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Laura Potter

Having just completed my research project on the conflation of mental illness and terrorism, I am fascinated by discourses on mental health including stigma across various facets of society.

In April 2017, I presented my dissertation, entitled ''Mentally ill' or 'terrorist': a discourse and ethnographic approach to the framing in British newspapers regarding the murderer of politician Jo Cox', at the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Great Britain (ULAB) at the University of Cambridge. I completed a four-part methodology, including interviews with tabloid and broadsheet journalists, regarding the discourses surrounding white terrorism and 'lone wolves'.
Supervisors: Jenny Cheshire

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Research paper thumbnail of Media discourse on mental illness: negative images, attitudes and audience reception

This essay explores the language of mental illness across three key themes in newspapers, online ... more This essay explores the language of mental illness across three key themes in newspapers, online media, television and film according to existing research.

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Research paper thumbnail of Donald Trump: How are pronouns used as a personalisation strategy to create individual and group identities?

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Research paper thumbnail of Media discourse on mental illness: negative images, attitudes and audience reception

This essay explores the language of mental illness across three key themes in newspapers, online ... more This essay explores the language of mental illness across three key themes in newspapers, online media, television and film according to existing research.

Research paper thumbnail of Research Methods in Linguistics: Questionnaires, judgement surveys, sociolinguistic interviews and corpus

Overview of common issues with different research methodologies with regards to validity, reliabi... more Overview of common issues with different research methodologies with regards to validity, reliability, sample size and research question.

Research paper thumbnail of Research Methods in Linguistics: Quantitative analysis of discursive marker 'so'

An investigation to see if there is a correlation between the function of 'so' and if it occurs a... more An investigation to see if there is a correlation between the function of 'so' and if it occurs as a sentence initial or not, based on a transcript.

Research paper thumbnail of Sex, Gender and Language: the dominance and difference models

Practical exploration of the dominance and difference models to a mixed-sex and same-sex interact... more Practical exploration of the dominance and difference models to a mixed-sex and same-sex interaction.

Research paper thumbnail of Donald Trump: How are pronouns used as a personalisation strategy to create individual and group identities?

An exploration of how pronouns were used during the 2016 presidential campaign using Critical Dis... more An exploration of how pronouns were used during the 2016 presidential campaign using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).

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