CADS

This study uses a Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies methodology to provide the first systematic analysis of how trust is discursively constructed in crypto-drug markets. The data come from two purpose-built corpora. One comprises all the forum …

Analysing the language of Far-Right groups on Twitter.

There has been a major cultural shift away from 'passive' consumption to more active production of digital texts by citizens. Yet,this does not mean that we all participate in digital media in the same ways and for the same reasons. Nor does it mean …

This presentation is based on a study aimed at characterising the discourse of ‘ordinary citizens’ who become influential in Twitter. The study is motivated by two gaps in knowledge. Firstly, social network science research has shown that open web systems develop in ways whereby small groups of users (10% - 20%) attract inordinate levels of attention (Cha et al 2010). The discourse features of these influential users, however, remain largely unknown.

An open digital archive of oral sources on the 'Villaggio Artigiano' neighbourhood (Modena).

Using Corpus-Linguistics to understand Jihadist propaganda.