Language ideologies in a Finnish university student union’s Facebook communication practices

Figures & data

Figure 1. Language ideologies in JYY’s Facebook posts. Note: solid figures – language ideologies, double arrow – ideological dilemma, LL – local language, INL – international language.

Figure 2. A post about COVID-19 vaccination information.

Table 1. JYY’s language use in their Facebook posts.

		Image caption
		No text	FI/EN	FI > EN	FI	EN	Total
Text	FI/EN	31	43	23	48	1	146
	FI > EN		6		5		11
	FI*EN	2	1		26		29
	FI				4		4
	Total	33	50	23	83	1	190

Note. FI/EN – Finnish and English simultaneously used; FI > EN – Finnish used more than English; FI*EN – Finnish used with a short summarizing note in English; FI – only Finnish used; EN – only English used.

Table 2. The matters featured in JYY’s Facebook posts.

		Language use
		FI/EN/SV	FI/EN	FI > EN	FI	EN > FI	EN	Total
Social and political context	JYY (& JYU, etc.)		39	92	15			146
	JYU		5	5	2	6		18
	Regional		2	6	4		1	13
	National	2	8	1				11
	EU		1					1
	Global					1		1
	Total	2	55	104	21	7	1	190

Note. FI/EN/SV – Finnish, English, and Swedish equally used; FI/EN – Finnish and English equally used; FI > EN – Finnish used more than English; FI – Finnish exclusively used; EN > FI – English used more than Finnish; EN – English exclusively used.

Figure 3. A post about the recruitment of JYU’s tutors for international students.

Figure 4. A post about the recruitment of JYU’s tutors for Finnish study programs.

Figure 5. A post about the instructions for getting a specific overall patch.