OSSO/DDI online lecture series starting on 23 Oct 2026

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The research group Online Selves-Self Online and the AFinLa research network Digital Discourse and Interaction cordially invite you to the 2026/2027 season of free online lectures. You can find the program below. The direct link to join the Zoom room is https://tinyurl.com/talksddi. Feel free to forward the invitation to any interested colleagues or students.

October 23 | 15-16 EET
Ursula Lutzky (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
“Thanks for the useless answer”. Exploring Customer Service Interactions on Twitter

November 26 | 15-16 EET
Ursula Kania (University of Liverpool)
“Everything ‘exotic’ is someone else’s ‘normal’” – a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of culinary belonging and othering on Reddit

April 22 | 11-12 EEST
Carolin Schneider Ward (Monash University)
“I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy” Negotiating burden, authenticity and stigma in Tourette’s influencer discourse

May tba | 15-16 EEST
Loukia Lindholm (Åbo Akademi)
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Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/talksddi

QR code for the Zoom session

For additional information contact daria.dayter@tuni.fi