Fifth International Conference on Multimodality (5ICOM)

5ICOM is a meeting point for international scholars and practitioners from a wide range of
disciplines, including communication and language studies, social semiotics, linguistics,
education, (new) media studies, design, traditional and new media arts, cultural studies,
sociology, history, and (computer) science.

The conference will focus on:
• gesture, proxemics, movement, facial expression, laughter and voice quality in mediated
and non-mediated human interactions
• the nexus between semiotics and technologies for communication, design and analysis
• the creation and (critical) reception of new media art
• multimodality and education.
Papers, colloquia and workshops that address these themes from different theoretical and
practical perspectives are particularly welcome.