Conveners
Session 1.7 (Day 3): Dilbilim & Göstergebilim / Linguistics & Semiotics
- Natalia V. Chicherina (Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University)
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Valeria Chernyavskaya (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University)15/05/2026, 10:00Oral Presentation
New phenomena such as digital social reading, Instapoets and the ‘rating culture’ expressed in online reviews are challenging traditional literary criticism in newspapers and magazines. Millions of reviews on platforms such as Amazon or Goodreads are part of this reading culture and counterbalance professional criticism. At the same time, successful Instapoets such as Rupi Kaur reject the...
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Jean-Louis Vaxelaire (University of Namur)15/05/2026, 10:20Oral Presentation
The world of scientific research has been in crisis for two decades due to the ‘publish or perish’ culture, which has led some researchers to cheat on their results or resort to paper mills to get published. Two aggravating factors have been recently added: Covid crisis, which has led the general public to doubt the work of researchers, and the development of LLMs, which can create a...
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Simone Schmidt (International University)15/05/2026, 10:40Oral Presentation
This paper analyses crises not merely as disruptions, but as discursive arenas where legitimacy is negotiated and strategically constructed. Drawing on discourse theory, sociology of knowledge, and frame analysis, legitimacy is understood as a communicative achievement grounded in symbolic power rather than legal status.
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Empirically, the study compares two German debates in 2025: (1)...