37.510, Calls: Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language (Finland)

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Date: 04-Feb-2026
From: Sofia Rüdiger [persuasionconf at gmail.com]
Subject: Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language


Full Title: Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Persuasive Language
Short Title: OctoConf

Date: 19-Nov-2026 - 20-Nov-2026
Location: Tampere, Finland
Meeting Email: persuasionconf at gmail.com
Web Site: https://events.tuni.fi/persuasion2026/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Forensic
Linguistics; Pragmatics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 01-Jul-2026

Call for Papers:
How do we persuade someone to act against their initial intentions?
How do we reshape what they think about an issue?
Language is our most powerful tool for influence. We use it to
convince, persuade, cajole, and coax, often without even realizing it.
Words mold opinions, shift attitudes, and guide behavior. This
symposium places the persuasive power of language at its very core.
Linguists have traditionally examined the workings of persuasive
language in institutionalized discourses, drawing on methodological
approaches such as Critical Discourse Analysis. As genres inherently
characterized by persuasion, it is not surprising then that
advertising and politics have enjoyed the limelight of scholarly
attention here; investigations of the features of persuasive language
in TV, radio, and print advertisements as well as political speeches,
interviews, and press conferences abound. In an era characterised by
information saturation and the rapid evolution of digital
communication platforms, the study of persuasive language is
undergoing profound developments. These relate, for example, to its
scope, data diversity, and interconnectedness with local and/or global
(societal) issues.
This symposium aims to spark dialogue and share insights on language
and persuasion across diverse methodological and disciplinary
approaches. After two successful virtual conferences (in 2020 and
2022), "Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Persuasive Language" will take place on site at
Tampere University, Finland.
We particularly welcome interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary
contributions that push the boundaries of how we understand influence
and persuasion.
Contributions may address (but are not limited to) the following
themes:
- Traditional domains of persuasion: Advertising, political discourse,
media communication, and institutional rhetoric.
- Digital and social media: Persuasion in online platforms, influencer
language, viral content, and algorithm-driven messaging.
- Conspiracy theories and disinformation: The language of anti-science
and alternative media, the construction of truth, mis/disinformation
discourse.
- Forensic linguistics and legal contexts: Language as evidence,
manipulation in courtroom discourse, persuasive strategies in legal
argumentation.
- AI and Large Language Models (LLMs): How machine-generated text
persuades, ethical implications of automated persuasion, and human-AI
interaction in persuasive contexts.
- Interpersonal and everyday persuasion: Conversational strategies,
negotiation, and subtle linguistic cues in face-to-face or mediated
communication.
- Cross-cultural and multilingual perspectives: How persuasion
operates across languages and cultural norms.
We invite the submission of abstracts for full papers (20 min talk +
10 min Q&A).
Abstract length: 300 words excluding references.
In addition to full papers, we invite abstracts for posters. All
poster presenters are invited to give an optional lightning talk.
Lightning talks are short (3-5 minutes), focused presentations on work
in progress or smaller projects. The lightning talks are a great
opportunity to share emerging ideas and get feedback from peers in an
informal, dynamic format. It is also possible to do a poster without a
lightning talk.
Abstract length: 150 words excluding references.
Abstracts should be submitted in pdf format by July 1, 2026 via
https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/persuasion2026cfp
Notifications of acceptance will be sent in August.
If you have any questions, email us at persuasionconf at gmail.com
Organizers:
Daria Dayter (Tampere University)
Dominika Beneš Kováčová (Masaryk University Brno)
Sofia Rüdiger (Freie Universität Berlin)



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