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Dementia and gender in public forum discourses 公共论坛话语中的痴呆和性别

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100952

Sonja Kleinke, Monika Pleyer

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“Write another one more emotional”: Emoji as a tenor resource in chatbot responses to requests for linguistic services “再写一个更有情感的”：表情符号是聊天机器人响应语言服务请求的主要资源

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100955

Dalal Altayari , Kaixi Yuan , Michele Zappavigna

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From online parody to mainstream media: The remediation of mock Vietnamese Mandarin in Taiwan 从网络恶搞到主流媒体：台湾的越南普通话模仿整治

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100960

Tsung-Lun Alan Wan

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Parenthetical annotations on WeChat Moments: metapragmatic usage and the role of platform features 微信朋友圈的圆括号注释：元语用和平台特性的作用

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100961

Chuting Song , Tiancheng Chen

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Mediating scientific knowledge for diverse audiences on digital platforms 为数字平台上的不同受众提供科学知识中介

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100958

Rosa Lorés, Pilar Mur-Dueñas

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Multimodal narratives of climate denial: A novel, visual-first methodology for analysing conspiracy theory discourse on Instagram 气候否认的多模式叙事：一种新颖的、视觉优先的方法，用于分析Instagram上的阴谋论话语

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Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100946

Caroline Gardam, Michelle Riedlinger, Daniel Angus, Xue Ying (Jane) Tan

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Pixels, Poses, and Power: A multimodal analysis of Self-Representation and femininity among female fitness influencers on Chinese social media 像素、姿势和力量：中国社交媒体上女性健身影响者自我表现和女性气质的多模态分析

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100954

Yani Zhao , Omer Hassan Ali Mahfoodh , Ilangko Subramaniam , Jingshen Ge

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“I still hope it’s just a blip”: Constructing life with dementia in a public digital health community “我仍然希望这只是一个暂时现象”：在公共数字健康社区中构建痴呆症患者的生活

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100953

Monika Pleyer

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Pop linguistics in social media: translanguaging and literacy edutainment 社交媒体中的流行语言学：译语与识字寓教于乐

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100933

Tong King Lee

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The discourse of sharing in digital spaces – Power, identity, and community 数字空间中分享的话语——权力、身份和社区

IF 3.1 2区文学

Discourse Context & Media Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2025.100936

Wei Ren, Andrew S. Ross

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