Jenni Niemelä-Nyrhinen

Institute of Design and Fine Arts · LAB University of Applied Sciences, Finland — Chief Specialist

Visual Studies Lab · Tampere University, Finland — Visiting researcher

Research Areas

Environmental Communication
Journalism
Social Media
Visual Communication

Highlighted publications

Niemelä-Nyrhinen, J., & Uusitalo, N. (2024). Redistributing the sensible: exploring aesthetic practices in a photography course. Environmental Education Research, (published online first). https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2403454

Niemelä-Nyrhinen, J., & Seppänen, J. (2023). Photography as play: examining constant photographing and photo sharing among young people. Visual Communication, 22(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/14703572211008485

Niemelä-Nyrhinen, J., & Seppänen, J. (2020). Visual communion: The photographic image as phatic communication. New Media & Society, 22(6), 1043–1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819876237

About

E-mail
jenni.niemela-nyrhinen@lab.fi
Website
https://lab.fi/en

I am a visual studies scholar working at the Institute of Design and Fine Arts at the LAB University of Applied Sciences (Finland). I do research as part of the Design for Futures research group. My research interests include future effects of photography, social uses of vernacular photography and the role of visual in opening up possible spheres of social action.