Media and Communication (MCS)
The media are permeating our entire existence, and that is why the research field of Media and Communication has grown rapidly over recent years.
At Jönköping University, this research environment has a strong international profile. We are internationally well-recognized in the research fields of sustainable communication, transmedia storytelling, and social change. Our research supports the Media and Communication bachelor program, and the master’s program Sustainable Communication. Moreover, we are at the core of the School of Education and Communication new research profile EduCom: Educommunicating social sustainability
The research environment Media and Communication at Jönköping University (MCS) is profiled towards Sustainable Communication. The aim of this research milieu is to produce knowledge about how communication in various contexts – in journalism, organizations, politics, popular culture, etc. – might contribute to meeting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations’ sustainability agenda. MCS addresses all three dimensions of sustainability – environmental, social, and economic – and how communication in various forms might contribute to their reconciliation.
Within the framework of this research profile, the MCS researchers run the program Sustainable Communication, whose aim is to develop knowledge about the role of communication in sustainable development challenges (mediated communication in particular). Read more about this program here.
Sustainable Communication
Within the framework of this research profile, the MCS researchers drive the Sustainable Communication program, whose goal is to develop knowledge about the role of communication in the challenges of sustainable development (especially mediated communication).
Researchers
Professorer
Lene Foss
Ole Hansen
Ulla Runesson Kempe
Docenter
Jesper Boesen
Robert Gunnarsson
Karin Renblad
Catarina Schmidt
Forskare och postdocs
Anna-Lena Ekdahl
Åsa Hirsh
Margaretha Häggström
Jonathan Lilliedahl
Sara Hvit Lindstrand
Pernilla Mårtensson
Cathrine Ryther
Mikael Segolsson
Rebecka Florin Sädbom
Doktorander
Susanna Anderstaf
Git Blomberg
Johan Bäcklund
Pontus Bäckström
Heléne Hugo
Maria Helming Gustavsson
Josefin Rostedt
Jabil Seven
Charlotte Öhman
Adjunkter
Monica Carlsson
Eva Dahlqvist
Fredrik Ebefors
Karin Jardmo
Eva-Lena Jonsson
Birgitta Lundberg
Lina Mrak
Ulla-Lena Simonsson
Andreas Widlund
Klas Öhling
Affilierade forskare
Beth Ferholt
Per Håkansson
Norris Krueger
Robert Lecusay
Anna Pauliina Rainio
Hamsa Venkatakrishnan
Group members
Professors
Associate Professors
Staff
- Inger Ahlstrand External link.
- Elzana Odzakovic
External link, opens in new window. - Louise Baek Larsen External link.
- Anna Bjällmark External link, opens in new window.
- Aimee Ekman External link.
- Inger Jansson External link.
- Berit Munck External link.
- Anne-Le Morville External link, opens in new window.
- Charlotta Wikström External link.
- David Rusaw External link.
- Margit Neher External link.
- Saffran Möller External link.
Doctoral students
- Anna Johnsen External link.
- Cheng Li
- Hanna Ahonen External link.
- Kristina Carlén External link.
- Marcia Howell
- Nan Jiang External link.
- Lisbeth Johansson External link.
- Qi Lu External link.
- Gabriella Norberg Boysen External link.
- Dip Raj Thapa External link.
- Sandra Siebmanns External link.
- Eline Wu External link.
- Yajuan Yang External link.
- Lihua Zhou External link.
- Paula Bergman External link.
Staff
Staff
Projects
Publications
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Hill, A. (2025). Introduction – Audience engagement and experiences. In: Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Abingdon: Routledge
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Gambarato, R. (2025). Introduction - Audience modes: A granular approach. In: Annette Hill & Peter Lunt (Ed.), Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Abingdon: Routledge
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Abalo, E. (2024). Digital first or digital only? Swedish welfare user interfaces and the challenges for older citizens. The Journal of Aging and Social Change
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Alzamora, G., Gambarato, R. (2024). Ativismo transmídia na Amazônia [Transmedia activism in the Amazon]. In: Lucia Santaella & Kalynka Cruz (Ed.), Amazônia digital (pp. 133-152). São Paulo: Estação das Letras e Cores
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Wappelhorst, A. (2024). What do cycling researchers do? [blog post].
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Abalo, E. (2024). Senior citizens as the target group? Digital welfare user interfaces and the shift in responsibility.
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Hedenmo, O. (2024). Elusive promises of mediated collaboration: An exploration of media-driven potentials and pitfalls in collective climate change mitigation. (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication)
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Hedenmo, O., Berglez, P. (2024). Att åstadkomma samverkan: Sju kommunikativa framgångsfaktorer. Jönköping
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Gambarato, R., Heuman, J. (2024). Transcending the blurred boundaries of Chernobyl. Prague: CZECH-IN
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Hill, A. (2024). Streaming platform imaginaries: audiences and Southeast Asian streaming. Continuum. Journal of Media and Cultural Studies
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Alvén Sjöberg, J. (2024). Frictions Of Public Sector Organizations’ Strategic Communication: A study about the Swedish Police’s social media use for public safety. Ljubljana: ECREA
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Gambarato, R., Heuman, J. (2024). Transcending the blurred boundaries of Chernobyl. In: Punctum Semiotics Monographs Thessaloniki: Hellenic Semiotic Society
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Wappelhorst, A. (2024). Who feels unheard in a car-centric world? Insights into forced (non)driving [blog post].
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Enghel, F. (2024). Revisiting everyday activism for gender justice and expanding on its communicative dimensions. International Journal of Communication (pp. 3814-3835).
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Wappelhorst, A. (2024). Revisiting Colonialism: Decolonial and Postcolonial City Walking Tours as Political Education for Inclusive Cities.
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