[Commlist] Visual Communication Vol. 25, No. 1, February 1, 2026 published

Visual Communication journal is pleased to announce the publication of 
Vol. 25, No. 1, February 1, 2026, featuring an editorial, a practitioner 
piece, thirteen articles, and four book reviews.

*Editorial*
Visual Communication is proud to announce its third Early Career 
Research Scholarship | Louise Ravelli, Janina Wildfeuer: 
https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572251404355 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572251404355>

*Practitioner Piece*
Representing Her Trajectory: reflections on an arts-based research on 
women migration and data visualization | Hong Zeng: 
https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231210964 
<https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231210964>

*Articles*

  * The urban aesthetics of graffiti murals: reproducing wall space in
    China’s urban renewal | Jiayin Zhang, Huilin Deng, Mingliang Lin,
    Min Wang: https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241245604
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241245604>
  * Mapping the emergence of visual biases in journalistic interactive
    visualizations | Inbal Klein-Avraham, Zvi Reich:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241247118
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241247118>
  * Going against the grain? Appraising the aesthetic labour of male
    beauty influencers on Instagram | Felicia Chua, Peter Teo:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241251656
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241251656>
  * International, innovative, multimodal and representative? The
    geographies, methods, modes and aims present in two visual
    communication journals | T.J. Thomson:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572211038987
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572211038987>
  * Corpus-based insights into multimodality and genre in primary school
    science diagrams | Tuomo Hiippala:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231161829
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231161829>
  * Shifting toward a humanized perspective? Visual framing analysis of
    the coverage of refugees on CNN and Spiegel Online before and after
    the iconic photo publication of Alan Kurdi | Lea Hellmueller, Xu
    Zhang: https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219832790
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219832790>
  * Multimodal engagement strategy focusing on a multi-layered voice
    concept: theory of persuasion in Japanese insurance TV commercials |
    Chavalin Svetanant, Kaori Okuizumi:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219854774
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219854774>
  * ‘Writing’ oneself into tragedy: visual user practices and
    spectatorship of the Alan Kurdi images on Instagram | Marloes
    Geboers: https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219857118
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219857118>
  * The shared stories that written words tell when no one is reading:
    exploring modality in typographic landscapes as an ecosocial
    semiotic system | Ryan Pescatore Frisk, Luc Pauwels:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219860086
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219860086>
  * Scenarios of countercultural representation: an analysis of
    inventory books’ visualities | Leah Henrickson:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219877560
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357219877560>
  * Sculpting Foucauldian power in Game of Thrones as a transmedia
    project: a systemic functional multimodal discourse analysis | Reham
    El Shazly, May Samir El Falaky, Randa Khalil:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241239501
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241239501>
  * A Mama for Owen: re-addressing adoption creatively in an accordion
    of visual parallelism | Coral Calvo-Maturana:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241239491
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241239491>
  * A down-to-earth visual representation of contemporary China:
    analysing the video game Chinese Parents | Xiyuan Tan, Hailey J
    Austin: https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241251642
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572241251642>

*Book Reviews*

  * Book review: Multimodal Literacy in School Science:
    Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory, Research and Pedagogy |
    Jinge Song, Jinyou Zhou. Based on: UNSWORTH LENet al., Multimodal
    Literacy in School Science: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on
    Theory, Research and Pedagogy. London: Routledge, 2022. 286 pp. ISBN
    978 1 003 15071 8 (ebk): https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231157037
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231157037>
  * Book review: Genre Networks: Intersemiotic Relations in Digital
    Science Communication | Guangxue Dai, Xiqin Liu. Based on:
    ÉREZ-LLANTADA CARMEN and LUZÓN MARÍA-JOSÉ, Genre Networks:
    Intersemiotic Relations in Digital Science Communication. New York,
    NY: Routledge, 2022. 176 pp. ISBN: 978 0 367 70734 7 (hbk); ISBN:
    978 0 367 70736 1 (pbk); ISBN: 978 1 003 14773 2 (ebk):
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231170391
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231170391>
  * Book review: Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional
    Semiotics: Theory and Application | Xiaoqin Wu. Based on: NGO THU,
    HOOD SUSAN, MARTIN JAMES, PAINTER CLAIRE, SMITH BRADLEY, and
    ZAPPAVIGNA MICHELE: Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional
    Semiotics: Theory and Application. London: Bloomsbury, 2022. 265 pp.
    ISBN 978-1-3500-7490-3 (hbk):
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231152667
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231152667>
  * Book review: tumblr | Kendra Calhoun. Based on: Tiidenberg Katrin,
    Hendry Natalie Ann, and Abidin Crystal, tumblr. Cambridge: Polity
    Press, 2021. 280 pp. ISBN 978 1 5095 4109 6 (pbk):
    https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572221109898
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572221109898>
  * Book review: Children Reading Pictures: New Contexts and Approaches
    to Picturebooks | Zilong Zhong. Based on: Arizpe Evelyn, Noble Kate,
    and Styles Morag, Children Reading Pictures: New Contexts and
    Approaches to Picturebooks. London: Routledge, 2023. ISBN 978 1
    0031063 2 6 (eBook): https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231185995
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231185995>
  * Book review: Photographs and the Practice of History | Linlin Song,
    Hulin Ren. Based on: EDWARDS ELIZABETH, Photographs and the Practice
    of History. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, xii + 170 pp. ISBN
    978 1 3501 2064 8 (hbk): https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231161832
    <https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572231161832>

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/vcja/25/1?volume=25&vol=25&issue=1&publicationCode=vcja 
<https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/vcja/25/1?volume=25&vol=25&issue=1&publicationCode=vcja> 


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