
Recording new episode with Teresa Fidélis
Recording of series five continues apace…we’ve just recorded an episode with Teresa Fidélis from the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
It was fantastic to speak with Teresa about her co-authored research article…

Recording new episode with Arran Stibbe on ecolinguisitcs
We’re delighted to have recorded an episode in discussion with Professor Arran Stibbe…

Analysis of the representation of social actors in 3 media texts on COP 29
In our last podcast episode, I spoke about an analysis of the representation of social actors that I had done of the 3 media texts we focused on in that episode. In this post, I share the results tables from that analysis and give a further, brief, discussion of that analysis…

Language & Power on Social Media
We’re on BlueSky…only two followers…

Analysing social actors & action on media texts on COP 29
We’re preparing to record an episode on COP 29, which was held in Azerbaijan last year, and looking at analysing some media reports about it…On HOW to analyse these media reports, I found some research by Hayley Walker, who argues that it is not the nationality of the host that counts, but how they behave as chair of COP…

Which global media outlets to look at?
We’re working on a new episode which will look at how COP 29 in Azerbaijan was represented in the media - we’re particularly interested in the representation of COP being held in ‘petro-states’. I wanted to look at which media outlets might have been ‘most influential’, but this opens up loads of questions about how to find such an index.

New Series 2025
We’ve just started recording our new series and we have made a few changes which we’re excited about

Recording new series - Dr Michael Kranert
We’ve started recording for the new series - one a month (hopefully) from now on.
Just recorded an episode with Dr Michael Kranert of the University of Southampton. Look out for the episode in June!