Translation is not a neutral conduit for language transfer but a strategic site of ideological negotiation in political contexts. Political discourse analysis examines how translators and interpreters ...

Online incivility encompasses a range of disrespectful, aggressive and harassing behaviours in digital political environments. Such behaviours include derogatory language, sarcastic hostility and ...

"Social media networks have amplified the reach of social and political movements, but most research focuses on mainstream platforms such as X, Reddit, and Facebook, overlooking Discord." Faculty ...

One of the distinctive features of the United States as a polity is the outsize role that think tanks, foundations, philanthropists, nonprofits and advocacy groups play in shaping political discourse ...

Discussion of "alternative facts" has gained sad notoriety in US politics. Yet the question has been around much longer: How do people conduct political debates—is the focus more on facts or personal ...

One of the most under-examined features of South Africa’s contemporary media landscape is the growing tendency to present politically predisposed commentators as neutral analysts and independent ...

An old African proverb says that when the town crier loses his reverence for truth, the entire village loses its sense of direction. The tragedy is not merely that the messenger has become dishonest; ...

Faculty Associate Virgilio Almeida and coauthors analyzed over 30 million political messages on Discord during the 2024 US election. “These findings provide a first look at political behavior on ...