34.626, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics/United Kingdom

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 03:50:57
From: Nele Põldvere [nele.poldvere at ilos.uio.no]
Subject: The Language of Fake News: Theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives

 
Full Title: The Language of Fake News: Theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives 

Date: 23-Aug-2023 - 25-Aug-2023
Location: The University of York, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Nele Põldvere
Meeting Email: nele.poldvere at ilos.uio.no
Web Site: https://www.baalconference2023.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 17-Mar-2023 

Meeting Description:

We are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a BAAL 2023 symposium on
the language of fake news, entitled “The language of fake news: Theoretical,
empirical and methodological perspectives”. Against the backdrop of the 2016
and 2020 US presidential elections, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian
invasion of Ukraine, the topic of fake news is highly relevant. Despite this,
it has not received a lot of attention in linguistics. This is unfortunate
because early research has identified several areas in which linguistic
knowledge and skills can provide useful insights (e.g., Asr & Taboada, 2019;
Grieve & Woodfield, forthcoming). They are, for example: (i) specific and
meaningful definitions of fake news and related terms such as misinformation
and disinformation, (ii) the grounding of fake news research in linguistic
theory (e.g., Register Analysis), and (iii) the development of open access
fake news corpora based on data of high quality (e.g., controlled for a
variety of factors). Moreover, based on quality data, this research has
identified important linguistic differences between fake and genuine news,
which can be used to build more accurate deception detection systems.

The main objective of the symposium is to build and share further knowledge
and skills in these areas by bringing together researchers working on diverse
aspects of the language of fake news. We welcome submissions in a wide range
of news contexts (mainstream and social media), modalities (spoken, written,
multimodal), methodological approaches (corpus, computational, experimental)
and languages. In line with the basic tenets of Applied Linguistics, we
especially encourage submissions that consider fake news from an
interdisciplinary perspective, with potential for real-world applications in
fact-checking, education, etc. During the symposium, we aim to establish an
international network of linguists working on the language of fake news.

References
Asr, F. T., & Taboada, M. (2019). Big Data and quality data for fake news and
misinformation detection. Big Data & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719843310
Grieve, J., & Woodfield, H. (forthcoming). The language of fake news.
Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics. Cambridge University Press.


Call for Papers:

Presentation formats
We invite submissions that are either full papers or work-in-progress papers.
The full papers are for presentations of 20 minutes, with a further 10 minutes
for questions. They should present either complete research or research where
at least some substantial results have been achieved. The work-in-progress
papers are for presentations of 10 minutes, with a further 5 minutes for
questions. This format is particularly useful for those who have just started
working on fake news and would benefit from early feedback. We aim for three
full papers, three work-in-progress papers and 15 minutes for general
discussion. 

Please note that your abstract should state clearly whether it is a full paper
or a work-in-progress paper.

Note also that abstracts need to be submitted via the official BAAL 2023
conference website (i.e., they cannot be emailed to us directly). See here for
further instructions and submission: https://www.baalconference2023.com

Important dates
Abstract submission opens: 30 January 2023
Deadline for abstract submission: 17 March 2023
Notification of acceptance: 28 April 2023
Conference: 23–25 August 2023

Symposium chairs and organisers
Nele Põldvere, nele.poldvere at ilos.uio.no, University of Oslo
Silje Susanne Alvestad, s.s.alvestad at ilos.uio.no, University of Oslo
Elizaveta Kibisova, elizaveta.kibisova at ilos.uio.no, University of Oslo




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