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Hate speech and abusive behaviour on social media: A cross-cultural perspective (Vernon Press, 2024) examines hate speech and abusive behaviour adopting an innovative cross-cultural perspective. To this end, the book analyses a sample of over 100 scholarly papers originally published in three non-hegemonic languages (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) and encompassing 11 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and Spain).

Call for applications for post-doc fellows, for research on the discursive construction of peace.

Charles University (Czech Republic) will make a limited number of Post-Doctoral Fellowships available, financed through its JUNIOR Fund. Post-Doctoral Fellows will be engaged to work on a project taking no longer than 2 years (24 months) of full-time employment. The scholarship will be around 2400 Euro per month.

Dear discourse researchers,

The Summer School "The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD)" 2024 will take place from July 29th to 31st at the University of Augsburg. There are still a few open spots. For more information about the workshop and the registration process, please see the attached announcement.

Registrations per e-mail to skad@phil.uni-augsburg.de

https://discourseanalysis.net/en/summer-school-sociology-knowledge-approach-discourse-skad-2024

Liebe Diskursforscher:innen,

die diesjährige Summer School Wissenssoziologische Diskursanalyse (WDA) findet vom 22.-24.07.2024 an der Universität Augsburg statt. Es sind noch einige wenige Teilnahmeplätze frei. Informationen zur Veranstaltung und zur Anmeldung finden Sie in der anhängenden Ankündigung.

Anmeldungen und Nachfragen an: wda@phil.uni-augsburg.de

https://discourseanalysis.net/de/de/summer-school-wissenssoziologische-diskursanalyse-2024

Dear colleagues

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the subject of academic research for decades. It is a key issue in the fields of Computer Science and Information Technology, while attracting the attention of other fields due to its pervasive nature. Social studies discussed its economic, social, political, military, and geopolitical implications - particularly regarding China’s ambition to become an AI leading power. Media scholars questioned the ‘intelligence’ of machines (Natale, 2021) and the ‘novelty’ of digital media in general (Balbi, 2022).

The Organising Committee is happy to present the International Conference on “Food x Language: adapting and representing food across media and genres in English and in Spanish” ("Lengua y comida: adaptaciones y representaciones de la comida a través de los medios de comunicación y de los géneros textuales en inglés y español"). The event will take place on 17th and 18th October 2024 in Ca’ Bernardo, one the buildings hosting the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. 

Dear Users of DiscourseNet,

We are delighted to introduce to you our new Critically Linked Podcast Group! After almost two years and several interesting discussions, we - the hosts - thought it was time to bring our community of 'old' books fans closer together. We are therefore launching a new Group, where you can more easily access information about past & future episodes as well as links to the Apple Podcast Critically Linked. 

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