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Janina Wildfeuer
@neous.bsky.social
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@neous since 2003. #Multimodality researcher at Uni Groningen. Chief Editor of Visual Communication. Mum of three.

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 7d
Finishing things in 2025:

This big, big project is now out!

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De Gruyter Brill Language, Literature & Culture @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social · 12d
📣 Proud to present the first ever major reference work on comics studies in German! #comic #comicsforschung @stephanpackard.bsky.social @julianeblank.bsky.social @neous.bsky.social
Find it here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Book cover showing illustration of overlapping pieces of paper that evoke drawing comics panels

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 16d
Almost feels like a big family gathering:

MARGE #3: Multimodal Argumentation in Everyday Conversation & the Media: Putting Methods to the Test

Today and tomorrow in Salzburg, organized by Hartmut Stöckl.
Leaflet Cover for MARGE #3: Multimodal Argumentation in Everyday Conversation & the Media: Putting Methods to the Test in Salzburg, December 2025

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Jacopo Castaldi @jacopocastaldi.bsky.social · 23d
The ‘Discourse, Power and Society’ Research Group warmly invites you to join our Seminar Series. Our final talk for 2025 is on 10th December and is by Dr Yu Zhu from Qilu Normal University (see abstract below).

Reposted by Janina Wildfeuer, Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre

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Visual Communication journal @viscomjournal.bsky.social · 24d
#CfP! Special Visual Essays Issue on More-than-Human Perspectives in Visual Communication, guest edited by Juhri Salamet. Extended abstracts due 20 January 2026. More information: www.designresearchsociety.org/events/cfp-s...
CfP: Special Visual Essays Issue on More-than-Human Perspectives in Visual Communication
Extended abstracts due 20 January 2026.
www.designresearchsociety.org

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Nov 2
Yes, making the best of autumn today!
Mum and 3 kids walking through an autumn forest.

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Nov 2
What a beautiful photo of the church and the city!

See you soon again, Henrika!

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 31
Helsinki it is!

Thank you for joining us in Groningen and see you there!

#12ICOM #13ICOM
thiip.bsky.social Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Oct 31
Turns out Helsinki was voted as the host of the next International Conference on #Multimodality in 2027!

Thanks to @neous.bsky.social & the team for a fantastic #12ICOM and see you @helsinki.fi!

Look out for a call for papers next summer!

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Tuomo Hiippala @thiip.bsky.social · Oct 31
Turns out Helsinki was voted as the host of the next International Conference on #Multimodality in 2027!

Thanks to @neous.bsky.social & the team for a fantastic #12ICOM and see you @helsinki.fi!

Look out for a call for papers next summer!

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 31
🥰 Thank you!

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 31
🙏🏻

Safe travels and see you soon!

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 31
What a vibe!
#12ICOM in Groningen is multimodalicious

Thanks to @thiip.bsky.social, Louise Ravelli, Bart Verheij and @asliozyurek.bsky.social for their brilliant keynotes!
12ICOM Name Badge 12ICOM sweet bag to keep everyone happy. Multimodalicious! Keynote speech audience, chaired by Dimitris Serafis Asli Özyürek‘s keynote in the Mennonite Church

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Jacopo Castaldi @jacopocastaldi.bsky.social · Oct 14
The ‘Discourse, Power and Society’ Research Group, co-organised by Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent, warmly invites you to join our Seminar Series. We start on 22nd October with Dan Thorpe from CCCU (see abstract contact details to join below)

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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · Oct 4
🔗 The open-access study can be read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🙏 Thanks to @nataliialaba.com for inspiring this study and to she and @neous.bsky.social for organising a panel on visual style that we presented at #ADDA5 and that helped sharpen my arguments in this paper.
Computer-mediated representations: a qualitative examination of algorithmic vision and visual style - TJ Thomson, 2025
To the general public, text-to-image generators, such as Midjourney and DALL-E, seem to work through magic and, indeed, their inner workings are often frustrati...
journals.sagepub.com

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 3
#12ICOM highlight: Our keynote live stream!

We are happy to bring some conference vibes to you at home:
bit.ly/12ICOMLive

Join us online to be part of the experience - and share this opportunity with others!
12ICOM Groningen
12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Oct 1
❗ The full #12ICOM conference program is now available online!

Registration is still open until 15 October - or until all places are filled.

sites.google.com/rug.nl/12ico...
12ICOM Groningen - SCHEDULE
Conference SCHEDULE | 12icom 12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen
sites.google.com

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Sep 29
Since this year, I am a scholar of the Jantina Tammes School @rug.nl - and here is a post on my work for/with the school and our multimodality group!

What an honor to be so prominently featured! 🥰

www.rug.nl/jantina-tamm...
Hoe AI betekenis geeft: ‘We weten niet precies hoe de interpretatie tot stand komt’
Digitale communicatie draait niet alleen om tekst. Ook niet-verbale expressies spelen een grote rol. Janina Wildfeuer, universitair hoofddocent aan de...
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Sep 19
Ich durfte gestern auf der #GAL2025 sprechen - was für eine Ehre!
woerfel.bsky.social Till Woerfel @woerfel.bsky.social · Sep 19
Wo bleibt die Sprache (in der Multimodalitätsforschung) fragte gestern @neous.bsky.social in ihrer tollen Keynote auf der #GAL2025

Die Sprache bleibt, wenn…
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Sep 19
Aww, danke!

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Till Woerfel @woerfel.bsky.social · Sep 19
Wo bleibt die Sprache (in der Multimodalitätsforschung) fragte gestern @neous.bsky.social in ihrer tollen Keynote auf der #GAL2025

Die Sprache bleibt, wenn…
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GAL e.V. @gal-ev.bsky.social · Sep 18
Und nun die dritte Keynote von Professorin Janina Wildfeuer!
#GAL2025
Titelfolie des Plenarvortrags vom Professorin Janina Wildfeier: „Und wo bleibt die Sprache? Neue Perspektiven für multimodale Linguistik (digitaler Kurzformate)“ Foto vom Prof. Dr. Janina Wildfeuer

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Sep 1
Preparations are in full swing and we look forward to welcoming everyone in Groningen soon for #12ICOM:
12th International Conference on Multimodality
29-31 October 2025, House of Connections, Groningen
bit.ly/12ICOM
Watch our website for the full program to be online soon!
12ICOM conference poster

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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · Aug 12
VisCom‘s 2025 special issue papers are out!

A brilliant issue on multimodal reception studies - many of them with open access!

@viscomjournal.bsky.social
jacopocastaldi.bsky.social Jacopo Castaldi @jacopocastaldi.bsky.social · Aug 11
I’m thrilled to announce that the Special Issue on ‘Multimodality and Reception Studies’ I guest-edited for the @viscomjournal.bsky.social is now out (and most of the papers are open access)!

journals.sagepub.com/toc/VCJ/0/0?...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com

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Jacopo Castaldi @jacopocastaldi.bsky.social · Aug 11
I’m thrilled to announce that the Special Issue on ‘Multimodality and Reception Studies’ I guest-edited for the @viscomjournal.bsky.social is now out (and most of the papers are open access)!

journals.sagepub.com/toc/VCJ/0/0?...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com

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Doreen Reinhard @doreenreinhard.bsky.social · Feb 8
Der Holocaust-Überlebende Albrecht Weinberg, 99 Jahre alt, war heute zusammen mit dem Fotografen Luigi Toscano (beide wollen aus Protest auch ihre Bundesverdienstkreuze zurückgeben) in Leer in Ostfriesland bei einer Demo gegen Rechtsextremismus dabei.
www.zeit.de/news/2025-02...
Nach Abstimmung im Bundestag: Holocaust-Überlebender demonstriert mit Hunderten in Leer
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Nach Abstimmung im Bundestag“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Holocaust-Überlebender demonstriert mit Hunderten in Leer“.
www.zeit.de

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Kobin Kendrick @kobinkendrick.bsky.social · Feb 10
Multimodal transcription is essential for representing visible action in CA transcripts. I’ve recorded a video series showing how I transcribe embodied action step by step. Links to the videos are in the thread below ⬇️

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Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social · Feb 26
ANY characteristics of a woman is considered as a handicap for leadership !!!👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
zjayres.bsky.social Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · Feb 25
Reminded of this today.

We found, there’s always a reason why women are “never quite right” for leadership roles".

Something to remember when trying to conform to views on leadership, ladies. People are going to judge you anyway. So be bold/ stick to your values
www.fastcompany.com/90889985/new...
New research reveals the 30 critiques holding women back from leadership that most men will never hear
Researchers reveal the characteristics that cause women to be overlooked for leadership roles.
www.fastcompany.com

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Visual Communication journal @viscomjournal.bsky.social · Apr 3
Visual Communication, a leading journal published by SAGE, is now on BlueSky 🎉

To celebrate, here’s a look at some of our most-read articles from the past 6 months. Give us a follow and join our BlueSky community to connect with readers and visual communication scholars ✨
A welcome image for the journal Visual Communication, featuring its logo and branding with a pink gradient design. The text highlights the journal's website link: "journals.sagepub.com/home/VCJ." Below, three most-read articles from the past six months are displayed with their titles, abstracts, and download/view statistics: "Multimodal content analysis: expanding analytical approaches to content analysis" by Frank Serafini, with 10,471 views and downloads. "Matter, meaning and semiotics" by Kay L. O'Halloran, with 7,574 views and downloads. "Visual communication and mental health" by Jill Bennett, with 4,557 views and downloads.

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RHET AI Center @rhetai.bsky.social · Apr 25
𝗘𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆!🥳

🤖 🗣️ Bereits zum siebten Mal wollen wir gemeinsam mit Ihnen und euch eintauchen in spannende Forschungsthemen rund um das Thema Künstliche Intelligenz aus linguistischer Perspektive.
Das Bild zeigt das Ankündigungsplakat für den Artificial Friday im Sommersemester 2025. Die Überschrift lautet: "Artificial Friday. Linguistische Perspektiven auf Künstliche Intelligenz" Darunter sind die Termine, Vortragenden und ihre Vortragstitel aufgelistet: "09. Mai, 14-16 Uhr. Janina Wildfeuer (Groningen): Multimodal AI - Was (linguistische) Multimodalitätsforschung zu KI-generierten Bildern und Videos sagen kann und sollte; Tim Moritz Hector (Siegen): Vom Smart Speaker zum Smart Home: Sensorische Medien und Interaktion in privaten Wohnumgebungen. 06. Juni, 14-16 Uhr. Katrin Lehnen (Gießen): 'Es hat sich vertraut angefühlt, als würde ich mich mit einer, gerade auf diesem Thema, sehr kompetenten Person unterhalten' - Rollenkonzepte und kollaborative Praktika beim Schreiben mit KI. Bernd Meyer (Mainz): 'Wenn wir nur das hätten, könnten wir die Arbeit einstellen' - Zum Potenzial von Translation apps für die Bewältigung von Sprachbarrieren in öffentlichen Einrichtungen. 04. Juli, 14-16 Uhr: Ekkehard Felder (Heidelberg): Sokratischer Dialog: KI über die KI und vieles mehr. Patrizia Attar & Nina Kalwa (Karlsruhe): KI verzeitlichen. Zeitbezüge in Wikipedia - Artikel zu Künstlicher Intelligenz." Am unteren Plakatrand steht: Online Kolloquium. Anmeldung an nina.kalwa@kit.edu; artificial-friday.de.

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Nataliia Laba @nataliialaba.com · Mar 21
Registrations open for the workshop “Pixel vs. protocol: Negotiating the role of multimodal generative AI in study, work, and play” on May 7 (14:00-17:00) in Groningen, the Netherlands, organized by @neous.bsky.social and I ✨
Pixel vs. Protocol: Negotiating the Role of Multimodal Generative AI in Study, Work, and Play
How can we critically and creatively engage with generative AI across text, images, and videos? This workshop, part of the initiative by the Jantina Tammes...
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