Dr Tereza Spilioti
Reader
School of English, Communication and Philosophy
- SpiliotiT1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76041
- John Percival Building, Room 3.32, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am Reader in Language and Communication, with specialization in Language and Media, in the Centre for Language and Communication Research which is part of the School of English, Communication and Philosophy. My research interests and publications focus on the areas of language and new media, research ethics, and media sociolinguistics. My research draws on theories and methodologies related to interactional sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography, and I have developed a growing interest in professional discourse and healthcare interaction.
Publication
2023
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2023. “The EU gave us a new beginning”: Liquid racism and affect in a curated migrant story. In: Archakis, A., Karachaliou, R. and Tsakona, V. eds. Tracing Racism in Anti-Racism: Critical Approaches to the European Public Discourse on the Migrant and Refugee Crisis. Amsterdam: John Benjamns
2022
- Spilioti, T. 2022. Key ethical challenges for digital discourse analysis. [Video]. SAGE Publications. Available at: https://methods.sagepub.com/video/key-ethical-challenges-for-digital-discourse-analysis
- Spilioti, T. and Tagg, C. 2022. Research ethics. In: Vasquez, C. ed. Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis. Bloomsbury, pp. 91-113.
2021
- Ylanne, V., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Bartlett, T. 2021. Managing information, interaction and team building in nurse shift-change handovers: a case study. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 16(1), pp. 51-75.
- O'Hagan, L. and Spilioti, T. 2021. The Edwardian selfies: a transhistorical approach to celebrity culture and pictorial bookplates. Discourse, Context and Media 43, article number: 100522. (10.1016/j.dcm.2021.100522)
- Lloyd, H., Bartlett, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Ylanne, V. 2021. Opening up space for compassion in nurses' handover meetings. Communication and Medicine 16(3), pp. 224-237. (10.1558/cam.38920)
- Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2021. Translation and trans-scripting: Languaging practices in the city of Aθens. In: Lee, T. K. ed. The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City. Routledge, pp. 278-293.
2020
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2020. The shared story of #JeSuisAylan on Twitter. Pragmatics 30(2), pp. 277-302. (10.1075/prag.18057.gia)
- Spilioti, T. 2020. The weirding of English, trans-scripting and humour in digital communication. World Englishes 39(1), pp. 106-118. (10.1111/weng.12450)
- Bartlett, T., Ylanne, V., Spilioti, T. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2020. Nursing handovers as unbounded and scalar events. Applied Linguistics Review 12(3), pp. 401-418. (10.1515/applirev-2019-0135)
2019
- Spilioti, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Bartlett, T. and Ylanne, V. 2019. Conceptualizing language awareness in healthcare communication: The case of nurse shift-change handover meetings. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 207-226. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636803)
- Spilioti, T. 2019. From transliteration to trans-scripting: Creativity and multilingual writing on the internet. Discourse, Context and Media 29, article number: 100294. (10.1016/j.dcm.2019.03.001)
- Spilioti, T. 2019. Smoothies, pizzas and sponge cakes: Food metaphors in Brexit news explainers. In: Burger, M. ed. Se mettre en scene en ligne: La communication digitale, vol. 2. Lausanne: Universite de Lausanne, UNIL, pp. 43-57.
- Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2019. I’m an Aθenian too: trans-scripting practices in the urban linguistic landscape of Athens [in Greek]. Presented at: International Conference on Greek Linguistics, University of Patras, 5-8 September 2019Proceedings of the ICGL14. Patras: University of Patras pp. 1197-1207., (10.26220/icgl.v1i1.3753)
2018
- Spilioti, T. 2018. The language of social media. In: Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies London and New York: Routledge, pp. 310-323.
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2018. Mediatizing death and suffering: rescripting visual stories of the refugee crisis as distant witnessing and mourning. In: Burger, M., Thornborrow, J. and Fitzgerald, R. eds. Discours des réseaux sociaux: enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques. De Boeck, pp. 65-92.
- Spilioti, T. 2018. “Imagine this kebab is the Greek national economy”: Metaphor scenarios in mediatized explanations of economic news. Language@Internet 16, article number: 2.
2017
- Spilioti, T. 2017. Media convergence and publicness: towards a modular and iterative approach to online research ethics. Applied Linguistics Review 8(2-3), pp. 191-212. (10.1515/applirev-2016-1035)
- Spilioti, T. and Tagg, C. 2017. The ethics of online research methods in applied linguistics: challenges, opportunities, and directions in ethical decision-making. Applied Linguistics Review 8(2-3), pp. 163-168. (10.1515/applirev-2016-1033)
- Spilioti, T. 2017. Radio talk, pranks, and multilingualism: styling Greek identities at a time of crisis. In: Mortensen, J., Coupland, N. and Thogersen, J. eds. Style, Mediation, and Change: Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Talking Media. Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 51-76.
2016
- Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2016. Scaling the field of intercultural communication: reflections on trajectories of culture. In: Singh, J. N., Kantara, A. and Cserzo, D. eds. Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, pp. 366-373.
2015
- Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. 2015. Introduction. In: Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London and New York: Routledge.: Routledge, pp. 1-16.
- Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. 2015. The Routledge handbook of language and digital communication. London and New York: Routledge: Routledge.
- Spilioti, T. 2015. Digital discourses: A critical perspective. In: Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London and New York: Routledge: Routledge, pp. 133-145.
- Spilioti, T. 2015. Social media discourse. In: Tracy, K., Ilie, C. and Sandel, T. eds. The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 1365-1374.
2014
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2014. Book review: Christian R Hoffman (ed.), narrative revisited: telling a story in the age of new media. Discourse & Communication 8(3), pp. 318-320. (10.1177/1750481314538132)
- Spilioti, T. 2014. On the mobile again! opening sequences in Greek text-messaging. In: Christodoulidou, M. ed. Analysing Greek Talk-in-Interaction. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 240-261.
- Spilioti, T. 2014. Greek-alphabet English: vernacular transliterations of English in social media. Presented at: 46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-7 September 2013 Presented at O’Rourke, B., Bermingham, N. and Brennan, S. eds.Opening New Lines of Communication in Applied Linguistics. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics,. London: Scitsiugnil Press pp. 435-446.
2011
- Spilioti, T. 2011. Beyond genre: closings and relational work in text-messaging. In: Thurlow, C. and Mroczek, K. eds. Digital Discourse: Language in the New Media. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 67-85.
2009
- Spilioti, T. 2009. Graphemic representation of text-messaging: alphabet-choice and code-switches in Greek SMS. Pragmatics 19(3), pp. 393-412.
- Spilioti, T. 2009. Text messages (SMS): language attitudes and ideological representations in the Greek press. Zitimata Epikinonias (Communication Issues) 3(9), pp. 62-74.
Articles
- Ylanne, V., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Bartlett, T. 2021. Managing information, interaction and team building in nurse shift-change handovers: a case study. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 16(1), pp. 51-75.
- O'Hagan, L. and Spilioti, T. 2021. The Edwardian selfies: a transhistorical approach to celebrity culture and pictorial bookplates. Discourse, Context and Media 43, article number: 100522. (10.1016/j.dcm.2021.100522)
- Lloyd, H., Bartlett, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Ylanne, V. 2021. Opening up space for compassion in nurses' handover meetings. Communication and Medicine 16(3), pp. 224-237. (10.1558/cam.38920)
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2020. The shared story of #JeSuisAylan on Twitter. Pragmatics 30(2), pp. 277-302. (10.1075/prag.18057.gia)
- Spilioti, T. 2020. The weirding of English, trans-scripting and humour in digital communication. World Englishes 39(1), pp. 106-118. (10.1111/weng.12450)
- Bartlett, T., Ylanne, V., Spilioti, T. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2020. Nursing handovers as unbounded and scalar events. Applied Linguistics Review 12(3), pp. 401-418. (10.1515/applirev-2019-0135)
- Spilioti, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Bartlett, T. and Ylanne, V. 2019. Conceptualizing language awareness in healthcare communication: The case of nurse shift-change handover meetings. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 207-226. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636803)
- Spilioti, T. 2019. From transliteration to trans-scripting: Creativity and multilingual writing on the internet. Discourse, Context and Media 29, article number: 100294. (10.1016/j.dcm.2019.03.001)
- Spilioti, T. 2018. “Imagine this kebab is the Greek national economy”: Metaphor scenarios in mediatized explanations of economic news. Language@Internet 16, article number: 2.
- Spilioti, T. 2017. Media convergence and publicness: towards a modular and iterative approach to online research ethics. Applied Linguistics Review 8(2-3), pp. 191-212. (10.1515/applirev-2016-1035)
- Spilioti, T. and Tagg, C. 2017. The ethics of online research methods in applied linguistics: challenges, opportunities, and directions in ethical decision-making. Applied Linguistics Review 8(2-3), pp. 163-168. (10.1515/applirev-2016-1033)
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2014. Book review: Christian R Hoffman (ed.), narrative revisited: telling a story in the age of new media. Discourse & Communication 8(3), pp. 318-320. (10.1177/1750481314538132)
- Spilioti, T. 2009. Graphemic representation of text-messaging: alphabet-choice and code-switches in Greek SMS. Pragmatics 19(3), pp. 393-412.
- Spilioti, T. 2009. Text messages (SMS): language attitudes and ideological representations in the Greek press. Zitimata Epikinonias (Communication Issues) 3(9), pp. 62-74.
Book sections
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2023. “The EU gave us a new beginning”: Liquid racism and affect in a curated migrant story. In: Archakis, A., Karachaliou, R. and Tsakona, V. eds. Tracing Racism in Anti-Racism: Critical Approaches to the European Public Discourse on the Migrant and Refugee Crisis. Amsterdam: John Benjamns
- Spilioti, T. and Tagg, C. 2022. Research ethics. In: Vasquez, C. ed. Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis. Bloomsbury, pp. 91-113.
- Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2021. Translation and trans-scripting: Languaging practices in the city of Aθens. In: Lee, T. K. ed. The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City. Routledge, pp. 278-293.
- Spilioti, T. 2019. Smoothies, pizzas and sponge cakes: Food metaphors in Brexit news explainers. In: Burger, M. ed. Se mettre en scene en ligne: La communication digitale, vol. 2. Lausanne: Universite de Lausanne, UNIL, pp. 43-57.
- Spilioti, T. 2018. The language of social media. In: Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies London and New York: Routledge, pp. 310-323.
- Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2018. Mediatizing death and suffering: rescripting visual stories of the refugee crisis as distant witnessing and mourning. In: Burger, M., Thornborrow, J. and Fitzgerald, R. eds. Discours des réseaux sociaux: enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques. De Boeck, pp. 65-92.
- Spilioti, T. 2017. Radio talk, pranks, and multilingualism: styling Greek identities at a time of crisis. In: Mortensen, J., Coupland, N. and Thogersen, J. eds. Style, Mediation, and Change: Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Talking Media. Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 51-76.
- Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2016. Scaling the field of intercultural communication: reflections on trajectories of culture. In: Singh, J. N., Kantara, A. and Cserzo, D. eds. Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, pp. 366-373.
- Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. 2015. Introduction. In: Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London and New York: Routledge.: Routledge, pp. 1-16.
- Spilioti, T. 2015. Digital discourses: A critical perspective. In: Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London and New York: Routledge: Routledge, pp. 133-145.
- Spilioti, T. 2015. Social media discourse. In: Tracy, K., Ilie, C. and Sandel, T. eds. The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 1365-1374.
- Spilioti, T. 2014. On the mobile again! opening sequences in Greek text-messaging. In: Christodoulidou, M. ed. Analysing Greek Talk-in-Interaction. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 240-261.
- Spilioti, T. 2011. Beyond genre: closings and relational work in text-messaging. In: Thurlow, C. and Mroczek, K. eds. Digital Discourse: Language in the New Media. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 67-85.
Books
- Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. 2015. The Routledge handbook of language and digital communication. London and New York: Routledge: Routledge.
Conferences
- Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2019. I’m an Aθenian too: trans-scripting practices in the urban linguistic landscape of Athens [in Greek]. Presented at: International Conference on Greek Linguistics, University of Patras, 5-8 September 2019Proceedings of the ICGL14. Patras: University of Patras pp. 1197-1207., (10.26220/icgl.v1i1.3753)
- Spilioti, T. 2014. Greek-alphabet English: vernacular transliterations of English in social media. Presented at: 46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-7 September 2013 Presented at O’Rourke, B., Bermingham, N. and Brennan, S. eds.Opening New Lines of Communication in Applied Linguistics. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics,. London: Scitsiugnil Press pp. 435-446.
Videos
- Spilioti, T. 2022. Key ethical challenges for digital discourse analysis. [Video]. SAGE Publications. Available at: https://methods.sagepub.com/video/key-ethical-challenges-for-digital-discourse-analysis
Research
My research interests lie at the intersection of language, society, and media, an area that is at the forefront of applied linguistics. More specifically, my work covers research related primarily to the fields of language and digital communication, research ethics, and media sociolinguistics. In the field of language and digital communication, my recent research focuses on vernacular multilingualism through the lens of trans-scripting practices, on the circulation of social media stories about the refugee crisis and on emerging digital news genres, such as news explainers. My publications also cover issues of research ethics, with particular interest in revisiting current approaches for ethical decision-making in digital media contexts. More broadly in the field of media sociolinguistics, I have developed a growing interest in innovative perspectives on the study of sociolinguistic change, mediat(izat)ion and style.
I am also a member of the CLCR research group who undertakes collaborative research with the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (NHS Wales). Our project on ‘Managing roles and goals in nursing handover meetings’ has been funded by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (£3K) and I have also led a successful CUROP project (£1K), exploring issues related to organizational discourse in healthcare settings.
I am an external collaborator in two international research projects: 'Tracing Racism in Anti-racist Discourse (TRACE): A critical approach to European public speech on the migrant and refugee crisis' (led by the University of Patras, Greece) and 'Investigation of adolescent digital literacy practices for the design of Modern Greek Language teaching to youth of new migration background' (led by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece).
My work draws on and combines methods and concepts from discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography and new literacy studies.
Research interests
- Multilingualism, translanguaging and trans-scripting
- Language and media ideologies
- Media, style and stylization
- Research ethics
- Publicness and privacy in digital communication
- Narrative discourse
- Genre, interaction rituals, openings and closings in mediated communication
- Politeness and relationality
- Approaches to culture and intercultural communication
- Healthcare discourse and communication
Teaching
My undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching experience includes such courses as:
- Research methods and skills (BA and MA level)
- Discourse and social interaction (MA level)
- Digital literacies and language (BA and MA level)
- Media discourse; Media texts; Discourse of broadcasting (BA level)
- Reading and writing in the digital age (BA level)
- Introduction to media communication (BA level)
- Introduction to language and communication (BA level)
- Sociolinguistics (BA level)
- Language and literacy (BA level)
- Discourse and social media; Computer-mediated communication (BA level)
I have also been invited to give lectures and seminars to UG and PG students at overseas universities, including the University of Bern, University of Hamburg, University of Lausanne, and University of Patras.
Biography
I joined the Centre for Language and Communication Research as Lecturer in September 2012, having previously been employed as Lecturer (and Senior Lecturer) in English Language and Communication at Kingston University from 2008 to 2012.
After completing my undergraduate studies at the University of Athens (Greece), I moved to the UK where I completed an MSt in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford. In 2007, I was awarded a PhD in Linguistics at King’s College London where I taught modules in applied and socio-linguistics, as well as Modern Greek Language.
Honours and awards
2020 Nominated for Enriching Student Life Award, category: Most Innovative Member of Staff.
2019 Editor's Choice Article: 'From transliteration to trans-scripting: Creativity and multilingual writing on the internet' (Discourse, Context & Media).
2018 Nominated for Enriching Student Life Award, category: Outstanding Doctoral Supervisor.
2018 'Social Media and Creativity: Language and Media Ideologies', Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) funding, Cardiff University, UK. Research placement fund, Supervisor: T. Spilioti, £2,100.
2017 Lecturer of the Year, Teaching Award.
2017 'Under the radar dynamics of on-ward management and inter-team communication in a Welsh hospital' ESRC DTP Collaborative fund. Research fund to support doctoral research (1+3) in collaboration with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Supervisors: T. Spilioti & V. Ylanne, with M. Aldridge & T. Bartlett (collaborated on the application).
2016 ‘Managing Multiple Roles and Goals in Nursing Handovers’ ESRC Impact Acceleration Account fund, Cardiff University, UK. Research fund to develop research impact project, (PI) T. Bartlett, (Co-Is) T. Spilioti, V. Ylanne, M. Aldridge, M. Handford, F. Rock, £3,029.
2016 ‘Organisational Discourse and Healthcare Communication’ Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) funding, Cardiff University, UK. Research placement fund, (Primary Supervisor) Spilioti, (Secondary Supervisor) Bartlett, £1,000.
2015 ‘Digital Literacies and Language’, Cardiff University ENCAP Staff Investment bid, fund for equipment/material to enhance teaching and learning, (main applicant) Spilioti, £550.
Professional memberships
I am a member of the BAAL Language and New Media SIG (Committee Secretary: 2016-2019), the British Association for Applied Linguistics, the International Pragmatics Associations and the Association of Internet Researchers.
Committees and reviewing
Grant reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (2015-present).
Peer reviewer for a number of academic journals, including Altre Modernita; Critical Inquiry for Language Studies; Discourse, Context and Media; Language and Communication; Language in Society; Language Policy; Language Sciences; Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice; Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; Journal of English Linguistics; Journal of Greek Media and Culture; Journal of Pragmatics; Narrative Inquiry; Text & Talk; The Translator.
Conference Scientific Committee, Member: Sociolinguistics Symposium 23, University of Hong Kong (2020)
Conference Organising Committee, Member: 8th International and Interdisciplinarly ALAPP conference, Cardiff University (2018)
Conference Organising Committee, Chair: 2nd BAAL Language and New Media SIG Workshop on the ‘Ethics of Online Research Methods’, Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy (2015).
PhD committees, External examiner: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece, 2019 and 2017); Tilburg University (Netherlands 2016)
Exam Boards, External examiner: Birkbeck, University of London (UK, 2019-2022); School of Languages & Applied Linguistics, The Open University (2018-2021)
Curriculum Review Panels, External Panel Member: University of Worcester (UK, 2021); University of Brighton (UK, 2018)
English Language Board of Studies, Chair (2019-2021), Year 1 Tutor (2017-2019), Deputy Chair/Year 2 & 3 Tutor (2015), ENCAP, Cardiff University (UK, 2019-2021)
Extenuating Circumstances Committee, Chair (2016-2017) and Member (2015), ENCAP, Cardiff University, UK
Research Seminar Series Co-ordinator, Centre for Language and Communication Research (2016-2017; 2014-2015).
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising PhD students in areas related to language and media, particularly research on:
- Digital genres
- interaction rituals and relationality
- identity and multilingualism on the internet
- language and media ideologies
Research drawing on discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, ethnography and new literacy studies would be of particular interest.
I am currently supervising the following students:
Stephanie Tilliridou on code-switching, identities, and language attitudes on Facebook
Aurora Goodwin on style, authenticity and disinformation campaigns on Twitter