When: 20/09/2018 to 21/09/2018 Where: Ghent University, Sint-Pietersplein 7, Ghent, Belgium Website: http://www.newstalktext.org/sample-page/events/ntt-workshop-ghent-2018/ |
Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) and NewsTalk&Text (NT&T) collaborate
Successful AILA Research Networks (ReNs) are meant to expand, for example by fostering – and collaborating with – related networks in the field. This is what the AILA ReN on Media Linguistics has done systematically. A next phase of networking includes close collaboration with the re-vitalized NewsTalk&Text (NT&T) research network.
In its newly publicized mission statement, NT&T says that it is committed to investigating the pivotal role played by the news in society by foregrounding the wide-ranging discursive processes underlying the news. In doing so, the network strives towards a redefinition of the news, one that embraces the complexity of today’s constantly developing, heavily digitized and globalized newscape through a broad, inclusive understanding of the news as a mixed and endless array of topics that raise public interest. NT&T does not just zoom in on the news but expands its analytical lens to include other institutional domains like health, business, education, politics, science and the arts and how they interact with those involved in making as well as consuming the news.
In both the AILA ReN on Media Linguistics and NT&T, the researchers involved aim to recognize how existing news production processes are subject to continuous change and aim to chart the constant flux of newsmaking practices both inside and outside of the traditional newsroom, as well as the roles and responsibilities of those involved in them. In doing so, media linguisitics calls for increased recognition of the contingencies of an age of post-journalism, leading scholarship beyond an exclusive focus on selected professionals in the newsroom towards integrating other stakeholders and how they partake in the discursive processes underlying the news.
As for methodology, both the AILA ReN and NT&T set out to promote the analytic power of a linguistic ethnographic perspective. The network believes in an inclusive approach to the study of news, which does not simply incorporate the views and experiences of those ‘on the shop floor’, but actually sees the news practitioners as necessary, valuable and credited research partners. Finally and in line with the new AILA focus on taking action, it is argued in the mission statement that NT&T encourages an activist stance, one that is intent on rendering visible and examining critically what has so far been hidden or, worse, taken for granted and draws on a strong belief that opening up the workings of the news – in a time in which ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ dominate public perception – to general scrutiny is instrumental in promoting knowledge transfer as part of the global democratic project.
NT&T brings together around 30 scholars from 9 different countries, many of whom are also active in the AILA ReN on Media Linguistics. The network is organizing a two-day workshop on Thursday September 20th and Friday September 21st 2018 in the historic city of Ghent. The workshop is designed to be an informal, small-scale and all-plenary meeting with lots of time for interaction.
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In its newly publicized mission statement, NT&T says that it is committed to investigating the pivotal role played by the news in society by foregrounding the wide-ranging discursive processes underlying the news. In doing so, the network strives towards a redefinition of the news, one that embraces the complexity of today’s constantly developing, heavily digitized and globalized newscape through a broad, inclusive understanding of the news as a mixed and endless array of topics that raise public interest. NT&T does not just zoom in on the news but expands its analytical lens to include other institutional domains like health, business, education, politics, science and the arts and how they interact with those involved in making as well as consuming the news.
In both the AILA ReN on Media Linguistics and NT&T, the researchers involved aim to recognize how existing news production processes are subject to continuous change and aim to chart the constant flux of newsmaking practices both inside and outside of the traditional newsroom, as well as the roles and responsibilities of those involved in them. In doing so, media linguisitics calls for increased recognition of the contingencies of an age of post-journalism, leading scholarship beyond an exclusive focus on selected professionals in the newsroom towards integrating other stakeholders and how they partake in the discursive processes underlying the news.
As for methodology, both the AILA ReN and NT&T set out to promote the analytic power of a linguistic ethnographic perspective. The network believes in an inclusive approach to the study of news, which does not simply incorporate the views and experiences of those ‘on the shop floor’, but actually sees the news practitioners as necessary, valuable and credited research partners. Finally and in line with the new AILA focus on taking action, it is argued in the mission statement that NT&T encourages an activist stance, one that is intent on rendering visible and examining critically what has so far been hidden or, worse, taken for granted and draws on a strong belief that opening up the workings of the news – in a time in which ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ dominate public perception – to general scrutiny is instrumental in promoting knowledge transfer as part of the global democratic project.
NT&T brings together around 30 scholars from 9 different countries, many of whom are also active in the AILA ReN on Media Linguistics. The network is organizing a two-day workshop on Thursday September 20th and Friday September 21st 2018 in the historic city of Ghent. The workshop is designed to be an informal, small-scale and all-plenary meeting with lots of time for interaction.
www.lingua-media.net
www.newstalktext.org