Maribor, Slovenia
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The Department of English and American Studies
at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, is proud to announce an international conference entitled Words as a Battlefield: Persuasion in Contemporary Political and Media Discourse We are honored to confirm the following keynote speakers: Daniel Kadar School of English Studies, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Donathan Brown School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca College, USA |
The 21st century has brought significant changes to both the media and political landscape, impacting and altering political discourse. The position of the mainstream media as a neutral actor in reporting the news continues to be tainted with the desires of corporate sponsors, further transforming and shaping the message. In addition, the role of social media in political communication has also changed, as politicans communicate more directly with the public. Combined, we find ourselves situated in an era where facts are not facts, allegations of 'fake news' are commonplace, and more people are turning to social media for their news.
In such a time, it is important for experts across disciplines to gather and examine political discourse, specifically, what constitues successful political discourse and how ideologies are reflected through the languages of media and politics. For this purpose, a two-day symposium (April 5-6) will be hosted in Maribor, Slovenia, by the Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
By bringing together scholars from different disciplines around the subject of persuasive communication in the media and politics, we hope to deliver a lively interaction between disciplines and a constructive debate.
The language of the conference will be English.
We cordially invite researchers working in the fields relevant to the main topics of the conference to submit a short abstract in English of no more than 300 words (you will find the conference topics and the form for abstract submission in the pre-conference info).
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the authors notified about their acceptance for publication at a later date. The deadline for the submission of papers will be announced at the conference.
In such a time, it is important for experts across disciplines to gather and examine political discourse, specifically, what constitues successful political discourse and how ideologies are reflected through the languages of media and politics. For this purpose, a two-day symposium (April 5-6) will be hosted in Maribor, Slovenia, by the Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.
By bringing together scholars from different disciplines around the subject of persuasive communication in the media and politics, we hope to deliver a lively interaction between disciplines and a constructive debate.
The language of the conference will be English.
We cordially invite researchers working in the fields relevant to the main topics of the conference to submit a short abstract in English of no more than 300 words (you will find the conference topics and the form for abstract submission in the pre-conference info).
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the authors notified about their acceptance for publication at a later date. The deadline for the submission of papers will be announced at the conference.
Conference program and abstracts
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Organizing committee
Katja Plemenitaš
Nada Šabec
Agata Križan
Donathan Brown
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Submission deadline for the abstract: extended to January 17, 2019
Notification of acceptance: January 21, 2019
Conference fee: 50 Euros (For students 25 Euros)
Katja Plemenitaš
Nada Šabec
Agata Križan
Donathan Brown
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Submission deadline for the abstract: extended to January 17, 2019
Notification of acceptance: January 21, 2019
Conference fee: 50 Euros (For students 25 Euros)
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Location
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Conference e-mail address:
[email protected] Find us on the Sociolinguistic Events Calendar: https://baal.org.uk/resources/slxevents/ Department of English and American Studies University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts Koroška cesta 160 2000 Maribor Slovenia |
