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Prof. Dr. Wibke Weber

Prof. Dr. Wibke Weber

Prof. Dr. Wibke Weber

ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics
Professur Medienlinguistik, Bildlinguistik
Theaterstrasse 15c
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 62 09
wibke.weber@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Focus

Visual communication: Visual semiotics/rhetoric, digital storytelling, multimodality of communication, data visualization, information graphics, AR/VR/MR, comics journalism, information design

Teaching

Experience

  • Professor of Media Linguistics: Visual Communication
    ZHAW
    02 / 2014 - today
  • Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Communication, Section Visual Communication
    Frontiers
    08 / 2021 - 07 / 2024
  • Visiting Professor
    Mälardalen University, Sweden
    11 / 2022 - 11 / 2022
  • Advisory Board Member. Research Project: SEVA Self-Explanatory Visual Analytics for Data-Driven Insight Discovery
    FH St. Pölten, Austria
    2020 - 2022
  • Visiting Professor (Content Strategy; Visuelle Kommunikation und Bildmanagement)
    FH Joanneum Graz, Austria
    2014 - 2022
  • Visiting Professor
    University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
    08 / 2018 - 08 / 2018
  • Visiting Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore,
    08 / 2013 - 12 / 2013
  • Full professor of Information Design
    Stuttgart Media University, Germany
    09 / 2001 - 08 / 2013
  • Co-founder, chairwoman of the Campus Radio Stuttgart
    Stuttgart Media University, Germany
    2003 - 2010
  • Head of Information Design (BA)
    Stuttgart Media University, Germany
    2003 - 2006
  • Journalist, content manager (news desk)
    Südwestrundfunk (ARD), Baden-Baden, Germany
    02 / 2001 - 08 / 2001
  • Multimedia journalist, content manager (culture, entertainment)
    Hubert Burda Media, Offenburg, Germany
    07 / 2000 - 01 / 2001
  • Journalist, editor
    Hessischer Rundfunk (ARD), Frankfurt/M.
    1996 - 2000
  • Freelance journalist, radio print and online
    Various media companies
    1987 - 2000
  • PhD Scholarship Federal State of Hesse
    Federal State of Hesse
    1992 - 1994
  • Research assistant
    Goethe University, Institut für Jugendbuchforschung, Frankfurt/M.
    1991 - 1992

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • PhD
    Goethe University
    1992 - 1996
  • Master of Arts / German Literature, Theatre, Film and Television Arts, Spanish Literature,
    Goethe University, Frankfurt/M.
    1984 - 1991

Continuing Education

Leadership
ZHAW
2023

Network

Awards

  • Top Faculty Paper Award
    ICA Visual Communication Studies. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association ICA, Toronto
    05 / 2023
  • International Visitor Leadership Program on Reporting on a Diverse Society and the Future of the Media
    Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State
    11 / 2009
  • Finalist, MEDIDA-PRIX 2009 (Top Ten)
    Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
    09 / 2009

Media presence

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Books and monographs, peer-reviewed
Book parts, peer-reviewed
Conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Other publications
Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

  • For publications before ZHAW (until 2014) see list above. Below is a list of completed research projects before joining ZHAW.
  • Completed research project: IC-IC: Enhancing interconnectivity through infoconnectivity. Enhancing interconnectivity of short and long distance transport networks through passenger focused interlinked information-connectivity. 7th EU Framework Programme. 02/2011-12/2012. (Participant; project coordinator for Stuttgart Media University)
  • Completed research project: Interactive Information Graphics. Funded by the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts. 02/2009-01/2011. (Principal Investigator).
  • Completed research project: Visualization and Interactive Information Graphics – the Eastern Perspective. An Intercultural Research Project about Visual Storytelling. Funded by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. 02/2011-­ 12/2012. (Research Collaborator).
  • Completed research project: Several Research Projects on Campus Radio, funded by the LFK, Media Authority of Baden-Württemberg, 2003-2010 (Principal Investigator and Co-PI).

Other publications