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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Carol Yu, Dennis Tay, Ying Jin, Xinhua Yuan
Summary: Since the beginning of 2022, the Hong Kong government has implemented strict social distancing measures and changed its stance on regional policies in order to control the 'fifth wave' of COVID-19. This study examines how Hong Kong netizens utilized an online discussion forum to form a 'helping network' during the critical period of the pandemic. The analysis of 230 posts from the forum reveals the dominant use of representatives, followed by directives, expressives, and commissives in users' communicative practices. Additionally, the study highlights the significance of emojis and their pragmatic meanings in supplementing or altering speech acts within the online forum.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Communication
Mathilda Akerlund
Summary: This study reveals how influential users in the Flashback forum gain influence and support from others in the community. Despite hosting far-right content, these viewpoints are widely supported in the forum, with influential users consistently expressing them. The research also highlights how some users manually support influential ones, while disliked users in the forum unintentionally get amplified.
SOCIAL MEDIA + SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lihe Huang, Huiyu Qu, Deyu Zhou
Summary: This paper explores how older adults with different cognitive abilities perform the refusal speech act in the cognitive assessment in memory clinics. Regardless of cognitive ability, the most common way to refuse is by demonstrating the inability to carry out the cognitive task. Individuals with lower cognitive ability tend to refuse more frequently. Furthermore, the pragmatic compensation mechanism, influenced by cognitive ability, utilizes multiple expression devices to help older adults refuse and reveal their intentional state and emotion.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Lucy Dipper, Jane Marshall, Mary Boyle, Deborah Hersh, Nicola Botting, Madeline Cruice
Summary: Discourse is fundamental in everyday communication, but individuals with aphasia face difficulties in producing complete, coherent, and complex discourse. Despite existing reviews and evidence for discourse intervention, there is a lack of unified theoretical framework to support research in this area. A novel theoretical framework is proposed in this paper to address the specific linguistic skills necessary for discourse completeness, coherence, and complexity in aphasia.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Emma Jones, Michael Priestley, Liz Brewster, Susan J. Wilbraham, Gareth Hughes, Leigh Spanner
Summary: This paper identifies five key tensions that can arise in assessment design and strategy when balancing student wellbeing with pedagogical, practical, and policy considerations. It emphasizes the need to acknowledge the pressures of assessment on both staff and students, and provides educators with valuable reflection points to navigate conflicts within their assessment design and practices.
ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Karin Stolpe, Lars Bjorklund, Mats Lundstrom, Maria Astrom
Summary: This study investigated how different assessors prioritize criteria for assessment and identified three factors: logic text structure, research process, and results. Teachers assessing student theses may emphasize different personal criteria, which may not be explained by background factors.
Article
Communication
Jan Chovanec
Summary: This article examines prejudicial and racist discourse in internet news discussion forums, focusing on data from a debate among Czech commenters on iDnes.cz news site. It discusses the negative stereotypes held by users towards ethnic minorities, the perception of media as politically correct, and the association of outgroups with criminality. The findings reveal how quasi-humorous comments involving stereotypical representations contribute to the normalization of everyday racism against ethnic outgroups.
DISCOURSE & SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Linguistics
Aitor Lizardi Ituarte
Summary: This article analyzes Knowledge Confirmation Questions (KCQ) in Basque, which is an instance of non-canonical questions that has not been analyzed yet. It discusses the unique elements of KCQs, such as their syntax, intonation, and discourse particle. The article proposes that the meaning of KCQs is derived from the interaction of these elements and raises interesting questions about the syntactization of discourse and the properties of discourse particles.
JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Michelle P. Banawan, Jinnie Shin, Tracy Arner, Renu Balyan, Walter L. Leite, Danielle S. McNamara
Summary: Academic discourse communities and learning circles have collaboration and shared language as their main characteristics. This study explores the role of shared language in promoting inclusion and affinity within these communities. The research analyzes linguistic features and similarities in lexical, syntactical, and semantic aspects. The study utilizes a multi-method approach, including natural language processing techniques, classification models, explainable AI, and cluster analysis. The findings show significant variation in linguistic similarity and reveal the potential of linguistic similarity in supporting social cohesion and affinity within online discourse communities.
Article
Communication
Simo Maatta, Samuel Vernet
Summary: This article analyzes how participants in an online discussion thread expressed their opposition to homophobia in relation to a YouTube video. Although there is a strong antagonism between supporters and critics of LGBTQ individuals, a closer look at posts supporting LGBTQ views reveals significant variation, ranging from a deconstruction of homophobia to ambivalent positions influenced by heteronormative ideologies. The analysis focuses on five categories of posts expressing different forms of pro-LGBTQ views to highlight their blurry boundaries with homophobic views, using argumentative discourse analysis and deictic elements.
DISCOURSE & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Karen R. Fowler
Summary: Changes in the educational landscape and accreditation requirements necessitate an evaluation of current teaching practices in graduate nursing education. The popularity of online platforms has increased, with a majority of post-baccalaureate students taking at least one online course. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) approved new competency-based education standards that apply to both online and face-to-face courses, requiring intentional course design to meet these requirements.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2023)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Olivia Chomyn, Wendela Wapenaar, Imogen F. Richens, Rosemary A. Reyneke, Orla Shortall, Jasmeet Kaler, Marnie L. Brennan
Summary: Veterinarians are crucial in supporting farmers to implement biosecurity, but more research is needed to understand the impact of communication in changing biosecurity behaviors. This study used innovative social interaction methodologies to analyze discussions between dairy cattle farmers and veterinarians about biosecurity adoption. Thematic and conversation analyses revealed the negative consequences of conflicting information and ineffective communication, as well as the importance of the relationship between farmers and veterinarians.
PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Grace Horwood, Martha Augoustinos, Clemence Due
Summary: This study identified two main interpretative repertoires regarding mental health, one emphasizing self-care behaviors as the main determinant and the other focusing on external factors beyond individual control. Forum posters often oriented mental ill-health as an accountable or morally untoward state, suggesting the societal pervasiveness of a discourse of personal responsibility for mental health. Future mental health communications need to increase awareness of social determinants and policy responses to address the material changes needed for mental health.
Article
Communication
Jane Dilkes
Summary: Detecting internet hate speech automatically is a challenging task with ethical concerns. This study focuses on the psychological aspects of language rather than pre-defined hateful terms. By comparing discourse from a banned gender critical feminist group on Reddit with discourse from an unbanned feminist group, it is found that certain terms indicate outgroup derogation and homogeneity. The findings suggest that a socio-cognitive discourse approach can address ethical concerns and social injustice related to hate speech.
DISCOURSE & SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Elizabeth Evans, Sheryl L. Coley, Diane C. Gooding, Nia Norris, Celena M. Ramsey, Gina Green-Harris, Kimberly D. Mueller
Summary: The study focused on characterizing CSL in BAA adults through the CT picture description task, finding declines in CSL associated with cognitive decline, but no significant differences in terms of sex and APOE-epsilon 4 status, and no significant differences in total words between BAA and NHW groups.
