Jurate Ruzaite Author & Editor

Innocent Chiluwa is Professor in Applied Linguistics and Media/Communication studies. He is a visiting professor at the Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and also at the Institute for Language Education, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. His research interests include discourse studies, language and intercultural studies, social movement studies, online activism and protest, media and conflict, social media and society, disinformation and hate speech, and media linguistics. He is the editor of Discourse, Media & Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and Discourse and Conflict (Palgrave, 2021).

Jūratė Ruzaitė is Professor at the Department of Foreign Language, Literary and Translation Studies at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, language and ideology, hate speech, and disinformation. She has coordinated and participated in (inter)national research projects and published extensively on politeness, offensive language, and argumentative strategies. She served as Associate Editor of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Journal (2018–2024), and is a board member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, and a scientific expert at the Lithuanian Research Council.