ALT Abstract for the Paper: Between War and Letters: An Analysis of the Public Discourse of Germany’s Role in the Russia-Ukraine War This paper addresses the ongoing public debate in Germany regarding the political course of the German government’s delivery of (heavy) weapons to Ukraine. To investigate how this debate is conducted, the Open Letter to Chancellor Scholz, published in April 2022, is analyzed to determine how polyphonic markers are used to express calls for and against certain political actions. It becomes apparent that the media discourse on the supply of (heavy) weapons is primarily conducted by two camps: those who are in favor of arms deliveries and those who are against them. Both parties attempt to move the discourse in different directions by using the genre of the Open Letter. Open letters thus prove to be an attention-generating and discourse-promoting form of protest.

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ALT Preview of the Articles Abstract from the Collaborative Working Paper Series: Serhiy Potapenko: Ukrainian President Zelensky’s resistance discourse: Cognitive rhetorical analysis of the address to the UK Parliament. The application of cognitive rhetorical methodology combining conceptual structures with rhetorical canons and human needs associated with pathos reveals that President Zelensky’s speech achieves its persuasive appeal incorporating the concept of a fighting Ukraine into the British worldview; constructing the 13 days of war concept; referring to the Shakespearean “To be or not to be” prototypical question to emphasise Ukraine’s survival and to Churchill’s iconic wartime speech to underscore the two nations’ common destiny.

ALT Flyer der tagung „Die Diskursive Konstruktion von Wirklichkeit V" in Augsburg am 30. – 31. März 2023. Titel vor einem marmor-ähnlichen Hintergrund. Oranisiert von M. Blessunger, C. Flotyn, R. Keller und N. Löhring

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ALT Preview of the abstract for the paper “Visual framings of the war in Ukraine. Evoking emotions and mobilization” by Sybille Reinke de Buitrago. Abstract: “Conflicts and parties to them are typically also portrayed with the aid of visuals, which can be media photos, cartoons, or today also computer-crafted images, including deepfakes. While photos give an image of the reality on the ground, they present only a selection of it. Cartoons or deepfakes are expressly created to depict a certain understanding of an issue. In the Russian war against Ukraine, traditional and social media have flooded the public-political space with images of the war and its main conflict parties Russia and Ukraine. …”

ALT Red background. Title: Critically Linked. How Books of the Past Shape our Futures. A DiscourseNet Pocast with Dana S. Trif and Jaspal N. Singh. In the right lower corner a microphone with soundwaves.