CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue of the Journal of Linguistics

Rather than treating disinformation as a straightforward cause of social problems, we approach it as a symptom of deeper shifts in social relationships and public communication. What are looking for?

  • Research on communicative and pragmatic aspects of disinformation
  • Linguistic analysis of disinformation texts
  • Discourse-analytical and critical approaches to disinformation
  • Corpus-based research on disinformation texts
  • Research on unwarranted beliefs and conspiracy theories
  • Research on strategic communication and communicative responses to disinformation.

We welcome contributions, written in English from a wide range of disciplines, e. g. linguistics, semiotics, sociology, philosophy, law, psychology etc. Submission deadline is 31 March, 2027.

More information is available here.