Volume 8, Issue 1 Operationalising communication rights: the case of a “digital welfare state” Marko Ala-Fossi, Tampere UniversityAnette Alén-Savikko, University of HelsinkiJockum Hildén, University of HelsinkiMinna Aslama Horowitz, University of HelsinkiJohanna Jääsaari, University of HelsinkiKari Karppinen, University of HelsinkiKatja Lehtisaari, University of HelsinkiHannu Nieminen, University of Helsinki PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.1.1389 Operationalisation of communication rights in the context of Finland highlights major challenges that digitalisation poses to democracy. KEYWORDS: Communication rights, Access, Availability, Dialogical rights