Ruth Page
@ruthtweetpage
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things I like to talk about (not just on Twitter): social media, storytelling, sociolinguistics, e-learning, cake, family, friends, Jesus.
Joined March 2009
Award-winning #author, Professor Paul Crawford tells us about his latest novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent, which explores mental health and the battle to trust others.
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Award-winning author, Professor Paul Crawford tells us about his latest novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent, which explores mental health and the battle to trust others.
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I'm delighted to share details of a new post advertised for the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham: https://t.co/EIkeMJtVgp
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The post holder will contribute high quality teaching to our suite of successful programmes which includes the BA in Digital Media and Communications launched on the University’s Edgbaston campus in...
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The BBC have exposed influencers selling fake cures for PCOS. Our research found similar risks in some supplement-based solutions for mental health. Is help sometimes harmful?
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“Strategies of Blaming on Social Media: An Experimental Study of Linguistic Framing and Retweetability” now published in Volume 51, Issue 5 of Communication Research w/ @MatteoFuoli @ruthtweetpage
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This article introduces an original theoretical model for understanding how the linguistic framing of political protest messages influences how blame spreads in...
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A few articles of the special issue on "Discourses of Political #Blame Games" edited by @Sten_Hansson & @ruthtweetpage have been recently published. Find about them in the 🧵⬇️ #DCM_Journal #MediatedDiscourse #blamegame Red them ▶️🔗 https://t.co/8uaii6ZUVk
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Please share the details of new posts advertised at the University of Birmingham! Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications (specialising in VR/Video Game) (Research and Education) at University of Birmingham
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New article out now w/ @ruthtweetpage in @dcmjournal on how commanding and thanking in government social media communication elicit blame https://t.co/wQSP5qrqQ4
#corpuslinguistics #covid19 #blamegame #blameavoidance #polcomm
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Come join our vibrant team of linguists @LivUniEnglish. We're looking for someone with research expertise in any of the following: discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, stylistics or forensic linguistics https://t.co/jON85fl6OV
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However, there's an intriguing twist! Our study uncovers a "retweetability paradox": contrary to earlier studies and conventional wisdom, messages perceived as more critical are NOT more likely to be reposted, but the opposite is true.
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Here's a lay summary of the study: https://t.co/bDTGQSIh7n
@Eng_Lang_UoB
birmingham.ac.uk
Academics are investigating how people respond to controversial government policies communicated through social media.
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Our theory suggests that the way we express why someone (e.g. a politician) is at fault and whether we're criticizing their character, behavior or the outcomes of their actions influences how strongly other people perceive the criticism and whether they're likely to repost it.
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Out now: experimental study on blaming in political protest discourse with @Sten_Hansson and @ruthtweetpage. We develop and test a model of how the linguistic framing of political protest posts influences the spread of blame on social media.
journals.sagepub.com
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‘People with mental health problems are weak’. No we are not. People with mental health problems are some of the most resilient & strongest people you’ll ever meet. The amount of strength that is required to deal with the symptoms & the stigma is enormous.
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DiLCo, the @unihh-based research network on “Digital Language Variation in Context”, is delighted to present an online lecture by Camilla Vasquez (USF): "The big ask: Requesting consumer feedback" 23 November 2023, 4 PM CEST (UTC+1) Registration: https://t.co/nbC4HmdGMs
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Can social media be a force for good? The Curiosity Vault, our podcast series promoting women in research, continues this week, with @DrSophieKH and @ruthtweetpage scrolling through the issues. https://t.co/HuUoQip3AH
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We are looking to appoint a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, to work on the ESRC funded project: Influencer Stories of Mental Health and Young People. For more details, please see:
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Very pleased to let you know about a new research project: Influencer Stories of Mental Health and Young People https://t.co/IIwlqeMuON via @unibirmingham
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An ESRC-funded project will explore how stories told by social media influencers can impact young people as they gain awareness of challenges in mental health.
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Delighted to join my colleague @JeannetteL16 with others on the 2023 list of the top 2% most cited linguists😀Thanks to @AdamCSchembri for sharing this with us!
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We are delighted to be back and able to share details of upcoming coming events within our seminar series. The first date for your diary is a ‘two-for-one’ Lecture and Workshop on Tiktok Research with @ruthtweetpage co-hosted with the New Methods for New Media network 😎
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