PODDS 2023

2nd Edition

Polarization and Digital Discourses online seminar series

November 2023 – May 2024

100% online via Google Meet

The research project “Polarization and Digital Discourses: Critical and Socio-Cognitive Perspectives” (PODDS) from University Autónoma of Madrid is organizing its second online seminar series, to be held between November 2023 and May 2024 in Google Meet.

This edition will consist of five talks by experts in the field of Discourse Studies. The presentations will focus on various case studies of polarized digital discourses (see Programme and Book of Abstracts).

Polarization is a socio-cognitive phenomenon that is being investigated around the globe by a wide range of disciplines. This seminar aims to show this heterogeneity and interdisciplinarity by promoting the discussion of the diverse methods and approaches applied to its study. More specifically, focusing on the important role that the Internet plays in our everyday lives nowadays, the series addresses the latest research on polarization in digital discourses from a hybrid critical perspective, inviting our speakers to present their newest methods, frameworks, and results.

Our keynote speakers are:

• Augusto Soares da Silva (Catholic University of Portugal, Braga)
• Veronika Koller (Lancaster University)
• Eleonora Esposito (Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra)
• Andreas Musolff (University of East Anglia)
• Laura Filardo-Llamas (University of Valladolid)

All talks will be held on Monday mornings and have an approximate duration of 50 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&As.

You may contact us at podds23@uam.es or find us on Twitter @DiscursosEyP