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Leading questions are useful tools with which to direct the flow of an interaction to the outcome you desire. In some scenarios they are not acceptable, eg in formal legal environments. However, they can be utilised in almost any interactional setting in which questions are used.
Drawing upon the ‘old boys network’ that can be seen in many countries, the case of ex-Prime Minister Katainen and his allocation of nearly a million euros of government funds to a philosopher/consultant without due diligence highlights how leading questions can be used to get different outcomes. This case can also be linked to Unit C4 and Helsinki’s land grab of Sipoo and Acquiescence Bias in manipulating Polling outcomes such as with the NATO debate in Unit F5.
E.4. Reading (Look at this before doing the tasks). The Tasks and Answer Key/Pointers/Sources are in Theme H in the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
Think About:
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" – John Dahlberg- Acton
"Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy" – Peter Ustinov
"Inside every working anarchy, there's an Old Boy Network" – Mitch Kapor
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Yle 5.11.2024: Convicted ministry official says Finland is 'corrupt country' - experts warn of old boy network.
The title says it all:
Kantola, A., and Vesa, J. (2023). Silence of the wealthy: How the wealthiest 0.1% avoid the media and resort to hidden strategies of advocacy. European Journal of Communication 38(1): 43-57.
A contrastive analysis between a country in which the media is at times a rabid dog (the UK) and a country in which political correctness and compliance are revered by the media (Finland):
Moilanen, A. (2016). Political Scandals in Finland and in the UK: How Do the Media Cultures Differ? University of Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/political-scandals-finland-and-uk-how-do-media-cultures-differ
Finland repeatedly comes out as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. What is the relationship between the media, business and political elites...
In 2007 the biggest tax evasion case up to then involved Salora a major electronics manufacturer. The CEO, Jouko Nordell had a close relationship with Finnish and Norwegian politicians. Gifts and tax evasion were involved that brought Nordell to the attention of the judiciary, but the scrutiny was not extended to the ministers…
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