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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Some members of the Editorial Team made it to #cadaad2026 where we also distributed some flyers. Lots of interesting papers on #MediatedDiscourse... Just hoping some of those are published with us!

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Are you attending the #CADAAD2026 conference? Our general editors Carmen Lee & Jan Chovanec will also be there! Get in touch with them to discuss ideas on publishing an article or editing a special issue! #MediatedDiscourse #DiscourseAnalysis @cadaad2026.bsky.social

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

9️⃣N. Yang on emotion narratives in travel vlogs 🔟C. Han, J. Ge & Y. Wang on fatherhood in Chinese Social media. Interested in these 10 articles? Find them in the 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/disc...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

5️⃣L. Li, X. Wu & R. Fitzgerald on "girlfriend" as a strategic device on e-commerce 6️⃣E. Brulez & I. Cenni on multimodality in Italian teaching reels 7️⃣F. Yılmaz, T. Elmas & B. Eröz on cup readings in digital genres 8️⃣L. Zhang on childless cat ladies on Chinese social media

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🥁New issue out!! 🤓#MediatedDiscourse? Here are the contents! 1️⃣ J. Yang& P. Li on refugee identity construction on TikTok 2️⃣S. N.M. Jamil on threatoric on TikTok 3️⃣S. Zhou & D. Jio on intercultural competence through platforms 4️⃣Y.Liu & Y. Wu on identity after depression

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

📢New article!! 🟦S. Zhou & D. Jia analyse the creation of transnational identities 🟦They study content by 1 migrant creator in 3 platforms 🟦Themes & evaluations are analysed 🟦Success depends on Platformized Intercultural Communication Competence 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Pilar Blitvich @pgcb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Call for papers! ADDA 6! Please, share to spread the word!

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

🥁New article!! 🥁 🟦Ember Brulez & Irene Cenni study didactic reels on Instagram. 🟦Data consists on 100 reels on teaching Italian. 🟦Analysis draws on multimodality & rhetorical structure. 🟦Results show how edu-influencers exploit affordances. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New article published!! 🟦Na Yang studies emotion in YouTube travel vlogs. 🟦The China Travel Corpus (250 vlog posts) was created. 🟦The VADER lexicon was used for sentiment analysis. 🟦Narratives are strategically designed around positive emotion 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📢New article published!! 🟦Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil analyses how threat is mediated on TikTok. 🟦The study focuses on 60 public videos about the elections in Malaysia. 🟦Results show how anxieties are reworked thus enacting political force. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📢New article published!! 🟦K. Pilyarchuk & E.M. Graf explore how tradwife identity is performed. 🟦They analysed 60 Instagram Reels posted on 11 accounts. 🟦They found 3 types of Reels, 9 dominant themes & 3 major repertoires. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

1️⃣3️⃣C. Liao & Z. Luo study the “tap-tap” function on Chinese WeChat 1️⃣4️⃣ And C. Schneider Ward et al. write the Introduction to the #SI on Dementia Do not miss these great 14 articles here!! 🔽🔽 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/disc...

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Discourse, Context & Media | Vol 70, April 2026 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

1️⃣0️⃣Y. Li & W. Ren explore the construction of intimacy in ASMR videos 1️⃣1️⃣Kateryna Pilyarchuk & Eva-Maria Graf study how tradwife identity is performed on Instagram Reels 1️⃣2️⃣P. Wang examine two trending Weibo hashtags on menstruation

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

7️⃣ J. Ondimu et al. examine text-visual intermodal relations in hashtag activism tweets 8️⃣ H. Yu & Y. Liu study how voices are used in BBC history documentaries 9️⃣ K. Li et al. do a multimodal genre analysis of academic knowledge services

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

3️⃣ @shayuze.bsky.social & @gavinbrookes.bsky.social analyse multimodal irony on X comments 4️⃣ Y. Guo & Y. Luo explore creativity & playful language in online comments. 5️⃣ Basma Salem et al. study livestreaming in health campaigns. 6️⃣Ran Yi analyses multimodal affordances in diplomatic narratives

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🥁New issue published!! 🤓Interested on #MediatedDiscourse? Here are the contents! 1️⃣ Zhuyuan Han et al. look at the construction of the "ideal scholar-self" in academic vlogs. 2️⃣ Elisabetta Adami studies the construction of an influencer's identity throughout time.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In commemoration of #InternationalWomenDay we are featuring some articles: 🟪S. van der Meij & @janadeclercq.bsky.social explore how women in fertility treatment construct their identites on Instagram. 🟣Remember! It's open access for 12 months! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Here is our next article in commemoration of #InternationalWomensDay: 🟪 L. Li / X. Wu studies meaning resources & levels of resistance in the construction of identities by male beauty influencers on Bilibili. 🟣Remember! #openacces for 12 months! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Here is our first article in commemoration of #InternationalWomensDay: 🟪 M.G. Sindoni combines multimodal #CDA with feminist philosophy to analyse the discourse ideologies hidden in gendering AI voice assistants. 🟣Remember, #openacces for 12 months! bit.ly/41gfGFy

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

📢📢To commemorate #InternationalWomensDay, at #DCM_Journal we have selected some articles published by female authors in the last two years. These will be #openaccess for 12 months! We will be saying more soon, but in the meantime... 🔽Here is our selection. Do not miss them!

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📢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...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

📢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...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

3️⃣ Noam Gal explores misinterpretations in social interaction by analysing ironic humour. 4️⃣ Jungyoon Koh & Anna De Final study online retellings on YouTube of viral TikTok stories. It is a short but very interesting issue! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/disc...

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Discourse, Context & Media | Vol 69, February 2026 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🥁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.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📢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...

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Policywashing: Recontextualizing the “Craftsmanship Spirit” policy in corporate Weibo discourse

While existing research has extensively explored corporate communications on social media, limited attention has been paid to how Chinese corporations…

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

📢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...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

📢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...

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‘And they say Leftists have no sense of humour’: Sanctioning interpretive failures as discursive gatekeeping on social media

Misinterpretations are an integral part of social interaction. They participate in the meaning-making process of the interaction, but also play a wide…

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Jenia Yudytska studies how affordances (incl. emoji) vary across platforms. 🟦Data comes from sets of posts on Twitter & Discord. 🔷Quantitative differences relate to use of 📱or🖥️. 🔵Other contextual factors also influence use of affordances. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Cecilia Lazzeretti explores how emoji shape museums' communication with their audiences. 🟦Data comes from the FB & Insta accounts of 17 museums. 🔷Analysis draws on a coding rubric looking at 4 categories of meaning. 🔵Intermodal semiosis plays a role. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Dalal Altayari, Kaixi Yuan & @michelezappavigna.bsky.social explore how emoji contribute to interpersonal alignment. 🟦Data derives from a collection of conversations between humans & chatboxes. 🔵Emoji modulate attitude through textual patterning. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

💻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!

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🔵And M.G. Sindoni et al. on translaguaging in the construction of bilingual parenting on social media. And 1 final paper on the #SI on Digital Intimacies: 🔵Final discussion by I. Gershon Everything can be read here ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/journal/disc... Do not miss it out!

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Discourse, Context & Media | Vol 68, December 2025 | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

And 4 more articles on the #SI on Translanguaging: 🔵Y. Wang et al. on multimodal translanguaging creativity by a Chinese vlogger 🔵F. Busch et al. on translingual resources on smartphones. 🔵C. Pérez-Arrendondo et al. on intercultural identities by Chilean influencers.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

It also includes 3 papers on the #SI on Mediating scientific knowledge: 🔵The editorial, by R. Lorés & P. Mur-Dueñas 🔵 O. Dontcheva-Navratilova on the recontextualization of knowledge in biology video abstracts 🔵 S. Murillo on the functions of emojis on X posts about science

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

8️⃣C. Song & T. Chen on the communicative function of parenthesis on Chinese social media. Also including 2 papers on the #SI on Dementia: 🔵M. Pleyer on metaphorical construals by patients on a forum. 🔵S. Kleinke & Monika Pleyer on the relevance of gender on a forum.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

4️⃣ J.M. Fuller on humour & ethnonationalist discourse in YouTube. 5️⃣Y. Sun & colleagues on the mediating role of emoji for self-praise. 6️⃣ D. Altayari & colleagues on the interpersonal function of emoji on chatbots. 7️⃣ T.-L. A. Wan on the remediation of an influencer to TV.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🥁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

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢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...

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InterGedi @intergediuz.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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...

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InterGedi @intergediuz.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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🧵⬇️

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘@krystyna-warchal.bsky.social explores modifications of knowledge claims when adapted for different audiences. 🟦Case study is about the announcement of a new Alzheimer's drug. 🟦The analysis identifies 5 types of knowledge claims & 3 types of transformations, mainly related to salience.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘@silviamurilloornat.bsky.social analyses the functions performed by emojis in recontextualization practices. 🟦She proves that emojis contribute to engagement & to reformulating knowledge. ⏬⏬ bsky.app/profile/dcmj...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘@mariajoseluzon.bsky.social & S. Albero-Posac explore how @theconversation.com contributes to the public understanding of science. 🟦They analyse 50 articles by exploring how they are discursively configurated: verbals, visuals & hyperlinks. ⏬⏬ bsky.app/profile/dcmj...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘Chin Ee Loh, Fei Victor Lim & Ren Feng Lorraine Ow focus on knowledge recontextualization in Singapore. 🟦They explore the role of knowledge mediation in education research by analysing one project website. 🟦They highlight the role of communicative competence for succeeding.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘@jan_engberg proposes a new approach for the study of science slam performances. 🟦3 moves are proposed for the analysis: expert self-referencing, expert knowledge transfer, audience interaction. ⏬⏬ bsky.app/profile/dcmj...

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘O. Dontcheva-Navratilova’s research shows how video abstracts transform specialised knowledge. 🟦Data includes 20 videos on biology. 🟦Methods involves looking at 2 clusters of rhetorical strategies: Engagement & Framing. 🟦Findings identify 3 types of video abstracts.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘S. Carter-Thomas & E. Rowley-Jolivet explore the transmedial repurposing of knowledge. 🟦Data comes from Nature & includes 4 sets of genres, including the original scientific article. 🟦Through close textual analysis, a mix of scientific & popular features is found.

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Discourse, Context and Media Journal @dcmjournal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📘In their introduction, @rosalores.bsky.social & @pmurduenas.bsky.social explain the 2 main questions in the #SI ❔1. How expert scientific knowledge is recontextualized through new media. ❔2. Which discourse strategies are employed to navigate the challenges of this new media.

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