Linda Ryan Bengtsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4196742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Ryan Bengtsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Bengtsson |
| SIGNATURE | BENGTSSON L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karlstad University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8933-9515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Connectivity justice
This theoretical commentary introduces the concept of connectivity justice and discusses how it can be utilized in research on mobile, digitally reliant lives. Connectivity justice reframes questions of mobility and data justice for a post-digital world in which digital connections have become both indispensable and intrusive. The concept extends recent work on digital disconnection by examining the institutional and sociotechnical drivers of con…
Enchanted Imaginings
Geomedia Perspectives for Multiple Futures in Tourism Development
This article draws on five participatory action research studies to address how geomedia theory can induce multiple imaginations of the future. Critical future research advocates that societies need to collectively create visions of multiple futures, transcending the single rational (neoliberal) future path. The studies were conducted in collaboration with rural communities and local tourism entrepreneurs who were exploring geomedia technologies …
Introduction to Special Issue
This special issue of Culture Unbound directs attention beyond cities, to small towns and rural communities, and the practices taking place there. Referring to a previous special issue on 'Rural Media Spaces' from 2010, this special issue revisits the notion of 'the rural' versus 'the urban' through the concept of placemaking and geomedia. In a mediatized society, placemaking practices cannot be understood without simultaneously understanding dif…
Stretching immersion in virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) immerses users in others’ lives, creating empathy and understanding long after the VR scenario has finished. As VR technology has matured, VR scenarios have begun to be used in complex real-world areas such as education, health and organisational change. These scenarios can be of variable technical quality, with limited interactive capacity, unrealistic environments and clunky or absent avatars. In this study, three scenarios…
Mapping Transmedia Marketing in the Music Industry
Over the last decade, the music industry has adapted its promotional strategy to take advantage of the fluid, contemporary, platform-based transmedia landscape. For researchers of contemporary culture, the multiplicity of promotional activities creates substantial methodological challenges. In this article, we present and discuss such methodological approaches using two studies of contemporary promotional music campaigns as illustrative cases. In…
Geomedia Studies
This book introduces and develops the concept of geomedia studies as the name of a particular subfield of communication geography. Despite the accelerating societal relevance of 'geomedia' technolo
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Geomedia Studies
This book introduces and develops the concept of geomedia studies as the name of a particular subfield of communication geography. Despite the accelerating societal relevance of 'geomedia' technolo
Mapping Transmedia Marketing in the Music Industry
Over the last decade, the music industry has adapted its promotional strategy to take advantage of the fluid, contemporary, platform-based transmedia landscape. For researchers of contemporary culture, the multiplicity of promotional activities creates substantial methodological challenges. In this article, we present and discuss such methodological approaches using two studies of contemporary promotional music campaigns as illustrative cases. In…
Stretching immersion in virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) immerses users in others’ lives, creating empathy and understanding long after the VR scenario has finished. As VR technology has matured, VR scenarios have begun to be used in complex real-world areas such as education, health and organisational change. These scenarios can be of variable technical quality, with limited interactive capacity, unrealistic environments and clunky or absent avatars. In this study, three scenarios…
Geomedia Perspectives for Multiple Futures in Tourism Development
This article draws on five participatory action research studies to address how geomedia theory can induce multiple imaginations of the future. Critical future research advocates that societies need to collectively create visions of multiple futures, transcending the single rational (neoliberal) future path. The studies were conducted in collaboration with rural communities and local tourism entrepreneurs who were exploring geomedia technologies …
Introduction to Special Issue
This special issue of Culture Unbound directs attention beyond cities, to small towns and rural communities, and the practices taking place there. Referring to a previous special issue on 'Rural Media Spaces' from 2010, this special issue revisits the notion of 'the rural' versus 'the urban' through the concept of placemaking and geomedia. In a mediatized society, placemaking practices cannot be understood without simultaneously understanding dif…
Enchanted Imaginings
Connectivity justice
This theoretical commentary introduces the concept of connectivity justice and discusses how it can be utilized in research on mobile, digitally reliant lives. Connectivity justice reframes questions of mobility and data justice for a post-digital world in which digital connections have become both indispensable and intrusive. The concept extends recent work on digital disconnection by examining the institutional and sociotechnical drivers of con…
Computer Science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (1 work) · Affordance (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 work) · Architecture (1 work)