ICOM#12 – Sadly, from Afar

This was to be my annual conference highlight: I was looking forward to meeting long-time and new colleagues, learning about … Mehr

Editorial Pains – Editorial Gains

My ambitions were never very high regarding editing something larger than an individual volume. It took the persuasive powers of … Mehr

Reviewing can be Rewarding

It is a well-known paradox of our profession that reviewing doesn’t pay (in any sense of the word) but still … Mehr

Et voilà: A New Book on Multimodality – At Long Last

Edited volumes take particular patience, a high amount of cooperation and across-chapter coherence-generating skills. I found all these gifts in … Mehr

Is there really such a Thing as Para-interaction? Basel Workshop

Ever since HORTON/WOHL (1956/1986) referred to the kind of virtual interaction between media makers and their anonymous and dispersed target … Mehr

Digital Art and Multimodal Argumentation in Ads

Digital image-making (especially visual compositing) has gained much ground in print advertising over the last two decades. Such fast technological … Mehr

Next Stop: Rome

For a Southern View of Multimodality at the A-mode conference Again, colleagues from Bremen and Salzburg put their heads together … Mehr

Setting Sail for Kiel to the GiB-Conference

Linguistic Multimodality Research – Theory & Analytical Methods On 9 May, I will be giving a talk at the bi-annual … Mehr