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). Platform imaginaries.
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Hill, A. (2025). Imagining platforms.
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Hill, A. (2025). Roundtable – Eco Media Footprinting.
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Hill, A. (2025). Panel 4 - Developing Eco Media Footprints.
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Hill, A. (2025). Data centres of convenience: the untold stories of media infrastructures.
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Hill, A. (2025). Audience engagement: Streaming factuality in the Nordic Region. In: Kate Nash & Deane Williams (Ed.), The Intellect Handbook of Documentary (pp. 423-438). Bristol: Intellect Ltd.
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Abalo, E. (2025). The scientification of risks and the risks of scientification: Insights from the coverage of artificial turf pitches as microplastic pollutants in Sweden. In: Mette Marie Roslyng, Anna Rantasila & Anna Maria Jönsson (Ed.), Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics New York: Routledge
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Berglez, P., Eberwein, T., Krakovsky, C., Jansová, I., Miteva, N., Nord, L. ... Císařová, L. (2025). European media systems in dynamic transition: Comparative results from five countries. European Journal of Communication
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Wappelhorst, A. (2025). Rethinking Mobilityscapes – How Bicycle Activists Challenge Car-Centric Urban Atmospheres.
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Andersson, P., Augustine, L., Gambarato, R. (2025). Advancing social sustainability through the development of action competence: A scoping literature review. MDPI
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Alvén Sjöberg, J. (2025). Critical Making Workshops: Deltagarbaserad metod för samskapande. Göteborg: FORTE
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Abalo, E. (2025). Challenging ageist stereotypes, but in the interest of whom? Responsibilization and digital welfare communication to older adults in Sweden.
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Gambarato, R., Heuman, J. (2025). Streaming Media and Cultural Memory in a Postdigital Society. Taylor and Francis
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Abalo, E. (2025). Digital first or digital only? Swedish welfare user interfaces and the challenges for older citizens. The Journal of Aging and Social Change 15(1), 99-120
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Hill, A., Liao, Y. (2025). Slow reality TV and Chinese audiences. In: Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Abingdon: Routledge
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