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.
The theme of the conference encompasses persuasive discourse in its different forms. We welcome proposals that analyse aspects of persuasive communication in contemporary political and media discourse. The conference aims to cover the analysis of a wide range of texts, from mediated forms of political communication, editorials, speeches, social media and more.
We invite specialists from different disciplines: linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, sociology, psychology, media studies, cultural studies, history, rhetoric, political studies, communication studies, translation, philosophy, literature, education, legal studies, among others. This will alow for comparison between the approaches to different forms of persuasive discourse. 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.
Some of the topics of the conference:
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 form for abstract submission in the pre-conference info). The deadline for the submission of papers will be announced at the conference. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the authors notified about their acceptance for publication at a later date.
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.
The theme of the conference encompasses persuasive discourse in its different forms. We welcome proposals that analyse aspects of persuasive communication in contemporary political and media discourse. The conference aims to cover the analysis of a wide range of texts, from mediated forms of political communication, editorials, speeches, social media and more.
We invite specialists from different disciplines: linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, sociology, psychology, media studies, cultural studies, history, rhetoric, political studies, communication studies, translation, philosophy, literature, education, legal studies, among others. This will alow for comparison between the approaches to different forms of persuasive discourse. 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.
Some of the topics of the conference:
- Linguistic approaches to ideological discourse
- Differences between propaganda, public relations and persuasion in the media
- Framing in discourse
- The role of journalism in creating ideological discourse
- The role of social media in political communication
- Manifestations, definitions, history and types of hate speech
- Literacy in the media discourse
- Ideological discourse in fiction
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 form for abstract submission in the pre-conference info). The deadline for the submission of papers will be announced at the conference. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the authors notified about their acceptance for publication at a later date.