Barbara De Cock
@barbaradecock.bsky.social
Professor in Spanish linguistics at UCLouvain
I'm interested in pragmatics and discourse analysis on politics, healthcare, and everyday life.
Circle U. chair for democracy
Avid reader who likes to go hiking
I'm interested in pragmatics and discourse analysis on politics, healthcare, and everyday life.
Circle U. chair for democracy
Avid reader who likes to go hiking
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Reposted by Barbara De Cock
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Holiday #hike in #Ostbelgien with the moors (les Fagnes) and lots of mushrooms!
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Holiday #hike in #Ostbelgien with the moors (les Fagnes) and lots of mushrooms!
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Informe de Exploding Topics sugiere que, a pesar del conocimiento sobre los fallos de la IAg, solo un mísero 8% verifica siempre las fuentes de las respuestas que obtiene de la IA en los overviews de buscadores explodingtopics.com/blog/ai-trus...
Tenemos un reto tremendo con esto... 😓
#AIEthics
Tenemos un reto tremendo con esto... 😓
#AIEthics
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Informe de Exploding Topics sugiere que, a pesar del conocimiento sobre los fallos de la IAg, solo un mísero 8% verifica siempre las fuentes de las respuestas que obtiene de la IA en los overviews de buscadores explodingtopics.com/blog/ai-trus...
Tenemos un reto tremendo con esto... 😓
#AIEthics
Tenemos un reto tremendo con esto... 😓
#AIEthics
A very interesting and much needed PhD project at Loughborough with @marcopino.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A very interesting and much needed PhD project at Loughborough with @marcopino.bsky.social
People working on #Italian and focusing on #multimodality #digitalcommunication #intercultural pragmatics, Language in professional contexts, this position at our faculty may interest you!
📣My faculty hires for a tenure-track position in #Discourse and language practices in #Italian!
Deadline 12 Nov.
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Deadline 12 Nov.
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
An academic in Discourse and Language Practices in Italian
An academic in Discourse and Language Practices in Italian
jobs.uclouvain.be
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
People working on #Italian and focusing on #multimodality #digitalcommunication #intercultural pragmatics, Language in professional contexts, this position at our faculty may interest you!
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Funding opportunity: PhD at Sussex
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
SEDarc (ESRC) PhD scholarships for research in the Social Sciences : University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Funding opportunity: PhD at Sussex
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
- Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics
- Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs
- 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
📣My faculty hires for a tenure-track position in #Discourse and language practices in #Italian!
Deadline 12 Nov.
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Deadline 12 Nov.
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
An academic in Discourse and Language Practices in Italian
An academic in Discourse and Language Practices in Italian
jobs.uclouvain.be
September 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📣My faculty hires for a tenure-track position in #Discourse and language practices in #Italian!
Deadline 12 Nov.
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Deadline 12 Nov.
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Han sido dos días muy enriquecedores que han mostrado otra vez que cruzar fronteras disciplinares puede aportar tanto. Gracias @grupomediaflows.bsky.social @guillermolpd.bsky.social, Germán Llorca y equipo por brindarme esta oportunidad. Tendremos más oportunidades de seguir conversando.
Última mesa redonda del II Seminario Interdisciplinar de Teoría de la Comunicación: "La transformación del sector de la comunicación: retos y oportunidades" con @barbaradecock.bsky.social, Andreu Casero, @vsalojarvi.bsky.social y @guillermolpd.bsky.social (moderador) 🔝
#MediaFlows #SphereFlows
#MediaFlows #SphereFlows
September 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Han sido dos días muy enriquecedores que han mostrado otra vez que cruzar fronteras disciplinares puede aportar tanto. Gracias @grupomediaflows.bsky.social @guillermolpd.bsky.social, Germán Llorca y equipo por brindarme esta oportunidad. Tendremos más oportunidades de seguir conversando.
Cerrando poquito a poco una mañana muy densa y diversa en este seminario sobre un tema sumamente actual. Mañana contribuyo a la mesa redonda sobre la transformación del sector de la comunicación, con una contribución sobre los cambios del género periodístico en interacción con las redes sociales.
Iniciamos el II Seminario Interdisciplinar de Teoría de la Comunicación en el Campus de Gandia de la @upv.es 🙌
Hoy y mañana abordaremos "la crisis del periodismo en la esfera pública postmediática" desde diferentes perspectivas 🗣️
Programa 👉 mediaflows.es/wp-content/u...
#MediaFlows #SphereFlows
Hoy y mañana abordaremos "la crisis del periodismo en la esfera pública postmediática" desde diferentes perspectivas 🗣️
Programa 👉 mediaflows.es/wp-content/u...
#MediaFlows #SphereFlows
September 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Cerrando poquito a poco una mañana muy densa y diversa en este seminario sobre un tema sumamente actual. Mañana contribuyo a la mesa redonda sobre la transformación del sector de la comunicación, con una contribución sobre los cambios del género periodístico en interacción con las redes sociales.
📢 Mis colegas de traducción e #interpretación en la UCLouvain tienen una vacante para un puesto académico (profesor(a)) en el ámbito de la interpretación. Tenéis todas las informaciones aquí (fecha límite 12/11/2025).
A ver si serás nuestro/a colega ;-)
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
A ver si serás nuestro/a colega ;-)
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Un·e académique en Interprétation
Un·e académique en Interprétation
jobs.uclouvain.be
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📢 Mis colegas de traducción e #interpretación en la UCLouvain tienen una vacante para un puesto académico (profesor(a)) en el ámbito de la interpretación. Tenéis todas las informaciones aquí (fecha límite 12/11/2025).
A ver si serás nuestro/a colega ;-)
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
A ver si serás nuestro/a colega ;-)
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
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"Moeten we het laten gebeuren dat grote bedrijven als Microsoft, Google en Amazon zoveel van onze energie en drinkwater opeisen voor hun eigen winst? Of moeten we in tijden van een klimaatcrisis en groeiende sociale ongelijkheid keuzes maken wat we wel en niet toestaan?"
dvhn.nl/meningen/Opi...
dvhn.nl/meningen/Opi...
Techmiljarden bedreiging voor de lokale democratie: waarom de Google-lobby in de Eemshaven zeer onwenselijk is
Google in de Eemshaven. De techgigant wil de vestiging hier uitbouwen tot een gigantisch datacenter. <cutline_credit>foto: archief dvhn/anp</cutline_credit>
dvhn.nl
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"Moeten we het laten gebeuren dat grote bedrijven als Microsoft, Google en Amazon zoveel van onze energie en drinkwater opeisen voor hun eigen winst? Of moeten we in tijden van een klimaatcrisis en groeiende sociale ongelijkheid keuzes maken wat we wel en niet toestaan?"
dvhn.nl/meningen/Opi...
dvhn.nl/meningen/Opi...
Bueno, hacer punto nunca me ha salido muy bien, pero a lo mejor tengo que volver a intentarlo...
Las espías que tejen mensajes secretos: dos al derecho, tres al revés
Las espías que tejen mensajes secretos: dos al derecho, tres al revés - Mujeres con ciencia
Espías que tejen mensajes secretos. Esteganografía. Códigos. Señales. Código morse. Tricotar. Espionaje. Servicios de inteligencia.
mujeresconciencia.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bueno, hacer punto nunca me ha salido muy bien, pero a lo mejor tengo que volver a intentarlo...
August 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Oh come on… it’s not the private emails and holiday photos that is the problem here.
Address the real problem. Make big tech and AI companies pay for the exorbitant use.
System level solutions please.
www.404media.co/uk-asks-peop...
Address the real problem. Make big tech and AI companies pay for the exorbitant use.
System level solutions please.
www.404media.co/uk-asks-peop...
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
www.404media.co
August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Oh come on… it’s not the private emails and holiday photos that is the problem here.
Address the real problem. Make big tech and AI companies pay for the exorbitant use.
System level solutions please.
www.404media.co/uk-asks-peop...
Address the real problem. Make big tech and AI companies pay for the exorbitant use.
System level solutions please.
www.404media.co/uk-asks-peop...
Reposted by Barbara De Cock
Reposted by Barbara De Cock
Anyone here going to Interspeech and wants to do a student a big favor? He was accepted & paid, but ultimately cannot leave the U.S. due to ongoing fascism (he’s on a visa). They will pull his paper if he can’t find anyone to present it for him. DM if you’re attending & may be able to help!
August 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Anyone here going to Interspeech and wants to do a student a big favor? He was accepted & paid, but ultimately cannot leave the U.S. due to ongoing fascism (he’s on a visa). They will pull his paper if he can’t find anyone to present it for him. DM if you’re attending & may be able to help!
Reposted by Barbara De Cock
Don’t forget to send in your application before the summer hols! Deadline August 18
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Open rank professorship in Tampere, English linguistics. We will be working side by side
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Open rank professorship in Tampere, English linguistics. We will be working side by side
go.bsky.app
July 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Don’t forget to send in your application before the summer hols! Deadline August 18
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Open rank professorship in Tampere, English linguistics. We will be working side by side
tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Open rank professorship in Tampere, English linguistics. We will be working side by side
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
July 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On the way home after @discoursenet.bsky.social conference! Thanks to the ULB colleagues for organising and to the UCLouvain colleagues for copresenting our work on a complexified discursive analysis of the use of the term #populism @anaisauge.bsky.social, Coline Rondiat & Laetitia Aulit.
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On the way home after @discoursenet.bsky.social conference! Thanks to the ULB colleagues for organising and to the UCLouvain colleagues for copresenting our work on a complexified discursive analysis of the use of the term #populism @anaisauge.bsky.social, Coline Rondiat & Laetitia Aulit.
Lettre ouverte importante et intéressante des doyen.ne.s des facultés formant aux #humanités en Belgique francophone. A relayer sans modération....
www.lesoir.be/684437/artic...
www.lesoir.be/684437/artic...
Former les humanistes de demain : un impératif pour une société éclairée
Le mois de juin rime avec examens. Année après année, nous constatons qu’ils sont toujours moins nombreux, les étudiants et étudiantes qui s’orientent vers les filières consacrées à l’étude de l’histo...
www.lesoir.be
July 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Lettre ouverte importante et intéressante des doyen.ne.s des facultés formant aux #humanités en Belgique francophone. A relayer sans modération....
www.lesoir.be/684437/artic...
www.lesoir.be/684437/artic...
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If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.
June 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.