📢New article published! 🟦Yadong Guo & Yushu Luo explore creativity & playful language in online comments. 🟦They propose the concept "invented voices" for studying 247 comments on RedNote. 🟦 Types, realizations & functions of voices are identified. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢New article out! 🟦 @shayuze.bsky.social & @gavinbrookes.bsky.social study user's stance and multimodal irony. 🟦They analyse comments on X to the UK's NHS Covid-19 policy posts. 🟦They prove the mediating role of affordances & offer a replicable method. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🥁New issue published!! 🤓Are you interested in #MediatedDiscourse? Here are the contents! 1️⃣ Jingtian Sydney Wang & Debing Feng look at policywashing strategies on corporate discourse. 2️⃣ Daniel Ungureanu studies the relation between aesthetics & altgorithms in AI-generated memes.

📢New article published! 🟦Jingtian Sydney Wang & @DebingF study corporations' recontextualization of state discourse. 🟦They analysed Weiboo posts on "craftsmanship spirit" 🟦They identified 4 discursive frames which result in corporate's policywashing 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢New publication on #AI! 🟦Daniel Ungureanu studies how AI-generated memes negotiate visibility & illegibility. 🟦Data relates to Italian Bainrot & is taken from Instagram. 🟦The analysis proves that overload opacity is a useful explanatory concept. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢New article published! 🟦Noam Gal studies the misinterpretation of ironic utterances on social media. 🟦2 dimensions are studied: participant structure + content explicitness. 🟦Both dimensions interact in the demarcation of group boundaries. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📚Looking for something to read in the new year? 🤓Interested in #MediatedDiscourse? Here are some recommedations on how #emoji mediate digital communication! 🧵⏬⏬

📚Looking for something to read in the new year? 🤓Interested in #MediatedDiscourse? Here are some recommedations on how #emoji mediate digital communication! 🧵⏬⏬

💻In what is becoming a tradition, the #DCM team took our annual photo at our last meeting in 2025. 🎄So happy festive season to all our readers! 📘And stay tuned, we'll be back in 2026 with more recommedations on #MediatedDiscourse!

🥁New issue published!!! Here is the newest research on #MediatedDiscourse! 1️⃣J. Guo on the transformative potential of short video platforms. 2️⃣ C. Gardam & colleagues on conspiracy discourses about climate on Instagram. 3️⃣Y. Zhao & colleagues on female fitness influencers

📢New article published!!! 🟦Ya Sun et al show how technology shapes self-praise in social media. 🟦They develop a 3-dimension framework for analysing emoji-text relations. 🟦They prove that platform-mediated affordances transform corporate communication. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In all, this @dcmjournal.bsky.social SI highlights the importance of recontextualization in digital scientific communication, showcasing new approaches and exploring a wide diversity of digital media and dissemination practices. Explore all contributions here👉 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Remember‼️ New SI is out now in @dcmjournal.bsky.social! Edited by @rosalores.bsky.social & @pmurduenas.bsky.social, it explores how scientists use emerging digital genres and platforms to share expert knowledge w/ broader, more diverse publics. 🔗 n9.cl/so0gf Let's dive in🧵⬇️

📢New #SI published!!! Edited by @rosalores.bsky.social & @pmurduenas.bsky.social, articles explore new forms of disseminating scientific knowledge. In this contemporary context, new dynamics & the role of #affordances are explored. Contents in 🧵 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

📢New article!!! 🟦Tsung-Lun Alan Wan studies remediation of raciolinguistic parody: from online to TV. 🟦The analysis draws on co-textual indexical incongruities to explain humour. 🟦Remediation works because it draws on metaparody. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢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. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢New article!!! 🟦J. Fuller studies humorous challenges of ethnonationalist discourses. 🟦Data comes from YouTube videos by a comedian enacting a migrant in Germany. 🟦Ambiguity of humour & social media affordances result in liquid racism being spread. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢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. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨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. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢New #SI published!!! Edited by @rikithompson.bsky.social, articles delve on mondern, app-mediated, courtship. By looking at different contexts, authors highlight how culture, context, & positionality influence digital dating behaviors. Contents in 🧵 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🥁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.

🥁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. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨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. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨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. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🤓Interested in how #affordances mediate discourse? 📚Most of our articles explore that. 🔎In this thread we highlight some of the articles that have analysed the role of #hyperlinks in different kind of outlets. More ⏬⏬

🤓Interested in how #affordances mediate discourse? 📚Most of our articles explore that. 🔎In this thread we highlight some of the articles that have analysed the role of #hyperlinks in different kind of outlets. More ⏬⏬

📢New special issue published!!! In this #SI, edited by W. Ren & A. Ross, articles explore how sharing is shaped as a situated social discursive practice. Aticles showcase a variety of methodological approaches. Contents in 🧵 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10D9ZR0Q8VB

🚨New article in the #SI on disseminating knowledge! 🟦 M.J. Luzón & S. Albero-Posac analyze the recontextualization of science in The Conversation. 🔷Drawing on multimodality, comprehensibility is studied. 🔷Text, visuals & links enhance understanding. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This all looks really interesting and it is great to see journals being so active on Bluesky! Great stuff!

📢New special issue published!!! In this #SI, edited by J. Androutsopoulos, articles reflect on methodologies for the analysis of digital discourse: 🔹Combining quantitative-qualitative methods 🔹devising new frameworks 🔹exploring synergies Contents in 🧵 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🚨New article published! 🟦 @katebarber.bsky.social explores hyperlinks in blog posts by extremist right-wing men. 🔷Drawing on positioning strategies, the legitimising function of anchor text is studied. 🔷Non-transparent anchor text perpetuates rape culture. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My new special issue "At the interface: discourse at the intersection of digital design and user agency" published by @dcmjournal.bsky.social, co-edited with Göran Eriksson and Camilla Vásquez www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Free access to the editorial: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢New special issue published!!! In this #SI, edited by @carotagg.bsky.social, G. Eriksson & C. Vásquez, articles reflect on the interplay between human agency and digital design. Articles showcase a variety of methodological approaches. Contents in 🧵 🔗https://bit.ly/4fcGeMO

🚨New article in the #SI on Translanguaging in digital scenarios! 🟦D. Leblebici & M. Rostom study Arab-speaking voice-assistants. 🔷They combine multimodal discourse analysis with translanguaging. 🔷Technologies influence sociolinguistic hierarchies. 🔗bit.ly/3TIuBUd

🚨New article published in the #SI on #ScientificKnowledge! 🟦J. Engberg & C.D. Maier study science slam performances. 🔷They designed a multi-phased analytic procedure where multimodality is considered. 🔷Multimodal recontextulization makes science ludic & more engaging. 🔗https://bit.ly/4kKS1TI

🚨New article in the #SI on Dementia in Social Media! 🟦C. Schneider looks at discussions of death in a dementia-related subreddit. 🔷Users' positions are analysed through (non-)deictic reference 🔷Reddit functions as a destigmatizing safe space 🔗https://bit.ly/3ItuLfR

We are back on this site!! Follow us if you want to know more about 🔹New articles published in #DCM_Journal 🔹Info on how to publish with us 🔹General information on #MediatedDiscourse

📣Exploring mediated discourse through corpus linguistics? 📓Thinking about publishing at #DCM_Journal? ❓Doubting whether it will be part of our scope? Here is an example by Monika Benarek and colleagues analysing discursive struggles on Twitter. 🔗https://bit.ly/3P9lWbu Or see photos🔽

🏛️📣 New article out now: Coercive impoliteness and blame avoidance in government communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @dcmjournal.bsky.social

🚨New series of posts🚨 We’re launching a series of posts on 'What is mediated discourse research?' to showcase exemplary papers investigating mediated discourse through various research methods and tools. First ideas in the post 🔽 Stay tuned for more! #MediatedDiscourse

4️⃣Indexing of social values via "covid" or "virus" on Twitter, by P. Cooper & S.  Lampropoulou 5️⃣ Blame in repies to government's social media, by @stenhansson.bsky.social & R. Page Available ▶️🔗 bit.ly/3TdCMHr

🚨New issue of #DCM_Journal published! 🚨 Contents 🔽 1️⃣How new members of a sex offenders become part of a community of practice, by E. Chiang 2️⃣Role of body movements in video games play, by @buraktekin.bsky.social 3️⃣How AI interprets text-image relations in racist memes, by C. Polli & M.G. Sindoni

Dialogic analysis of government social media communication: How commanding and thanking elicit blame www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨New paper published🚨 @stenhansson.bsky.social & Ruth Page look at social media communication during the #Covid19 pandemic. They explore the relation between thanking and blaming. With methodological insight on corpus compilation and framework for analysis of blaming. ⬇️⬇️

🚨New paper published!🚨 In this paper @BurakSTekin analyses the "disciplined body" in video games🎮. Drawing on ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, insights are gained on the relation between humans and machines. Highlights 🔽 🔗 bit.ly/3OM8ABS

📣Thinking about where to publish? 📣 #DCM_Journal is always open to submissions on the relationship between discourse, mediated communication & context 🔗Read our aims & scope: bit.ly/3NdXepA Doubts about what we understand as mediated discourse? See the📷🔽 #Discourse