Assistant Professor of Visual Communication

About

  • Role:

    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Assistant Professor of Visual Communication

  • Department:

    • Journalism & Media Communication

  • Education:

    • PhD Indiana University

Biography

Education: Ph.D., Media and Communication, Indiana University Bloomington, M.A., Royal Holloway University, London.

Research interests:

My research interest primarily examines the interaction among multimedia journalism, digital storytelling, visual and political communication. A first stream of my scholarship focuses on the representation of immigration and ethnic groups in news media, the formation of stereotypes, the consequent impact on the audience and the support for public policies.

A second line of my research looks specifically at multi-platform storytelling, social media and politics. I am particularly interested in understanding how the interplay of visuals and text in media affects people’s attitudes, political support and online engagement.

My scholarship  examines  visual and verbal modes of representation on digital media and their effects, and the intersections that link digital and social media, multimedia communication, underrepresented communities and public policies

Publications

Selected Publications:

Steffan, D., Grabe, M. E., & Famulari, U. (2024). Multinational and Multimodal Character Framing of Political Candidates in Online News: Do Political and Media System Classifications Matter?. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 19401612241285665.

Famulari, U., & Hatley Major, L. (2024). The influence of visual and textual frames on people’s perception of migrants. Communication and the Public, 20570473241249769.

Famulari, U., & Hatley Major, L. (2023). Photojournalists’ visual framing of criminal jury trials in national US digital news. Newspaper Research Journal, 44(2), 206-222.

Famulari, U., & Major, L. H. (2023). News stories and images of immigration online: A quantitative analysis of digital-native and traditional news websites of different political orientations and social media engagement. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 1-20.

Famulari, U. (2021). The strategic use of visuals on Facebook: A multimodal analysis of images and audience reactions during the campaign for the 2019 UK general elections. Visual Communication Quarterly, 28 (4), 199-211.

Famulari, U. (2020). Framing the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy: A quantitative content analysis of visuals and stories in U.S. cable news and newspaper websites. Journalism Studies, 21 (16), 2267-2284.

Famulari, U. (2020). Defining problems and struggling to find solutions: Framing Roma people in Italian news websites. Journal of Italian Media & Cinema Studies, 3(2), 375-397.