Finland is a particularly robust user of social media.
Some 80 percent of people in Finland logged on to one platform or another last year — well ahead of the global average of 62 percent and significantly up from the 50 percent Finland registered approximately 10 years ago.
However, Tampere University researcher Leena Ripatti-Torniainen says the discourse around social media usage in Finland is changing.
"It's more and more common to begin talking about one's aim, and one's willingness, to reduce the hours spent on social media," she says.
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One reason for the incremental increase, Rauna Rahja of the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare tells APN, could be that smartphone and social media usage begins at a comparatively young age in Finland.
"Many Finnish school children move around quite independently and they may spend some time alone at home after school, while it's quite common in Finland that parents are still working in the afternoon, and there's a need to stay in touch," Rahja notes.
Rauna advises listeners to find a balanced relationship with their social media apps, or even a digital detox, a temporary break from all social media.
This week's show also wraps up all the main news from Finland, including a visit from Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg, the summer shutdown of Helsinki's Central Railway metro station, and concerns about the rise of racism in Finnish political life.
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