ZHAW Digital Discourse Lab

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Hey there!๐Ÿ‘‹ We're the Digital Discourse Lab at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland, passionate about analyzing how people #communicate in the #digitalworld.

Our solutions are designed to help researchers, businesses, politicians, and society gain valuable insights into #publicdiscourse in a targeted manner.

Check out our website:
https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/business-services/digital-discourse-lab/

Today, @jukras from ZHAW Digital Discourse Lab is presenting research on language usage, artificial intelligence, & architectural discourse at the "AI - Architectural Intelligence" conference, organized by Andri Gerber & Michael Mieskes from ZHAW Institute of Constructive Design.

Julia will showcase the significance of language analysis in understanding crucial architectural concepts, such as space and aesthetics, despite the visual nature of architecture.๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ’ก

See a sneak peek below!

๐Ÿ† Our #SwissAL-CHORD team won second place in the Open Research Data Poster Prize at the Data Science for the Sciences (DS4S) conference held on April 11-12, 2024, in Bern. ๐Ÿ†

Congratulations to all the winners and participants, and a huge thank you to the organizers of the DS4S conference, Swiss Data Science Center and Universitรคt Bern! #DS4S #DataScience
For #SwissALCHORD, we are implementing a dedicated browser-based analysis platform on Swiss-AL called the "workbench". This workbench will offer access to Swiss-AL and include analysis functions that are important for researchers in various applied fields, such as the social sciences, health sciences, law, and architecture.
To improve #reusability, the platform will allow researchers to access their data in a way that enables a wide range of linguistic analyses to be performed directly on it.
To simplify the analysis process for our users in the new Swiss-AL Workbench and enable them to easily access and use their results with other tools, we aim to enhance the Workbench's #interoperability as part of our project #SwissALCHORD. We will ensure that users can download their analysis results in standard file formats (e.g., CSV), and detailed metadata will be provided to describe them. This will make Swiss-AL more user-friendly.

In CHORD, our goal is to improve the #accessibility of Swiss-AL, especially for researchers from applied disciplines who are interested in language data. To achieve this, Swiss-AL requires query tools.

Depositing Swiss-AL in a repository alone isn't practical as it restricts the user base. A workbench will cater to the target audience's needs and include a range of analysis functions, documentation, and learning materials.
#SwissALCHORD

To improve the #findability of Swiss-AL, we aim to have Swiss-AL listed in repositories & databases researchers use to find research data. E.g., we are in exchange with SWISSUbase, specifically LaRS, a Swiss language data repository allowing us to describe data systematically. Additionally, we are working on making Swiss-AL findable in the European CLARIN community's search tools. This involves describing Swiss-AL according to existing metadata standards.

#SwissALCHORD

https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/swiss-al-linguistic-open-research-data-practices-for-applied-sciences/

Swiss-AL: Linguistic Open Research Data Practices for Applied Sciences | ZHAW Applied Linguistics

[Translate to english:] In diesem Projekt entwickelt ein interdisziplinรคres Team von Forscher:innen und Expert:innen im Bereich Forschungsdaten die Swiss-AL Korpusfamilie zur linguistischen Open Research Data-Plattform in der Schweiz weiter.

ZHAW Applied Linguistics
๐Ÿš€The Digital Discourse Lab is launching a new project:
Vaccine hesitancy is a major threat to global health. The way people talk about vaccines can influence individuals' decisions about getting vaccinated. To counter vaccine hesitancy, it is crucial to understand how the topic is discussed in politics, media, and public health and how laypeople position themselves in this regard.
Therefore, we have initiated a new project called "Monitoring Vaccination Discourse", funded by the @snsf_ch

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Happy reading!

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JCOM-01-2023-0002/full/html?utm_source=smc_email_onboarding&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apa_author_journals_access_2024-2-5

Dealing with risk in stakeholder dialog: identification of risk indicators in a public service media organization's conversation and discourse with citizens | Emerald Insight

Dealing with risk in stakeholder dialog: identification of risk indicators in a public service media organization's conversation and discourse with citizens - Author: Christian Schwรคgerl, Peter Stรผcheli-Herlach, Philipp Dreesen, Julia Krasselt

Prof. Dr. Philipp Dreesen asks: Is language data distinct from other types of data?

For more information on the #SwissALCHORD project, please visit
https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/swiss-al-linguistic-open-research-data-practices-for-applied-sciences/

Swiss-AL: Linguistic Open Research Data Practices for Applied Sciences | ZHAW Applied Linguistics

[Translate to english:] In diesem Projekt entwickelt ein interdisziplinรคres Team von Forscher:innen und Expert:innen im Bereich Forschungsdaten die Swiss-AL Korpusfamilie zur linguistischen Open Research Data-Plattform in der Schweiz weiter.

ZHAW Applied Linguistics

The Digital Discourse Lab asked Suzanna Marazza:

What are the foremost challenges in the complex interplay of language data, Open Research Data, and the corresponding legal frameworks?

For more information on the #SwissALCHORD project, please visit
https://www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/swiss-al-linguistic-open-research-data-practices-for-applied-sciences/

Swiss-AL: Linguistic Open Research Data Practices for Applied Sciences | ZHAW Applied Linguistics

[Translate to english:] In diesem Projekt entwickelt ein interdisziplinรคres Team von Forscher:innen und Expert:innen im Bereich Forschungsdaten die Swiss-AL Korpusfamilie zur linguistischen Open Research Data-Plattform in der Schweiz weiter.

ZHAW Applied Linguistics