Online Discourse of Vaccine Hesitancy: Discussions of COVID-19 Vaccination in Russian-language Social Media

Victoria Dudina [1], Viktoriia Saifulina [2] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12570508   See authors’ affiliations [1]  St Petersburg University, Department of Sociology, viktoria_dudina@mail.ru  See authors’ affiliations [2]  LLC „Disrapp”, vosayfulina@gmail.com Abstract Doubts about vaccination in spite of the availability of vaccines are called…

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Vaccine Discourse and Vaccine-Induced Sufferings: Discourse Analysis of the Promotion and Hesitation of Vaccination in Japan

Akihiko Sato[1] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12570433   See authors’ affiliations [1] Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Sociology, akihiko@kwansei.ac.jp Abstract The pandemic of the new coronavirus and the introduction of coronavirus vaccines prompted the production of vaccines and vaccine discourses around the world.…

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How the Media Agenda Contributes to Cultivating Symbolic Annihilation and Gender-Based Stigmatization Frames for Syrian Refugee Women

Yasmin Aldamen [1] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10291208   See authors’ affiliations [1] New Media and Communication Department, School of Communication, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul 34480, Turkey; yasmin.aldamen@ihu.edu.tr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-5235 Abstract The Syrian refugee crisis has been ongoing since 2011, with millions of people…

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The Center-Periphery Axis in Global Higher Education: Ranking & The Case of Eastern Europe

Mark D. Juszczak [1] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10291126   See authors’ affiliations [1] Prof. St Johns University, New York, USA, ORCID: 0000-0003-1594-1615, e-mail: juszczam@stjohns.edu Abstract The ‘top 100’ global university ranking systems are dominated by American and Western European universities. While there…

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Book review: “The Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies” by Sharlene Swartz, Adam Cooper, Laura Kropff Causa & Clarence Batan (eds), Oxford University Press, 2021

Seran Demiral [1] See authors’ affiliations [1] Assistant Professor at Istanbul Arel University, Department of Sociology. Lecturer at Boğaziçi University, Primary Education (Istanbul); The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Children’s Rights and Childhood Studies Master Program (Warsaw). Abstract Book review of “The…

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Love as a Social Value in Selected Modern English Poems: A Thematic and Discursive Study

Kahlid Sh. Sharhan[1], Mohammed Dh. O. Al-Tameemi[2], Malini N.G. Ganapathy [3] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10290917   See authors’ affiliations [1] Imam Al-Kadhum College /English Department/Iraq, ORCID ID 0000-0003-3947-5612, email: dr.khalidsharhan@alkadhum-col.edu.iq [2] Imam Al-Kadhum College /English Department/Iraq, 0000-0002-0151-253X ORCID ID email: mtameemi@alkadhum-col.edu.iq [3]…

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Investigating the Difficulties of Translating Arabic Slang Hashtags into English: A Pragmatics Study

Omar Ahmed Shihab [1] & Nazik Aziz Darweesh [2] DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10290793 See authors’ affiliations [1] Prof. Dr. Tikrit University, College of Arts, Translation Department, email: omarahmed@tu.edu.iq [2] Assistant Lecturer, Al-Diwaniyah Education Directorate, email: nazikzz77gmail.com Abstract This research, which deals with the…

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