Visual Media Communication

People standing around a model of earth

Visual Media Communication combines academic expertise with strong industry connections. We conduct interdisciplinary research, particularly in visual communication, and play an active role in the innovative TellUs – The Talking Planet project. Additionally, we educate future graphic designers and communicators by integrating theory with hands-on practice.

We conduct interdisciplinary research in areas such as visual communication, visual culture, storytelling, popular culture, communication strategies, and science communication. Some of our members hold leading roles in the innovative research and development project TellUs – The Talking Planet. Led by Visualiseringscenter C, the project aims to spark young people’s interest in science and STEM subjects by making complex data more accessible and engaging. This is achieved through a mobile spherical installation that facilitates visioverbal learning.

Another key mission is teaching in the Graphic Design and Communication bachelor’s program. This program equips students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in graphic design, production, and communication. Many of our faculty members are actively engaged in industries relevant to students’ future careers, ensuring that the program maintains a strong professional foundation.

Staff

Publications

2024

Isabelle Strömstedt, Adam Bisno (2024) Defending the Knowledge Monopoly: The U.S. Patent Office, Propaganda, and the Centennial Celebration of the Patent Act of 1836 History of Intellectual Culture 3/2024, p. 49-72 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Isabelle Strömstedt, Adam Bisno (2024) Defending the Knowledge Monopoly: The U.S. Patent Office, Propaganda, and the Centennial Celebration of the Patent Act of 1836 History of Intellectual Culture 3/2024: Experimental Spaces: Knowledge Production and its Environments in the Long Nineteenth Century, p. 49-71 (Chapter in book) Continue to DOI
Emelie Fälton (2024) Primeval and Scenic: Ways of Seeing Swedish National Park Forests as Arenas for Experiences Enabled by the Swedish Tourist Association's Yearbooks (1886-2013) Leisure/ Loisir (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Andreas Larsson, Emelie Fälton, Karin Stolpe (2024) The discourse on technological literacy: exploring visual representations enabled by the visual cultures of four Swedish vocational education and training programmes Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, Vol. 16, Article 13 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Emelie Fälton, Tom Mels (2024) Historical boundary struggles in the construction of the non-human world: Nature conservation and tourism in Swedish national parks Journal of Historical Geography, Vol. 86, p. 70-81 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Emelie Fälton, Polina Ignatova (2024) Staying away from Cthulhu rather than Embracing the Cthulhucene: Representations of Relationships between the Human and the Non-Human in Netflix's The Sea Beast Aquatic Monsters and Liminal Creatures (Conference paper)
Emelie Fälton (2024) The romantic tourist gaze on Swedish national parks: tracing ways of seeing the non-human world through representations in tourists' Instagram posts Tourism Recreation Resarch, Vol. 49, p. 235-258 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Isabelle Strömstedt (2023) The Patent Office on Display: Intellectual Property in the Public Eye
Emelie Fälton (2023) Descendants of the modernist museum: tracing the musealisation of Swedish national parks Visual Studies, Vol. 38, p. 81-100 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Polina Ignatova, Emelie Fälton (2022) Miljöproblem i havsmonstrets värld

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