…[this] study investigates the embodied process of student self-selection – voluntary participation - in the American graduate classroom… Read the full text here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26… by Junko Takahashi

The word ‘Multi-modality’ implies a focus on the integration of multiple semiotic modes or resources (such as gesture, image, language and music) in communication and social interaction… Full paper available (open access) here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

The way the images work with the text draws attention to the states of confusion and disruption to the daily life of the experience of pandemic play, the jarring nature of the silent streets and locked gates… Read the article in full here (open access) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Delighted Carey Jewitt one of our editors has been made a fellow of the British Academy

Congratulations to Professors Carey Jewitt IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society, Alison Shell UCL Arts & Humanities, @LucyFOBrien UCL Philosophy, Phiroze Vasunia UCL Greek and Latin, and Jennifer Robinson UCL Geography who have been elected as Fellows of The British Academy today. ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jul/…

All of our issues are available online and many of them are open access. What about reading for example something from our latest issue here? - journals.sagepub.com/toc/MAS/current

Our Annual debate is sponsored by Sage Sage

‘This study investigates the virtual semiotic landscape of a South African online advertisement campaign, Vagina Varsity, by sanitary towel company Libresse®’… Read the paper in full here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

‘This special issue proposes multimodality as an integrated and versatile methodological and interpretative framework for museum research and practice, while showcasing innovative methods as a way of advancing multimodality research…’ Access issue here - journals.sagepub.com/toc/MAS/current

What would it be like if we could hug or touch digitally across distance? How might this shape our sense of connection? How might we establish trust or protect our privacy/safety? Part of Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science tinyurl.com/mrxhw7en UCL Knowledge Lab IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Economic and Social Research Council

‘Museum flythroughs are complex digital multimodal ensembles that use elevated camera angles, 3D animation, AI imagery and drone footage to ‘fly’ the viewer over and through a museum or exhibition… ‘ Read the article in full here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

The paper ‘Innovating visitor research within museums: Concepts, tools and practices’ is now published as part of our special issue - read it here (Open Access) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our call for papers for our 2026 special issue on ‘textu(r)alities: Semiotics, bodies, texts’ is now open! Send your abstracts to [email protected] and [email protected] by the 24th of January 2025. More details here - journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmsc…

‘This study will explore how multimodal text production can be used to practice and enhance students’ critical awareness of social media texts…’ Read the full text here (open access) - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

‘Our semiotic landscape study is inspired by the framework of multimodality. We trace the industrial Tower resemiotized and remediated…’ Read the full paper (open access) here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

‘What forms can harm reduction take when we invoke touch? Haptic Care is an exhibition that invites us to connect with harm reduction advocate-artists based in the U.S. who are using creative means to address drugs, drug policy…’Read the full paper here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

‘How do people read and judge online baking blog recipes containing multimodal instructions?’… Read the full paper by Ielka van der Sluis and Hanna Mellema here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

’Stronger together: Moving towards a combined multimodal and intermedial model’ by Jensen and Schirrmacher is one of the papers available in our library here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We have many papers that are open access in our online archive - for example ’Cohesion in physical movie releases: developing a framework for the multimodal analysis of complex three-dimensional packaging’ accessible here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

Could artists use even more approaches, to bring about a deeper understanding of the relationships between horses, humans and landscape? Miranda Creswell’s piece can be read in full here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…