Research activities School of Applied Linguistics
The latest publications and projects from the School of Applied Linguistics.
Publications
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Wyss, Vinzenz; Schäfer, Louis; Saner, Mirco; Keel, Guido,
2024.
«Missbräuchliche» Gerichtsklagen gegen Schweizer Medienschaffende.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30121
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Liste Lamas, Elsa; Konstantinidou, Liana,
2024.
In:
VALS-ASLA Konferenz, Bern, Schweiz, 12.-13. Februar 2024.
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Nufer, Pascal, ed.,
2024.
Vereint die Künstliche Intelligenz die Schweizer Medienbranche?.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/vereint-die-k%C3%BCnstliche-intelligenz-die-schweizer-medienbranche/id1633418115?i=1000642775260
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Rall, Hannes; Weber, Wibke; Harper, Emma,
2024.
Con A de animación.
(18), pp. 108-133.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.4995/caa.2024.20603
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Meier, Klaus; Grassl, Michael; Garcia-Avilés, José Alberto; Mondejar, Dámaso; Kaltenbrunner, Andy; Lugschitz, Renée; Porlezza, Colin; Mazzoni, Petra; Wyss, Vinzenz; Saner, Mirco,
2024.
Media and Communication.
12(7443).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.7443
Projects
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Affective Responses to AI in Language Work
In an era of globalisation, digitalisation, and the increasing use of AI (Artificial Intelligence), it is the aim of this joint multi-site project to ethnographically assess the lived experiences and affective effects of this technological transformation on multilingual language work in multinational institutions in ...
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AMIT
Language barriers in healthcare can lead to lower patient satisfaction, longer consultation durations and even lower access to medical services. To overcome these barriers and ensure proper treatment for allophone patients, healthcare professionals rely on interpreting services that are delivered in-person, via ...
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Monitoring Vaccination Discourse
The WHO identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten major threats to global health. It can be assumed that the public discourse has a significant influence on the individual vaccine decision. Thus, to understand and counter vaccine hesitancy, it is crucial to understand how media reports on vaccination, how the ...
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Strengthening ORD competences in the Applied Sciences: Open Educational Resources for Swiss-AL
Recent developments of platforms for Open Research Data (ORD) have led to a high demand for training materials that enable researchers to successfully use FAIR data. That is particularly true for platforms offering access to large collections of language data and the application of data-driven and distant-reading ...
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Bridging the gap: Dialogues between scientists and the public, policymakers, and journalists about lost past pandemic experiences
Since COVID-19, interest in past pandemics has been greater than ever because lessons from history can contribute to a better understanding of the present. However, COVID-19 has revealed a flagrant memory gap about pandemics: Switzerland has lost its “collective memory” of 20th century epidemics. The experiences of ...