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Developing a discourse space for analysing online discourse 开发分析网络话语的话语空间

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100929

Kateryna Krykoniuk, Cleo Hopkin-King, Seán G. Roberts

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“Cupcake vegans,” “cult vegans,” and “animal abusers”: Multimodal critical discourse analysis of stancetaking towards ‘aggression’ in online interactions about veganism “纸杯蛋糕素食主义者”、“狂热素食主义者”和“虐待动物者”：关于素食主义在线互动中“攻击性”立场的多模态批评话语分析

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100921

Marta Wilczek-Watson , Katy Brickley

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Can a machine talk the talk though not climb the rock? A Turing Test on rock climbing 机器不能爬上岩石，还能说话吗？攀岩的图灵测试

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100915

Otto Segersven, Ilkka Arminen

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Disseminating research results in The Conversation: An analysis of comprehensibility strategies 《对话》研究成果的传播：可理解性策略分析

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100920

María-José Luzón , Sofía Albero-Posac

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Issues in developing multilingual graphics-based digital caregiver guides for dementia care 开发基于多语言图形的痴呆症护理数字护理指南的问题

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100916

Boyd H. Davis , Margaret Maclagan , Meredith Troutman-Jordan

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“Alexa learned Arabic”: A translanguaging and multimodal perspective on language and media ideologies “Alexa学会了阿拉伯语”：语言和媒体意识形态的跨语言和多模式视角

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100909

Didem Leblebici , May Rostom

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Discourse, Context, & Media: Special issue 话语、语境与媒介：特刊

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100919

Riki Thompson Guest editor

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Understanding multimodal science slam performances: How expert knowledge is built and transferred through digital ludic recontextualization 理解多模态科学大满贯表演：专家知识是如何通过数字音乐再语境化建立和转移的

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100918

Jan Engberg, Carmen Daniela Maier

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Introduction: discourse at the intersection of digital design and user agency 导论：数字设计与用户代理交叉的论述

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100917

Caroline Tagg, Göran Eriksson, Camilla Vásquez

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(Don’t) click here: Hyperlinks as a quasi-objectification strategy in epistemic legitimisation in extremists’ blog posts on sexual violence （不要）点击这里：在极端分子关于性暴力的博客文章中，超链接是一种准客观化策略

IF 2.3 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100912

Kate Barber

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