Images in Use: Towards the critical analysis of visual communication
Edited by Matteo Stocchetti and Karin Kukkonen
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 44] 2011. vi, 298 pp.
Karin Kukkonen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Karin Kukkonen plays a role.
Title
Subjects Communication Studies | Pragmatics | Semiotics
Articles
2022 Readers during the Covid-19 pandemic: Reading choices, habits and emotional experiences Scientific Study of Literature 12:1/2, pp. 83–102 | Article
This study investigates reading literature during the Covid-19 pandemic in Norway. In three surveys conducted across 2020 (combined N = 489), readers were asked about their reading habits, motivations for reading and emotional states after reading. Our results showed that Norwegian readers read… read more
2011 Chapter 3. The map, the mirror and the simulacrum: Visual communication and the question of power Images in Use: Towards the critical analysis of visual communication, Stocchetti, Matteo and Karin Kukkonen (eds.), pp. 55–67 | Article
This article identifies the three metaphors of mirror, map and simulacrum as central for the political discourse in visual communication: Images designated as mirrors, such as documentaries, convince because they seem to reflect reality. Images designated as maps, such as advertisements, convince… read more
2011 Introduction Images in Use: Towards the critical analysis of visual communication, Stocchetti, Matteo and Karin Kukkonen (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Article