ViRe-team at #ica21

New experiences with large-scale online conferencing for the ViRe-team: The annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), has been again convened as an entirely “virtual” conference. This year’s conference topic was “Engaging the essential work of care: Communication, connectedness, and social justice”. From 27-31 May 2021, the team had the chance to discuss the paper “Baked bunnies, […]

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Katharina Lobinger interviewed by Cooperazione

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 […]

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Katharina Lobinger speaking about post-Covid challenges for the society

Our 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 […]

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ViRe-team at #ica20

A 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, […]

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Chapter published

The 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 […]

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Journal article published

Katharina 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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2 ViRe Presentations at the ECREA TWG Visual Cultures Conference in Ljubljana

Three ViRe members attended the ECREA Temporary Working Group Conference, whose overall topic was „Visual Cultures and Communication: Images and Practices on the Move“. It took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 4-6. Katharina Lobinger was among the organizers of the event. Under the title „Methods on the move. Grasping the complexities of visual communication practices […]

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ViRe Members at the IVMC6 Visual Conference in Bucharest

ViRe Members Federico Lucchesi and Seraina Tarnutzer participated in the International Visual Methods Conference, that took place in Bucharest, RO, July 16-19, 2019. They gave two talks related to the main topic of “Crafting a Visual Plot – Epic Images of Mundane Stories”. Federico Lucchesi’s talk focused on visual methods within interviews. Under the title […]

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