22/01/2021    (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Sketching landscapes in discourse analysis (1978–2018): Key scholars, influential works, and trending research topics John Swales’ 1986 article ‘Citation analysis and discourse analysis’ was the first to apply citation analysis

31/10/2019   (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 The Fun We Enjoyed Should Never Be Taken For Grante This talk introduces how "the politics of fun" is an important issue of social and cultural research. Since the Twentieth Century, the American Strength

17/10/2019   (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Dynamics of framing research Framing research, despite revived interest and increasing popularity in the field of political communication, has entered a cul-de-sac, or what Thomas Kuhn termed "normal science." This

03/10/2019   (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 U Can U BB: Critical Regionality and Digital Media in a Chinese Online Talk Show This talk analyzes the Chinese online talk show U Can U BB, or Qipa Shuo,

19/09/2019   (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Cross-National Variation in Political Network Size and Distribution Abstract Understanding the size and distribution of social networks is perhaps one of the most fundamental and important goals of network science.

The Landscape of China’s Philanthropic Films: Dilemmas and Disputes 05/09/2019 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21-G002 While most images of China focus on its growing cities and wealth, this does not show the complete story. Many people,