Discourse, Context and Media Journal
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Discourse, Context and Media Journal
@dcmjournal.bsky.social
Peer-reviewed journal addressing the relationship between contemporary discourse, mediated forms of communication & context.

#Linguistics #Discourse #MediatedDiscourse
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/discourse-context-and-media
📢New article!!!
🟦S. Murillo analyses H2020 research Twitter accounts.
🟦The study focuses on the mediating function of #emojis in recontextualizing dissemination practices.
🟦Perceptual, interpretative & engagement functions of emojis are identified.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📢New article!!!
🟦C. Pérez-Arredondo, D. Avello & L. Cárcamo-Ulloa study translaguaging practices by 2 Chilean influencers.
🟦They draw on the 3 levels of the Discourse-Historial Approach in #CDA.
🟦Multimodal creativity is linked to affordances.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🚨New article published!
🟦Yani Zhao & colleagues analyse how Chinese fitness influencer negotiate femininity.
🟦Data includes 218 posts from 116 & analysis draws on multimodal #CDA.
🟦Femininity is neoliberal, hybridized & culturally anchored.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
💙Ilana Gershon writes a final commentary to the #SI.
🟦The #mediating role of digital apps in romantic communication is highlighted.
🟦The role of sites in how identities are constructed is also discussed.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💙Benedict J.L. Rowlett & Kwan Ting Chung examine a forum on Butterfly, an app developed for the lesbian community in 🇭🇰.
🟦241 posts were screenshot & analysed following a quantitative & qualitative approach.
🟦Patterns in the construction of users' linguistic identity are found.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💙E. Muth Andersen explores how invitations are generated by Danish users of Tinder.
🟦Data includes 19 Tinder chats. Each message is a unit of analysis.
🟦3 strategies for invitations are found. These are collaboratively constructed by exploiting contextual factors.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💙@kurtsengul.bsky.social analyses "The Right Stuff", a dating app for conservatives.
🟦Relationships are analysed in a context of affective polarization.
🟦Analysis draws on qualitative #CDA
🟦Exclusion is embedded in the discursive positioning of the app & its digital architecture.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💙J. Banks, M. Monier & A. Samuel examine Black women’s experiences with online dating apps.
🟦They draw on Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis to analyse how women recall their experience.
🟦Discussions on the gatekeeping role of dating apps are included.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
💙 @rikithompson.bsky.social draws on Multimodal CDA & ethnography to analyse Bumble's positioning as dating app.
🟦Data consists of semi-structured interviews & screen-based data of Bumble.
🟦 The app creates 3 forms of labor for women: communicative, relational, postdigital.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🥁New issue published!!!
And it includes many studies on #MediatedDiscourse 🤓⏬:
1️⃣M. Wilczek-Watson & K. Brickley on stancetaking when discussing veganism.
2️⃣O. Segersven & I. Arminen on interactions with AI.
3️⃣ L. Holmgreen et al. on identity performed by leaders.
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🥁New article in the #SI on #Dementia
🔷C. Wide studies expressions of #support by institutions & peer groups.
🔷2 data sets: organizations' websites & Facebook threads.
🔷With a netographic approach, the potential of online space is stressed.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚨New article published!
🟦O. Segersven & I. Arminen explore how LLMs imitate specialized discourse.
🟦Data comes from an experiment of conversations between #AI & rock climbers.
🟦LLM show epistemic & linguistic fluency but lack experiential competence.

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September 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🚨New article published!
🟦C. Gardam et al. analyse how conspiracy theories are spread on denial communities.
🟦They draw on a corpus of Instagram posts & propose a visual-first #methodology
🟦They prove the intertextual intermodal nature of posts.

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September 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
W. Xu & X. Shi study hyperlinks as #engagement markers in corporate discourse.
🟦Data consists of 153 Chinese websites.
🔷An analytical framework for multimodal interactional metadiscourse is proposed.
🔵Digital media #mediates business discourse.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
M.J. Luzón & S. Albero-Posac study how hyperlinks enhance #comprehensibility in dissemination articles.
🟦Data is taken from The Conversation
🔷Categories of verbal in-text elaboration are proposed.
🔵#Affordances are recontextualizing tools.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@katebarber.bsky.social has studied legitimization through hyperlinks in blog posts.
🟦Data is taken from 5 blogs dealing with s€xuAl violence.
🔷Links are classified as different types of anchor text.
🔵Technological affordances are evidential resources
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September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Xi Chen analyses positioning practices when sharing personal experiences.
🟦Data, collected from Zhihu, was preprocessed by the API of a Chinese #LLM.
🔷Quantitative analysis calculates types of interaction (+ or -)
🔷Qualitative analysis shows affordances influence positioning.
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yaqian Jiang & Camilla Vásquez explore self-branding practices by teachers.
🟦Focus is on the ethnic & hybrid identity of a self-identified Tibetan English language teacher in Douyin.
🔷Analysis is guided by #SocialSemiotics.
🔷Vlogs emerge as mediated & motivating resources.
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yue Zhao, Yansheng Mao & Kaihang Zhao analyse the discourse of sharing in #health communication.
🟦Data comprises posts shared by patients of cancer on Weibo.
🔷Based on #GroundedTheory, a qualitative analysis is done.
🔷Emotional support is a shared concern across cultures.
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Na Yang studies the effect of group membership in the discourse of opinion sharing.
🟦Data includes online reviews in Ctrip & Tripadvisor
🔷Drawing on #CorpusLinguistcs, 2 variables are considered: language & evaluative #stance
🔷Differences in sharing styles are found.
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
@kurtsengul.bsky.social analyses how spaces are used by far-right online communities.
🔷Drawing on #CriticalDiscoursAnalysis & #netography, the analysis the prominent role of spaces in electoral campaigns.
🔷It also shows the need of adapted methods.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Andrew Ross & Aditi Bhatia analyse how confessoins have been reconfigured in digital media contexts.
🟦Data is collected from the Fesshole account on X.
🔷Following sociocognitive approaches, two levels of analysis are proposed.
🔷Posts negotiate & display affect.
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Wei Ren & Yufei Li investigate second story sharing in online support groups.
🟦Data is collected from Douban, a platform functioning as cultural hub.
🔷Guided by #GroundedTheory, replies were coded for alignment & thematic resonance
🔷Different types & patterns of interaction
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
J. Androutsopoulos takes the sociolinguistics "scale" concept & proposes a three-staged method for the analysis of digital textual data.
🔷It is applied to the study of graphic cues.
🔷It allows for connections to be drawn between punctuation practices & participary political discourse online.
August 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
K. König proposes "transmodal interaction" as new concept for studying digital CA. The methodological challenges of studying integrated sequences of speech & writing in WhatsApp are shown.
August 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM