[Commlist] cfp: News Discourse and Translation Conference

  *News Discourse and Translation Conference*


      *University of Nottingham Ningbo China, June 20^th – 21^st , 2019*


      *CALL FOR PAPERS*

We are pleased to announce a conference under the theme “News Discourse 
and Translation” scheduled to take place on Thursday 20th and Friday 
21st June 2019 at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, hosted by 
the School of English.


        */News Discourse and Translation/*

In contexts of globalization (or de-globalization), news discourse plays 
an indispensable role by disseminating meaning that is manufactured, 
constructed, or negotiated by news workers over the course of 
presentation or representation.

With Industry 4.0 in place, featuring “smart things” on various fronts, 
the amount of data to be processed has increased exponentially. This new 
era characterized by highly interactive and customized news stories 
further enforces changes in the way news discourse to be perceived and 
consumed.

Furthermore, translation has facilitated the instantaneity of news flow 
around the world by simultaneously addressing members of different 
linguistic and cultural communities through the Internet or mobile apps. 
It will undoubtedly serve to intensify or reduce or mediate the 
opposition and interaction between the global and the local.

Against this backdrop, news dissemination manifested in news discourse 
calls for investigations from the academia from more perspectives with 
more interdisciplinary approaches.


        *Call for papers*

We invite contributions from researchers working within any theoretical 
or methodological or practical perspectives who are interested in the 
intersection between news media, discourse, language, translation, 
culture and communication to this conference. You may have 20-minute 
oral presentations that report original research related to the 
following themes of the conference which may include, but are not 
limited to:

  * Globalization or localization of news discourse
  * News discourse and interaction
  * Linguistic approaches to news language
  * Discourse analysis of news story
  * News discourse and context
  * News discourse and intercultural communication
  * News translation
  * News translation and technology
  * News translation and pedagogy

        *Keynote speakers*

**Dr. Chris Chi-Chiang Shei, Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, 
Swansea University, UK

  Dr. Stella Chia, Associate Professor in Media and Journalism, City 
University of Hong Kong

  Dr. Xiaoge Xu, Associate Professor in Media and Communication 
Studies, UNNC

  Dr. Wei Cheng, Professor in Media Translation Studies, Beijing 
International Studies University

  Dr. Pan Li, Professor in Media Translation Studies, Guangdong 
University of Foreign Studies


        *Submission of abstracts*

Anonymous abstracts not exceeding 300 words in length (excluding 
references) must be sent to (NewsDiscourse.Translation /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(NewsDiscourse.Translation /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)>. Names and 
affiliation of the author(s) should be included in the accompanying email.

Note: Selected works will be invited to submit the full paper for 
publication in an edited volume to be proposed to world leading 
publisher such as Routledge after the conference.

Deadline for abstract submission:      19 April 2019

Notification sent to applicants:           26 April 2019

Note: Selected works will be invited to submit the full paper for 
publication in an edited volume to be proposed to world leading 
publisher such as Routledge after the conference.



Please visit 
https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/english/research/news-discourse-and-translation-conference.aspx ; 
for details.

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