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Johan Jarlbrink is an Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Media Studies within the Faculty of Arts at Umeå University, Sweden. His research spans media history, digital humanities, and cultural studies with particular expertise in historical media analysis, press history, and digital methodologies for studying cultural phenomena. He has published extensively on topics ranging from 19th century newspaper archives to contemporary digital media practices and parliamentary discourse analysis.
Dr. Jarlbrink's research interests include media archaeology, historical analysis of political communication, text mining of archival materials, and the material culture of office work. His work combines traditional humanities approaches with computational methods to analyze long-term patterns in media and cultural production. He is particularly known for his studies on Swedish parliamentary records, newspaper archives, and the evolution of media formats over time. His methodological contributions include innovative approaches to analyzing formulaic language in political discourse and conceptualizing digital media as cultural heritage objects.
His recent publications reveal a strong focus on digital approaches to historical media analysis, with numerous articles applying computational methods to parliamentary speeches, newspaper archives, and other historical texts. There's a clear trajectory in his work from traditional media history toward increasingly sophisticated digital humanities methodologies while maintaining strong connections to theoretical frameworks in cultural studies and media theory. His research demonstrates consistent interest in how media technologies shape cultural practices and political discourse across historical periods.
Dr. Jarlbrink has led significant research projects including "Welfare State Analytics. Text Mining and Modeling Swedish Politics, Media & Culture, 1945-1989 (WeStAc)" (2019-2023) and "Digital Models. Techno-historical collections, digital humanities & narratives of industrialisation" (2016-2019). These projects reflect his commitment to developing and applying digital methods for historical and cultural analysis across extended time periods.
