The ViRe project Leader Katharina Lobinger was interviewed by Patrick Mancini, a journalist of the weekly newspaper “Cooperazione”. In the interview, numerous topics are touched upon, including the use of new technologies among the Swiss people, internet data, and the implementation of telework during the lockdown due to COVID-19. During the interview, it is also […]
Read MoreOur project leader Katharina Lobinger has been invited as speaker at the public conference “Society and Covid: new challenges for cities“, organized by Lugano Living Lab. She will be talking about social relationships and the role of ICTs in Covid and post-Covid time. How has society changed as a result of the pandemic emergency? How […]
Read MoreA new conference experience for the ViRe-team: the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), one of the biggest conferences in the field of media and communication research, originally scheduled for 21-25 May 2020 at Gold Coast, Australia, has been convened as an entirely “virtual” conference. From 20-27 May 2020, Katharina Lobinger, Federico Lucchesi, […]
Read MoreThe interdisciplinary volume “Visualizing Digital Discourse. Interactional, Institutional and Ideological Perspectives” edited by Crispin Thurlow, Christa Dürscheid, Christa and Federica Diémoz has been published. Katharina Lobinger and Rebecca Venema contributed a chapter entitled “Visual bonding and intimacy: A repertoire-oriented study of photo-sharing in close personal relationships”. In the chapter, they discuss diverse ways in which […]
Read MoreKatharina Lobinger (ViRe Project Leader), Rebecca Venema (Associate Project Member of ViRe) and Anja Kaufhold (Senior Specialist Media Solutions at esome advertising technologies GmbH, Hamburg) have published the article “Hybrid repertoires of photo sharing: exploring the complexities of young adults’ photo-sharing practices”. The article has been published in the journal Visual Communication. It explores how young […]
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