Automated hate-speech detection has advanced rapidly, yet significant blind spots remain in how artificial intelligence recognises online abuse and processes it...

Sten Hansson, Nic DePaula

The persistence and predictability of policy tool use: Policy styles and the tools of government

This paper presents a framework for disaster communication capacity development that combines audience research, engagement and scenario-based vulnerability analysis to address barriers to accessing, ...

Democracy, Participation and Public Administration - A Systems Approach; A novel democratic systems theory that puts public administration at the heart of democracy. The new approach is applied to the...

"Morality in Discourse, edited by Michael Haugh and Rosina Márquez Reiter" published on 01 Sep 2026 by Brill.

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Studies show that negative social media posts by politicians generate higher levels of citizen engagement, yet not all forms of negativity have the same effects, nor do they operate uniformly across c...

Sometimes we avoid or minimize criticism for our failings by performing a merely symbolic act aimed at addressing a real or perceived blame allegation. Consider individuals or institutions performing...

Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including legal filings and decisions, executive orders, congressional hearings and testimony, news releases, agency decisions, and government reports, t...

Adaptation and Adaptability in Corpus Linguistics

Linguistics and English Language, School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Full-time, indefinite post) Linguistics and English Language within the School of Social Sciences at Lancaster Univer...

Social vulnerability to disasters is in part driven by communication-related factors, including barriers to accessing, understanding, and acting upon …

International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...

This authoritative book explains the phenomenon of sustained policy overinvestment or overreaction over extended periods. These long-term patterns of policy overproduction, known as policy bubbles, ar...

This article investigates how India resisted pressure from the European Union to condemn Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and align its overall response towards Russia with that of the EU. It argu...

International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...

Social vulnerability to disasters is in part driven by communication-related factors, including barriers to accessing, understanding, and acting upon …

Numerous instances of appeals to common sense and normality can currently be observed, especially among far-right and nationalist-conservative politicians in Europe and beyond. In Austria, Germany, Fr...

International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...

Israeli media have mostly avoided reporting on Palestinian suffering during Israel's assault on Gaza following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. Social media thus became the main venue through ...

Welcome to CADAAD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be hosted by the University of Va...

International security dynamics are increasingly studied within the analytical framework of strategic narratives. We offer a methodological contribution towards analysing the rhetorical mechanisms ...

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Sten Hansson, Nic DePaula

Although Russia’s pivot to the Global South is widely acknowledged, little is known about how it tailors messaging to different audiences covered by this geographical label. More generally, despite...