Employments:
Present:
Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer in Media- and Communication Studies and Visual Communication at School of Art, Culture and Communication, Malmö University, 2010 –
Researcher at MEDEA Institute (Collaborative Media Initiative), Malmö University 2010 –
Former:
Director of Studies at Institute of Communication and Media, Lund University, 2009 – 2010 (including pedagogical development, personell-, budget and financial planning)
Administrative Director of Studies at School of Art, Culture and Communication Malmö University, 2010- 2011
Assistant Professor in Media- and Communication Studies at Institute of Communication and Media, Lund University, 2008 – 2010
Assistant Professor in Media- and Communication Studies at Växjö University, 2009 – 2010
Ph D Candidate in Film Studies and Media- and Communication Studies, Lund University, 2004-2009
International Conference participation (extracts):
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International Symposium at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, April 5 – 6, 2018, Philadelphia, US. Paper entitled: “Collaborative media practices and interconnected digital strategies of Islamic State (IS) and pro-IS supporter networks on Telegram”
- “Risks, Roots and Responses, Nordic Conference on Research on Violent Extremism”, Gothenburg, Sweden 2017. Presented paper: Weaponizing Media and Sympathizers – ISIS Decentralized Media Strategies
- Conference “Age of Information overload”, University of Tartu, Estonia. 2016. Presentation title: The Media World of ISIS – Experiences of Researching Extremist Communication
- Conference on Communication, Tallinn, Estonia, 2016. Presentation title: Popjihadism and the Virtual Caliphate – The Visual Rhetorics of ISIS propaganda
- Communication for Development conference, University of Guelph, Toronto, Canada, 2015. Presentation title: Contemporary media- and Political Activism in the MENA-region
- NordMedia Conference, Akureyri, Iceland, Aug 2011, Paper participation: “Social media mobilization in Arab nations during the uprising of 2011 – exploring the combination of Interaction design and Media- and communication studies in order to critically understand citizens’ interaction through social media platforms in relation to social change” , co-authored with Amanda Bergknut, MsC in Interaction Design (K3, Malmö University(
- Conference participation, Florence, Italy, June 2008 – “Assic Et Medias”. Presented paper entitled: Understanding contemporary political communication – journalism and politics in transistion
- Conference participation, Université de Paris III, Paris, France, February 2005. Presented paper entitled: Political communication in public service television – a sociohistorical approach
- Conference participation, Université de Paris III, Paris, France, March 2006. Presented paper entitled: Changing television culture – theoretical aspects of television in relation to politics and reality
- Conference participation, Université de Paris III, Paris, Frankrike November 2006. Presented paper entitled: Media accountability – implications for public service broadcasting in the age of digitalization
- Participation (no presentation) at international workshops situated at the Department for Media- and Communication Studies, Lund University during 2004-2007
Administrative commitments:
Director of Studies at Institute for Communication and Media, Lund University (2009-2010) with main responsibility for Press Studies, Rhetoric Studies and Journalism,
(including pedagogical development, personell-, budget and financial planning)
Temp. Administrative Director of Studies at School of Art, Culture and Communication Malmö University, 2010- 2011
Head of Studies for Media- and Communication Studies at School of Art, Culture and Communication, Malmö University, 2010-2011
Head of courses in Media- and communication Studies, Visual Communication, Film Studies, Media History, Peace- and Conflict Studies, Press Studies at Malmö, Lund, Växjö
Doctoral candidate representative in board for Undergraduate Education at Faculty för Humanities and Theology, Lunds Universitet, 2007
Doctoral candidate representative in board for Media, Communication and Journalism at Faculty for Social Studies, Lund University, 2008
Team leader and coordinator in development of BA programme in Media- and Communication Studies at School of Art, Culture and Communication, Malmö University, 2010-2011
Coordinator in developing new Master’s Programme in Media- and Communication Studies at School of Art, Culture and Communication, Malmö University, 2014-
Member of institutional councils regarding education and cooperations at K3, Malmö University, 2011-2014
International peer reviewer for academic journals
Peer reviewer/referee for Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (Journal of Islamic Research)
Peer reviewer/referee for Open Access Journal Media and Communication (Cogatio Press)
Peer reviewer/referee for International Journal of Communication
Opponent at doctoral defense
Opponent at PhD defense in Philosophy of Science at Roskilde University, Denmark (2016)
Education (higher merits):
PhD degree in Film Studies and Media- and Communication Studies, Lund University, 2009
MA degree i Film Studies, with particular focus on Media- and Communication Studies, Lund University, 2004
BA degree in Comparative Literature, specializing on Film and Media, Lund University, 2003
Pedagogical training for teaching in Higher Education, CED, Lund University, 2006
Extracts of Courses within PhD programme (2004-2009):
Strategies för Change in Media Industries, Jönköping University
Visual Rhetorics, Örebro University
Media Theory, Lund University
Interpretative Theory and Literary Aeasthetics, Lund University
New Media and Young Citizens, Växjö University
Media and Cosmopolitanism, Lund University
Pedagogical qualifications and teaching experience:
Main teaching areas (extract):
A/ Media- and communication studies
– including courses on:
media history, media industry, media activism, media and democracy, rhetorics, journalism, strategic communication, gender and media
B/ Methodology in Humanities and Social sciences
– including courses on
text analysis, genre analysis, narrative analysis, content analysis, discourse analysis, qualitative research, visual methodologies, ethnography, queer theory, cultural theory and analysis
C/ Visual Communication
-including courses on:
semiotics, media theory, film theory, film history, media history, storyboarding, storytelling, narrative theory, structuralism, visual rhetorics
D/ Communication for Development Master Programme
– including courses on:
New Media, ICT and Development, Research methodology, Media, Globalization and Development
Other courses: Media and Webcasting, Media and Graphic Design, Media and Interaction design, Copyrights, Political communication, Deisgning communication Processes for Social Change, Gender studies, Press Studies and history, Culture Studies, Television form and history, Peace- and Conflict Studies, War Journalism.
Supervision and examination:
Extensive experience of supervision and examination on BA level and advanced studies/MA level in Media- and communication Studies, Communication for Development, Visual Communication/Film Studies and Peace- and Conflict Studies
External research information and media:
Presentations, debates and lectures within public and private sectors, both domestically and internationally, covering subjects such as:
Extremism, radicalisation, propaganda, political islam, strategic communication, journalism, media and young citizens, cyberbullying, new media and democracy, media activism and social change, role of technology in democratic development
Ongoing work/Academic publications:
Edited volumes:
Krona, Michael. & Pennington, Rosemary (editors.). Forthcoming 2019. The Media World of ISIS, Indiana University Press
Journal articles:
Krona, Michael. 2019/2020. “Collaborative media practices and interconnected digital strategies of Islamic State (IS) and pro IS supporter networks on Telegram” (sent for review to International Journal of Communication)
Krona, Michael. 2020/2021. “The Theatre of the Grotesque – visual imagery and analysis of IS beheadings” (to be under review for Journal of Visual Culture)
(for previously published works, see Publications in the menu)