We have a new blog post!

Here, @emma-putland.bsky.social, @fliss-slocombe.bsky.social, Hannah Thompson-Radford and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social explore how football, traumatic brain injury and dementia are represented in the British Press:

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Demonstrating how visual and linguistic choices affect dementia stigma is crucial. Our words and images shape perceptions. We need to promote mindful communication. #DementiaAwareness #EndStigma

We now have a Bluesky account for the Public Discourses of Dementia project! Check out what we're doing, and what we've been up to, below! 👇 #dementia #appliedlinguistics #discourse #corpuslinguistics

Also read our blog, which includes insights from guest authors on dementia communication related topics such as the 'doom loop', pain, generative AI, art therapy, hearing loss, risk factors and a conversation-starting play called ‘The World Turned Upside Down’...

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How can dementia stigma be reproduced and/or resisted through visual and linguistic choices?

We explore this question and more in our publications: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco... 📑📖

Hello!

At the Public Discourses of Dementia Project, we aim to identify and challenge stigma around #dementia by analysing how people and organisations communicate about the syndrome in public.

You can find out more on our website: wp.lancs.ac.uk/public-disco... and in this thread 😊