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A key theme running throughout is context: discourse cannot be understood in isolation, but only in relation to the historical, political & social environments in which it is produced & interpreted.
#langsky #linguistics #criticaldiscourseanalysis #CDA #discourseanalysis #discoursestudies
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Wodak reflects on the origins of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), explaining how it emerged as an explicitly interdisciplinary, problem-oriented approach to studying language in society.
#langsky #linguistics #CDA #discourseanalysis #discoursestudies
This may be of interest to researchers of #PolComm #DiscourseStudies
@polcomm.bsky.social @critdiscstuds.bsky.social @liprg.bsky.social @psarhetoric.bsky.social @discoursenet.bsky.social @theframelab.bsky.social @jlanpol.bsky.social @cadaad.bsky.social @languagepowerpodcast.org #TeamRhetoric
This may be of interest to researchers of #PolComm #DiscourseStudies #TeamRhetoric
@polcomm.bsky.social @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @critdiscstuds.bsky.social @liprg.bsky.social @discoursenet.bsky.social @theframelab.bsky.social @jlanpol.bsky.social
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What’s clear is ending digital violence requires understanding how it is linguistically produced through discursive strategies that seek to mark women as unfit, unqualified or unworthy of public power.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
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Algorithms don’t just spread content — they spread discursive patterns. When misogynistic rhetoric goes viral, it reshapes conversational norms & encourages further attacks.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
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Labels like “Climate Barbie” or “Rachel from accounts” are not random insults. Instead, they are metaphorical framings that reposition women into infantilised, decorative or subordinate roles.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #politicalcommunication
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“Strongman” leaders deploy misogynistic rhetoric to perform dominance. Their language constructs hierarchies: strong vs weak, rational vs emotional, leader vs subordinate.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication
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Hate speech, slurs, threats, mocking labels, gendered nicknames & defamatory narratives all rely on specific linguistic forms designed to degrade, intimidate & silence.
#langsky #linguistics #politicaldiscourse #discoursestudies #discourseanalysis #politicalcommunication #politicallanguage
A photograph of the participants to the PhD course on Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical and Discursive-Material Analysis.
Last week at #CULCORC, we ran the PhD course on Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical and Discursive-Material Analysis with @nicocarpentier.bsky.social.
PhD students from around the world joined us for a week of theory, discussion, and collaboration.
#IKSZ #DiscourseStudies
The editorial for the SI of Discourse, Context & Media by @rosalores.bsky.social & @pmurduenas.bsky.social is out now! 🎉
🧭 Mediating scientific knowledge for diverse audiences on digital platforms
A must-read for anyone into #ScienceCommunication & #DiscourseStudies 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
Keynote lecture by Annette Knaut: Creating future imaginaries in a world of discursive upheavals. A sociology of knowledge approach to discourse
#DNC6 #SKAD #DiscourseStudies
#brussels
She analyses how politicians (re)imagine, (re)mobilise and (re)construct national symbols in the aftermath of disasters across three countries.
#VUB #UAntwerpen #DFUTURE #DiscourseNet #DiscourseStudies
Michael Kranert — a very important take on metapolitics of the new right populists.
Title:
The metapolitical project of the German far right and its influence on German political discourse
#DNC6
@kranertmichael.bsky.social
#DiscourseStudies
Olivier Rasquinet & Cédric Tant :
Imaginaries and Commitment of the deaf community
Very important take on discourses of disability!
#DiscourseStudies
#DisabilityStudies
#Deafness
#DNC6
Dimitris Kitis (University Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool):
Conceptual history: The case of gentrification
#DNC6 Brussels #DiscourseStudies
#gentrificación
#HistoricalInsights
Irina Dushakova and Natalia Dushakova discussed how new technologies are construed and evaluated In the discourse of the religious group “Old Believers” in Russia. #DNC6 #DiscourseStudies #Religion
We are so happy to have had such a cool and engaging guest! We are looking forward to new encounters and new insights!
#theGuy #mkrzyzanowski #DiscourseStudies #DiscourseCoolness
I'm going to be teaching this in the fall.
Protests!
Words!
Theory!
#publicpedagogy #discoursestudies #writingstudies #cdnwrds
