A powerful and sobering piece by Anisah Bagasra examines the real-world consequences of Islamophobic rhetoric in the United States — & why language matters. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4krjfwrw 🧵👇 #langsky #language #Islamophobia #politicaldiscourse #linguistics

We’re pleased to share a new report from the Enhancing the Impartiality of Political News project, examining UK- & Wales-based media coverage of the 2026 Senedd, Holyrood & English local elections. 🔗 canva.link/reporting-uk... 🧵👇 #journalismstudies #impartiality #impartialityproject

New NSPCC figures highlight a deeply concerning rise in children seeking support for online sexual abuse & exploitation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/26dr9h2n 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #safeguarding #digitalsafeguarding #childsafeguarding

“Baby talk” often gets a bad reputation — but the evidence suggests we’ve been thinking about it all wrong. In this insightful article, Karen Stollznow explores how parentese actually supports language development rather than hindering it. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4c3h3uph 🧵👇 #langsky #languagedevelopment

Delighted to see the Enhancing the Impartiality of Political News project contribute to a major new report on the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. 🧵👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/yvpsj2hc #Holyrood #Senedd #elections #journalism #journalismstudies

How am I supposed to work with that face looking at me? #dogsky #pittsky

The @nspcc.bsky.social is recruiting a new group of young people to join its Voice of Online Youth, an advisory group for 12 to 15-year-olds who want to help shape a safer online world. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3jch59j4 🧵👇 #DRAGON #DRAGONShield #DRAGONSpotter #NSPCC #onlinesafety #onlineharms #safeguarding

In this timely piece, Dr @evianeleidig.com examines the upcoming “Unite the Kingdom, Unite the West” rally, led by Tommy Robinson, and situates it within a broader network of international far-right alliances. 🔗 www.csohate.org/2026/05/12/u... 🧵👇 #farright #extremismstudies #radicalright

In this article by Assistant Professor David Sidhu, new research explores a lesser-known dimension of language: visual iconicity: the idea that the shape of a word can reflect its meaning. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2uwvpuba 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language

Polls and projections increasingly framed the Senedd election as a contest between two parties.

In a new article @stephencushion.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself examine how polling and campaign messaging interacted to frame the contest as a battle between Plaid Cymru & Reform UK. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3f2sy2sv #impartiality #impartialityproject #journalismstudies #seneddelection

A new study led by researchers at @cardiffuni.bsky.social has used a modified version of Minecraft to explore how symbolic communication might have evolved. 🔗 tinyurl.com/kjy5ce8y 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language

More than 70 million warning messages have been issued to people attempting to access child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, according to new figures from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3c3xzws9 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childprotection #safeguarding

A fascinating article by Margaret Bender and Tom Belt explores how an unexpected historical text — the Cherokee translation of the Bible — is playing a powerful role in contemporary language revitalisation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/47rar87w 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language #Cherokee #languagepreservation

A fascinating article by @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social exploring how human-generated noise is reshaping communication beneath the ocean’s surface. 🔗 tinyurl.com/rt3fjthb 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language #animalcommunication

Just submitted to Routledge: 'Vaccines and their Metaphors: From Memories to Monsters in the Age of Misinformation'. I've enjoyed trying to write for anyone who may be interested in communication about vaccines. I hope I've managed. Here's one of my favourite examples: www.nfid.org/resource/wil...

A new article by Joel Scanlan explores Meta’s decision to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages & what this could mean for children’s safety online. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4brjz9ss 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #socialmedia #childsafeguarding #safeguarding

A powerful & moving article on language endangerment, linguistic diversity & what is lost when a language disappears. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2e38yh2c 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #languagepreservation #languagepolicy #minoritylanguages #Indigenouslanguages

A study examined 10 years of activity in antisemitic & Islamophobic Facebook groups sheds light on how online hate communities sustain themselves over time & the role language & narrative play in keeping them active. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4h387c5z 🧵👇 #extremismstudies #onlineharm #onlinesafety

The UK government has outlined a wide range of possible restrictions aimed at reshaping how children and young people access social media & digital platforms. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2ewkdkrc 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #socialmedia #socialmediaban

A thought-provoking article by @celesterl.bsky.social exploring the politics of transcription, language technology & whose voices are recognised — or erased — by AI systems. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4awchped 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #transcription #AI #minoritylanguages

Our new Cardiff University media election research featured below 👇

A new study from researchers at Lancaster University explores what happens when AI systems are drawn into prolonged human-style conflict & the findings raise important questions about the future of human-AI interaction. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4da2yv 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #AI #LLMs #impoliteness

The Tackling Child Exploitation (TCE) Support Programme has refreshed its multi-agency Practice Principles to ensure they remain aligned with the latest research, policy developments & lived experience insight. 🔗 tinyurl.com/47rwk3ye 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #safeguarding

Really pleased to share our latest piece from the Impartiality project at @cujournmedcul.bsky.social, looking at how broadcasters are covering the Senedd election in an increasingly digital media environment. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2nyuy3wz 🧵👇 #journalism #impartiality #journalismstudies #socialmedia

One half of the new co-authorship team is helping with the writing process this morning. By leaning on the keyboard... #dogsky #pittsky #academicsky

This was a fun article to start the morning with. With International Dawn Chorus Day approaching, Louise Gentle explores how birdsong varies in ways that might feel strikingly familiar to linguists. 🔗 tinyurl.com/er2cpztt 🧵👇 #langsky #language #linguistics #animalcommunication

The UK government has signalled a significant step forward in its approach to children’s online safety, confirming that some form of social media restriction for under-16s will be introduced, even as consultation continues on what that will look like in practice. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mwzw9tt8 🧵👇 #DRAGON

As Australia prepares for the Royal Commission on Antisemitism & Social Cohesion’s interim findings, a timely article from @imogenrichards.bsky.social challenges a key assumption in current debates. 🔗 tinyurl.com/47eeekcx 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language #farright #extremismstudies

I've come back from annual leave to find this copy of Media Magazine on my desk. In Issue 96, @stephencushion.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself talk about the Enhancing the Impartiality of Political News project. Thanks to @englangblog.bsky.social for the invite to write for them!

This insightful interview with Diana Eades offers a powerful reflection on the enduring relationship between language & justice. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ympkytaf 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #pragmatics

New findings from the @iwf.org.uk highlight a deeply concerning shift in the online landscape: the commercialisation of child sexual exploitation is accelerating. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mtuf6wc 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafety #childsafeguarding #digitalsafety #safeguarding

We don’t usually think about grammar when we listen to hip hop but this article by Rachel Wagner shows exactly why we should. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3bt23vh4 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language #grammar

paper out, hope it's useful doi.org/10.1017/S009... #linguistics

Linguists at the University of Sheffield are calling on the public to help build a “UK Swear Map”: a national database capturing regional swear words & phrases before they disappear. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #langsky #linguistics #language #dialect #swearing

Social media leaders from major platforms including Meta, Snap, YouTube, TikTok & X met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street yesterday to discuss how children can be better protected online. 🔗 tinyurl.com/39et8d3z 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #socialmediaban

📺🗳️ Our new research at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture shows the first week of Senedd election coverage was widely covered by news media, but with limited scrutiny of what parties were claiming in their manifestos and campaign events theconversation.com/limited-scru...

We often think of online sexism as random but this article from Dr Sepita Hatami offers a compelling linguistic perspective: what looks like noise is, in fact, patterned discourse. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3fawufkb 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #discourse #discourseanalysis #manosphere #incel #gender

Social media leaders from major platforms including Meta, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok & X are set to meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street to discuss how children can be better protected online. 🔗 tinyurl.com/a36mw7s6 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafeguarding

Amid ongoing conflict with Iran, this article by @annapiela.bsky.social offers a powerful reminder that war is not only fought on the ground. 🔗 tinyurl.com/54atc4y4 🧵👇 #langsky #polsky #politics #politicaldiscourse #linguistics

With voters heading to the polls across England, Scotland & Wales on 7 May, this article offers a timely overview of the key dynamics likely to shape the UK’s political landscape. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4fxbe38h 🧵👇 #impartiality #impartialityproject #Senedd #Seneddelection #elections2026

C-REX / CANSES methods and ethics webinar this week: "Researching far-right mothers as a mom" w/ @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social, University of Luxembourg Time and place: Apr. 16, 2026 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CET), ONLINE. Moderated by @audreygagnon.bsky.social. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

This article from Dr. Sharlette A. Kellum highlights a growing challenge in online safety: children are often exposed to evolving, coded language before adults even know it exists. 🔗 tinyurl.com/44mc45hr 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childsafeguarding #safeguarding #childprotection

Who do we expect a Welsh speaker to be? This article highlights the experiences of Seren Jones, whose ability to speak Welsh is frequently questioned — not because of her competence, but because of assumptions tied to race & identity. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yj6vsbym 🧵👇 #langsky #Cymraeg #Welshlanguage

How well does AI really understand the way people actually use language? This article highlights a critical — & often overlooked — issue: AI systems struggle with the linguistic realities of everyday communication. 🔗 tinyurl.com/y22c5mvy 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #AI #language #climate

New data from the NSPCC highlights a deeply concerning reality: child sexual abuse image offences continue to rise across the UK. In 2025 alone, nearly 37,000 offences were recorded by police, an 8% increase on the previous year. 🔗 tinyurl.com/m3mde8wp 🧵👇 #DRAGON #onlinesafety

As a BTS fan, I’ve been really interested to see the conversations emerging around their latest album — and this piece by @megan-moon.bsky.social offers a fascinating linguistic perspective on it. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3ffvmtmx 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language #KPop #BTS #Korean

With the upcoming Senedd election approaching, this research from the Electoral Commission highlights a striking challenge for democratic participation in Wales: only 14% of young people are aware of the upcoming Senedd election. 🔗 nation.cymru/news/only-14... 🧵👇 #Seneddelection #politics

What does generative AI mean for language learning, not just education more broadly? This insightful article brings a much-needed linguistic perspective to the debate. 🔗 tinyurl.com/f58nwtha 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #languagelearning #AI #technology