The 2nd International Halliday Forum was organised by the Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications for Language Studies (HCLS) at City University of Hong Kong.
The conference was held on January 22nd 2024, from 15:00 - 20:00 (07:00 – 12:00 GMT; 08:00 - 13:00 CET) in LI5409.
Theme:
The theme of the Second International Halliday Forum on Journalistic Discourse is the examination and analysis of various aspects of media and journalistic discourse. The conference features presentations and discussions on topics such as the detection and computation of audience response, media representation and crisis management, semantic categories of metadiscursive nouns in media discourse, a taxonomy of discourse types, the application of social network theory to media discourse, and the differences in engagement strategies between British and Chinese media discourse. The event brought together scholars and researchers from various institutions to explore contemporary developments and issues in the field of journalistic and media discourse.
Speakers and Presentations:
Opening
Alex Fang
Dept of Linguistics and Translation, CityU
3:00 - 3:05 HKT; 07:00 - 07:05 GMT; 08:00 - 08:05 CET
Detection and Computation of Audience Response
Shengqing Liao
School of Journalism, Yunnan University
3:05 - 3:45 HKT; 07:05 - 07:45 GMT; 08:05 - 08:45 CET
Media Representation and Cricis Management
Christine Huang
Dept of Media and Communication, CityU
3:45 - 4:25 HKT; 07:45 - 08:25 GMT; 08:45 - 09:25 CET
Semantic Categories of Metadiscursive Nouns in Media Discourse
Min Dong
School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University
4:25 - 5:05 HKT; 08:25 - 09:05 GMT; 09:25 - 10:05 CET
A Taxonomy of Discourse Types
Harry Bunt
Centre for Cognition and Communication, Tilburg University
5:05 - 5:45 HKT; 09:05 - 09:45 GMT; 10:05 - 10:45 CET
Social Network Theory and its Application to Media Discourse
Tony McEnery
Dept of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
5:45 - 6:25 HKT; 09:45 - 10:25 GMT; 10:45 - 11:25 CET
Different Engagement Strategies in British and Chinese Media Discourse
Alex Fang
Dept of Linguistics and Translation, CityUHK
6:25 - 7:05 HKT; 10:25 - 11:05 GMT; 11:25 - 12:05 CET
Roundtable Discussion
7:05 - 8:00 HKT; 11:05 - 12:00 GMT; 12:05 - 13:00 CET
