ViRe Members Presenting at SACM Annual Conference 2023
On 20 and 21 April 2023, several ViRe members attended the SACM Annual Conference 2023, which was held at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The conference is the…
ViRe-team at #ica22
From May 26-31, 2022, several members of the ViRe team attended the 72nd International Communication Association Conference, entitled “One World, One Network?” The conference, one of the largest in media and…
ViRe Team accepted at ICA 2022
3 papers accepted for ICA 2022 “One World, One Network?” in Paris, May 26-30, 2022. Two members of the ViRe team will present results of the ViRe project in three…
ViRe team at SACM Annual Conference 2022
The ViRe team participated in the SACM Annual Conference/ SGKM Jahrestagung 2022 held in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 21-22, 2022. Within the panel “Image Practices, Health and Risks”, Seraina Tarnutzer…
Katharina Lobinger elected as president of SACM Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research
After serving as Vice President within SACM Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research for the past two years, Katharina has now been unanimously elected President at this year's SACM…
Federico Lucchesi at EduHub Days 2022
Our team member Federico Lucchesi has been invited to discuss a panel at the conference of EduHub Days 2022, that took place online on February 15-16, 2022. Together with Wolfgang…
Federico Lucchesi at IVMC 7
Our team member Federico Lucchesi partecipated in the conference “International Visual Methods Conference 7“, that took place on December 13-15, 2021. The conference, firstly scheduled in Cape Town, South Africa,…
ViRe team at Digital Intimacies Conference 7
The ViRe team participated to the Digital intimacies 7 Conference, held in hybrid mode in Brisbane, Australia, on December 6-7, 2021. Within the panel “Identities”, Federico Lucchesi presented the…
DGPuK-Division Visual Communication
ViRe presentations at the Anniversary Conference of the DGPuK-Division Visual Communication Two ViRe members, Katharina Lobinger and Seraina Tarnutzer, took part in the 20th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Visual…
Visiting from Project partner Asko Lehmuskallio – Project Update and Discussion
On November 23, 2021, we had the pleasure to welcome Asko Lehmuskallio, one of our international project partners, in Lugano. We presented Asko Lehmuskallio the further procedure of the project…
Swiss Digital Days 2021
Our team member Federico Lucchesi has been invited to give a day of lectures at the SSC Bellinzona for the ‘Swiss Digital Days 2021’. On Monday, 8th November, he conducted the…
Katharina Lobinger at “Selfie-Forschung”
Our project leader Katharina Lobinger participated in the conference “Selfie-Forschung und ihre interdisziplinären Fragestellungen, Methoden und Ergebnisse”, that took place online on October 7-8, 2021. She gave a talk entitled «Wo ist…
New journal publication
New publication: Katharina Lobinger (ViRe Project Leader), Rebecca Venema (Associate Project Member), Seraina Tarnutzer (Project Member), and Federico Lucchesi (Project Member) have published the article “What is visual intimacy? Mapping…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
ViRe members at #ICA19 Washington DC
ViRe Members Katharina Lobinger and Rebecca Venema attended the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) and successfully presented their work. ICA was held in Washington, DC from May…
Activities of ViRe members at the annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) in Münster, Germany
ViRe members Rebecca Venema and Katharina Lobinger attended the 64th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association that took place from May 9 to May 11 2019 in Münster, Germany. Rebecca…
Katharina Lobinger is invited speaker in a LMUecxellent-project workshop
On March 28 Katharina Lobinger is invited speaker in a workshop on researching stereotypes. The workshop is part of the Zunkunftskonzept LMUecxellent-project "Wenn aus Menschen Fremde werden? Zur Stereotypisierung des 'Fremden'…
Katharina Lobinger is a keynote speaker in the 2nd Workshop of the Network “Qualitative Methods”
On Thusday, 25 April 2019, Katharina Lobinger will give a keynote talk on the topic "Datenvielfalt in der qualitativen Multimethoden-Forschung: Überlegungen zur Integration verbaler, visueller und mehrsprachiger Daten” ("Data plurality in…
Katharina Lobinger elected vice president of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM)
On April 4, in the 44th General Assembly SACM members elected Katharina Lobinger as vice-president of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research. In her new role in the…
Katharina Lobinger is a keynote speaker in the 3rd Media and memory network meeting
On Thursday, April 4, Katharina Lobinger is a Keynote Speaker in the 3rd Media and memory network meeting. The theme of the meeting is "Visual Communication in Public and Personal…
2 papers accepted for presentation at IVMC in Bucharest
Two submissions of our ViRe team members, Federico Lucchesi, Seraina Tarnuzter, Rebecca Venema and Katharina Lobinger, were accepted for presentation at the 6thInternational Visual Methods Conference that will take place…
Katharina Lobinger is invited speaker in a LMUecxellent-project workshop
On March 28 Katharina Lobinger is invited speaker in a workshop on researching stereotypes. The workshop is part of the Zunkunftskonzept LMUecxellent-project "Wenn aus Menschen Fremde werden? Zur Stereotypisierung des 'Fremden'…
Out now: Two chapters by our project members
The book „zeigen | andeuten | verstecken. Bilder zwischen Verantwortung und Provokation“ edited by C. Schwender, C. Brantner, C. Graubner and J. von Gottberg, has been published! In this book…
Presentation on ethics in visual communication research by R. Venema
On Friday, March 22, Associate Project Member Rebecca Venema gave a presentation at the ViRe Ethics Workshop. She presented an overview to core ethical challenges in visual communication research and…
Wrap up of the first two workshops of the ViRe SNF project
After the first workshop of the project, which took place exactly one month ago, today we hosted the second event with our project partners. The aims of the workshops were…
Workshops: Ethics Workshop on March 22, 2019
Our Ethics workshop is scheduled on March 22, 2019. The workshop will be held at Università della Svizzera italiana, Main Building, room 402. For more information on the workshop program click…
Katharina Lobinger interviewed by Ticinonline
Our Project Leader Katharina Lobinger was interviewed by Ticinonline journalist, Patrick Mancini, about her views on the growing phenomenon of parents sharing images of their children on social media. Click…
Workshops: Methods Workshop on February 22, 2019
Our first workshop is scheduled on February 22, 2019.The workshop will be held at Università della Svizzera italiana, Main Building, room 402. For more information on the workshop program click here!
November 15, 2018: Official start of the project
Visualized relationships – functions and problems is a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). The project started on November 15, 2018. For more information about the project,…