{"id":276,"date":"2024-10-15T20:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:31:24","slug":"corecon-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/corecon-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"CORECON Conference July 9-11, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-base-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-a25ec3f0ef6396688243de2c8d6d1466\" style=\"border-radius:15px\"><strong>Explore presentations delivered by CORECON members at the Conference.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-553d2286 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-831ab8ab-0529-45c3-a51b-466cc996b6bb\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Katarzyna-Molek-Kozakowska-Representing-expert-sources-and-voices-2.pdf\">Katarzyna Molek Kozakowska<br>&#8220;Representing expert sources and voices&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-78c41cd6-0ab1-4dc3-9dbe-fea93c987994\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ecaterina-Ilis-Framing-the-past-shaping-the-present-2.pdf\">Ecaterina Ilis <br>&#8220;Framing the past, shaping the present&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-243fc6d8-6b47-486f-a77b-7a0aa7034edb\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minodora-Salcudean-Systematic-literature-review-SLR-on-media-discourse-analysis-2.pdf\">Minodora S\u0103lcudean <br>&#8220;Systematic literature review (SLR) on media &amp; discourse analysis&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ac81e276-f868-4cc4-a5f5-4858fd4ae984\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jedrzej-Olejniczak-Representations-of-war-in-Ukraine-in-Polish-news-media-2.pdf\">J\u0119drzej Olejniczak <br>&#8220;Representations of war in Ukraine in Polish news media&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-45264740-8211-4405-a927-3fc82d421c19\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Przemyslaw-Wilk-Delegitimization-in-online-discourse-3.pdf\">Przemys\u0142aw Wilk <br>&#8220;(De)legitimization in online discourse&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2f15c307-9c35-42cf-bafa-e8f212190c14\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bogdan-Vatavu-When-war-lacks-violence-1.pdf\">Bogdan Vatavu <br>&#8220;When war lacks violence&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1e3fe9c4-aa8b-4347-bdb8-a1decfd0707b\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crina-Neacsu-Gendered-nations-gendered-war-2.pdf\">Crina Neacsu <br>&#8220;Gendered nations, gendered war&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-29dc4534-a6b1-463d-98e6-e6c55335b878\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marcin-Deutschmann-Reimaging-world-order-2.pdf\">Marcin Deutschmann <br>&#8220;Reimaging world order&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ad6aea9f-e714-455f-9e19-d7967b8507b9\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monica-Bors-Marginal-narratives-in-the-coverage-and-reception-of-the-Russian-Ukrainian-conflict-2.pdf\">Monica Bors <br>&#8220;Marginal narratives in the coverage and reception of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6d8caea8-996d-4a90-91f9-113276dc6010\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/David-Morariu-What-happened-to-the-special-military-operation-1.pdf\">David Morariu <br>&#8220;What happened to the &#8216;special&#8217; (military) operation&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f2c5aaf0-3aa1-4701-abb5-858051186819\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Denisa-Balc-Visual-News-Values-2.pdf\">Denisa Balc <br>&#8220;Visual News Values&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-960720bd-f7df-4d89-917a-201a8747b777\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Radu-Dragulescu-Discrusive-construction-of-socio-economic-issues-between-Romania-and-Ukraine-1.pdf\">Radu Dragulescu <br>&#8220;Discrusive construction of socio-economic issues between Romania and Ukraine&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7d03ff29-9ea4-4ed3-b993-0388c51525ed\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Corina-Selejan-A-multimedia-analysis-of-user-generated-videos-of-war-tourists-in-Ukraine.pdf\">Corina Selejan <br>&#8220;A multimedia analysis of user-generated videos of war tourists in Ukraine&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-811ccf08-af9f-4863-b47d-acf79f003ced\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rafal-Matusiak-Comparative-analysis-of-international-legal-terminology-in-Polish-media-discourse-2.pdf\">Rafa\u0142 Matusiak <br>&#8220;Comparative analysis of international legal terminology in Polish media discourse&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-94f4cb60-9687-4b73-b0b6-c2b58d5082f9\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robert-Radziej-Wartime-markets-media-frames-2.pdf\">Robert Radziej <br>&#8220;Wartime markets, media frames&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-container-content-2155ee95 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-28c0f94b-4ba1-4e24-b767-24a0748efacf\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prezentare_Sporis_Dragomir-1-1.pdf\">Valerica Sporis, Isabela Dragomir <br>&#8220;Framing the threat: Discursive strategies in the Romanian media covering the Russian-Ukrainian conflict&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-99d191ce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-large-font-size\"><strong>Find the conference programme below<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file has-base-2-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conference-programme-10.07-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of CORECON conference programme, July 9-11 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c92a1efb-b648-4349-9f09-edf822207643\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conference-programme-10.07-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CORECON conference programme, July 9-11 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Conference-programme-10.07-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c92a1efb-b648-4349-9f09-edf822207643\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center 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abstracts, CORECON international conference, Sibiu, July, 9-11 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c92a1efb-b648-4349-9f09-edf822207643\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Book-of-Abstracts_Sibiu_Conference_CORECON-1.pdf-2-1.pdf\">Book of abstracts, CORECON international conference, Sibiu, July, 9-11 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Book-of-Abstracts_Sibiu_Conference_CORECON-1.pdf-2-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c92a1efb-b648-4349-9f09-edf822207643\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ed0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Rationale<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Often referred to as the \u201cSecond Cold War\u201d or even the \u201cThird World War,\u201d the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is undoubtedly not only one of the major events of our time, but one that looks set to profoundly influence history for decades to come. Yet, the military and economic conflict is only the flip side of an ideological and informational conflict that has already polarized the entire planet. How to detect the truth beyond the propagandas and identify the rhetorical strategies by which the producers of various discourses try to manipulate others? In an era of \u201cpost-truth\u201d, when AI tends to substitute or even create reality, such a question acquires a new relevance and high urgency that calls for interdisciplinary and collaborative research. However, in order to answer it, the most suitable investigation should start not from the belligerent camps (where propagandas reign), but from the analysis of the variety of mediated discourses promoted by third parties. Of course, \u201cobjectivity\u201d in the traditional sense of the term is a mere illusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ed0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Questions<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How does the geopolitical position of a society or a state compare to the ways the Russian-Ukrainian war is reflected in the media?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the dominant meanings and implicit ideologies in discourses about the war in various countries?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do mediated accounts of war become embedded in cultural narratives, historical memory and social processes?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the role of media technologies in shaping the imaginaries of war and conflict?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can critical media research on war discourse translate into journalistic practices of war coverage?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And offer a methodological reflection on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are the most useful tools of linguistic analysis to understand the complexity of the mediations of Russian-Ukrainian war?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can quantitative and\/or computational investigations tell us about Russian-Ukrainian war discourses?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can the critical and interdisciplinary approaches be synergized to explore various representations of war?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to ensure the ethics and integrity of researching war and conflicts?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ed0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Fields of study<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linguistics;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media\/journalism studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>War studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sociology;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychology;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literary and cultural studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postcommunist studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Area studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interdisciplinary approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide is-style-default\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ed0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Abstract sumbission<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please submit an abstract (200-300 words) along with a brief bio (100 words) to <a href=\"mailto:grant.corecon@ulbsibiu.ro\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ed0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">grant.corecon@ulbsibiu.ro<\/mark><\/a>. Proposals should include the title of the paper, the main arguments, alongside the methodologies employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide is-style-default has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-75313cd02c0df549ce175cfbafd2888e\"><strong>Keynote speakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/alincoman032922_0017.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/alincoman032922_0017.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/alincoman032922_0017-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Alin Coman<\/strong>, Ph.D., &#8211; Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NARRATIVES THAT SHAPE WORLDS: FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE&nbsp;<\/strong><br>People attempt to make sense of the ambiguity and uncertainty of the world around them by imposing meaning. It is a universal feature of the human mind. One way for a person to create meaning is by telling stories that attempt to make sense of their past, present, and future in coherent ways. Nations do the same. They \u201ctell\u201d stories that attempt to make sense of a shared collective past and, potentially, indicate a trajectory for the future. These stories serve adaptive purposes, helping members of large communities to coordinate and cooperate. Americans tell stories about the \u201cshining city on a hill,\u201d Russians about their \u201ctriumph over alien forces,\u201d and Romanians about their historical importance as a \u201cgate to Christianity.\u201d In this talk, I will argue that the human mind\u2019s capacity to search for meaning, paired with the ability to synchronize these cognitive products (i.e., meanings) across large groups of individuals, makes human communities particularly susceptible to political entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs build on these narrative templates to both provide meaning and synchronize their supporters\u2019 mental representations. To anchor this argument, I will present empirical studies that explore the interaction among cognitive, social, and ecological factors involved in the formation, maintenance, and activation of narratives across human groups, with implications for contemporary conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait_Valentyna_Ushchyna_0009-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait_Valentyna_Ushchyna_0009-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait_Valentyna_Ushchyna_0009-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait_Valentyna_Ushchyna_0009-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait_Valentyna_Ushchyna_0009-2-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/portrait_Valentyna_Ushchyna_0009-2.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Valentyna Ushchyna <\/strong>&#8211; Professor of the English Philology at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University of Lutsk<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><br><strong>FROM CONFLICT OF DISCOURSE TO MILITARY CONFLICT: MEDIA CONSTRUCTION OF WORLDVIEW NARRATIVES&nbsp;<\/strong><br>This talk will attempt to grasp the discursive nature of Russo-Ukrainian war. The critical discourse analysis of the conflictual ways of the Russian and Ukrainian identities construction in discourse and by discourse can shed light onto the covert reasons of the unprovoked military aggression Russia has been executing against Ukraine. The argument is based on the idea that identity is a manifold composite of stances taken by individual as well as collective speakers in various situations of communication. Having an epistemic and affective dimension, stances are inherently interactive, and, thus, have collective or social nature. Generally speaking, conflictual stances, built in war discourse, express national, political, or sociological worldviews of the stance-takers, reflecting their ideologies, values, and beliefs. The way people see the conflict and thus construct their corresponding stances, &nbsp;differs according to what &#8220;frames&#8221; they choose to see it through. The frames circumscribing Ukrainian and Russian conflictual identities, as they are built in Ukrainian and Russian media discourse, can be grasped through language used to represent the conflict. As there are diverse semiotic systems to create, transmit and understand meanings (e.g., verbal and non-verbal, written and oral, visual and audial), various modalities employed in the process of discursive construction of these identities should be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-769x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-769x1024.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-1154x1536.jpeg 1154w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-1538x2048.jpeg 1538w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinu-scaled.jpeg 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Major-general Constantin Sp\u00eenu,<\/strong> PhD., -A&nbsp;military advisor for the Minister of National Defense and Director for Romanian MoD Strategic Communications.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><br><strong>HOSTILE COMMUNICATION ACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE PUBLIC SPACE OF ROMANIA. OPTIONS OF COUNTERACTION.&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The presentation covers the topic of disinformation, a phenomenon that affects today&#8217;s society. By reviving the existential clash with the evil, decadent and decaying West, Russia has resumed the old Soviet style active measures, with well-funded influence campaigns, using the new instruments offered by the internet-based technology. The disinformation operations currently employed by the Russian active measure opparatus are eroding the very foundation of the open societies of the Euro-Atlantic space. The findings that will be presented demonstrate that , even though based on previous historical experiences, the Romanian society regards itself as anti-Russian, the Kremlin\u2019s concocted strategic divisive narratives have penetrated large segments from the targeted public opinion. In addition to highlighting the key indicators that measure the positioning of public opinion towards Romania&#8217;s support to Ukraine in defending against Russian invasion through various measures in the 2022-2024 period, this lecture provides new data, extracted from a public opinion poll, administered by the operators of a professional sociological research institution &#8211; the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES). The survey demonstrates which specific segments of the Romanian public are vulnerable to disinformation, and which topics are of great interest for the public debate, related to the war of aggression in Ukraine and its consequences for the Western space in general and Romania in particular. The topics that tend to polarize the society can exacerbate the fears, frustrations and anxieties associated with the danger and uncertainty generated by the military conflict taking place across the border. This situation has consequences in the economic domain (with fears of a fall in living standards in the future as a consequence of the deterioration of the economic environment as a result of the war), social domain (pressure exerted by the reception of Ukrainian refugees), and also the security and defense, where fears are being cultivated about Romania&#8217;s possible involvement in the war on the Ukrainian side or the fear of possible direct Russian attacks on Romanian territory in response to the position adopted in favor of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b45a5eed6ac7a242e18d5d39167eca3\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">Important information<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fees: <\/strong>There is no conference fee and meals are provided onsite. Participants are obliged to arrange their own accommodation and travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Form of participation: <\/strong> Participants are welcome to join the conference either <strong>onsite or online<\/strong>. Detailed instructions on how to join the online sessions will be provided closer to the event date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post-conference publishing opportunities: <\/strong>Selected conference papers will be offered a publication option in a dedicated volume within Springer\u2019s &#8220;The Language of Politics&#8221; book series, following review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tekst-akapitu.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" style=\"width:876px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tekst-akapitu.png 2000w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tekst-akapitu-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tekst-akapitu-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tekst-akapitu-768x154.png 768w, https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tekst-akapitu-1536x307.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c7a42c40 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-39412042 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>You can download the call in PDF format here<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file has-base-2-background-color has-background\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/CfP-CORECON-conference-9-11.071-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px\" aria-label=\"Embed of CfP-CORECON-conference-9-11.071-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c92a1efb-b648-4349-9f09-edf822207643\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/CfP-CORECON-conference-9-11.071-1.pdf\">CfP-CORECON-conference-9-11.071-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.ulbsibiu.ro\/corecon\/wp-content\/uploads\/CfP-CORECON-conference-9-11.071-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c92a1efb-b648-4349-9f09-edf822207643\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore presentations delivered by CORECON members at the Conference. 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