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Niamh A. O'Dowd

@niamhaod.bsky.social

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Linguist/metaphor researcher at Uni of Oslo | my research focuses on metaphor, creativity, and environmental communication

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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Jan 6

Excited to share a new open access article on #metaphor framing in awareness campaigns about plastic pollution 😀 This one was over 2 years in peer review and wow! I learnt so much along the way. Findings indicate framing effects of #multimodal campaign discourse: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Framing Effects of Metaphor and Metonymy in Multimodal Campaigns About Plastic Pollution: A Solutions-Oriented and Emotion-Oriented Study

The use of metaphor and metonymy in social awareness campaigns has been shown as an effective strategy to evoke emotional reactions in the audience and influence behavior change. Using authentic ca...

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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · 22d

In one year, I've submitted, defended, and graduated from my PhD🎓all whilst going through a debilitating chronic injury👩‍🦽🩼Despite not having mobility right now, I'm so grateful for all the amazing things that have happened this year. Spot the cheeky crutch in the pic 👀 📸UiO/Jarli&Jordan #unioslo

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Anaïs Augé @anaisauge.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚩New publication in #Multimodality&Society

Together with Ulrike Hahn & Robert Butler, we reflect on the role of #comics to communicate about #climate science

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thank you Chris!

Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks Lettie! 🤗

Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks Anaïs!🥳

Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks Lorraine! ✨

Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Apr 4

Delighted to announce that last Friday I successfully defended my PhD 🎉🥂👯‍♀️ I was incredibly privileged to be examined by @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social, Thomas Wiben Jensen, & Iina Hellsten 🥳 & to be surrounded by my family and friends 💖 now for some time to process & rest 💆🏻‍♀️ #PhDone @uio.no

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Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · Mar 20

🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.

🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2025

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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Feb 20

Love this new ad with Ambika Mod, reinterpreting the "our planet is burning and our banks are fuelling the fire" metaphorical narrative. Tough emotive strategy from the banks, but probably persuasive enough?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gA...

Beep starring Ambika Mod

YouTube video by Make My Money Matter

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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · Feb 14

This week's post explores an interesting #metaphor phenomenon that I observed when studying floods and wildfires - what I call 'reciprocal metaphorical mapping' blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...

Floods and fires: Reciprocal metaphorical mappings in crisis response - Making Science Public

Psychologists, sociologists, linguists and many others have studied how people respond to extreme weather events, such as floods or wildfires. Some linguists have been interested in particular in analysing the use and impact of metaphors. When we studied the 2021 German floods, Rusi Jaspal and I found that floods were either metaphorically framed as human, ...

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Charlotte Taylor @proftaylor.bsky.social · Feb 5

📢 CfP: Migration in an evolving global landscape: exploring agency, resistance and precarity over time

University of Sussex, May 14

Submissions are invited from PhD students across South-East England in the Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and beyond

docs.google.com/forms/d/1aKE...

Call for Papers: Migration PGR Conference - 2025

Migration in an evolving global landscape: exploring agency, resistance and precarity over time What: A one-day conference organised by and for PhD researchers interested in migration. When: Wedne...

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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · Jan 22

I think my new book Language, Image, Gesture: The Cognitive Semiotics of Politics might (finally!) have been published. Currently only in digital format with print copies available from Feb. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

Language, Image, Gesture

Cambridge Core - Cognitive Linguistics - Language, Image, Gesture

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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Jan 6

The Framing Effects of Metaphor and Metonymy in Multimodal Campaigns About Plastic Pollution: A Solutions-Oriented and Emotion-Oriented Study

www.tandfonline.com

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · Dec 10

Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!

Bissie Anderson 🇺🇦🌻 @bissieanderson.bsky.social · Dec 10

Come join our ace team at @lcuob.bsky.social

We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications:

⏩ Language and New Media specialism:
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⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism:
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Niamh A. O'Dowd @niamhaod.bsky.social · Dec 7

Fully funded PhD positions linked to Figurative Communication are now open at the Univeristy of Oslo🎉 Also calls for corpus linguistics and language variation projects. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069) | University of Oslo

Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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