Visual Communication journal

Explores: (1) the role of emojis as semiotic resources in her digital identity construction; (2) the mediation of her spatiotemporal identity dynamics by algorithmic infrastructures; and (3) the relationship between multimodal affordances, techno-affective elements and perceptions of authenticity.

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'Chronotopic layers of virtual authenticity: decoding Lil Miquela’s multi-faceted digital identity' by Nashwa Elyamany journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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"Mapping the emergence of visual biases in journalistic interactive visualizations" by Inbal Klein-Avraham and Zvi Reich: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.....

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In "From ‘good for her’ to ‘you in danger, girl’: text–image relationships in #GIF reply posts," Elizabeth Marsden and Alba Milà-Garcia explore text–image relationships within reply GIFs, 🗨️ with and without embedded text and/or user-added text:

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‘Please tell us how you can volunteer your contributions to the school’: a social semiotic analysis of school websites 💡 by Zhi Yang Chan and Fei Victor LIM.

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Online First: "The chop suey letterform and cultural hegemony in global representation of visual Chineseness" by Yu Li
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"Viral #climate imagery: examining popular climate #visuals on #Twitter" by Isaac Bravo, Daniel Silva Luna, and Stefanie Walter: doi.org/10.1177/1470...

#VisualCommunication #ClimateChange

"Reworking signs: multi-semiotic hybrids across systems in Chinese environmental posters" by Yanfang Han: doi.org/10.1177/1470...

#semiotics #EnvironmentalCommunication #VisualCommunication

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Volume 24 Issue 2 of Visual Communication is out 🗞️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/vcja/24/...

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Visual essay 'More than a place to eat: visual aesthetics and educational policies in Chilean school dining halls (1912–2020)' by G Marini, CM Lorca and V Villanueva González calls into question the relationships between visual aesthetics and educational policies journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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"Amplification of conventional female gender displays and reinforcement of Asian stereotypes in user-generated Artificial Intelligence (AI) images on social media" by Russel S Chun journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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"Landcare and landscapes and accidental beauty: failing digital technologies and the gaze of child researchers" published in Visual Communication journal won the inaugural ICA Visual Communication Studies Division Outstanding Journal Article Award 🤩

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