend breaking up]. In J. Hämäläinen, P. Pölkki & A. Kääriäinen (Eds.) Ero, vanhemmuus ja tukeminen [Divorce, parenting and support] (pp. 224-253). Helsinki: Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland & University of Kuopio.
- Virtanen, I. A. (2009). Finnish supportive communication: A qualitative study on middle-aged singles support seeking. In R. Wilkins & P. Isotalus (Eds.) Speech culture in Finland (pp. 117-138). New York, NY: University Press of America.
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