Advocacy and communication in global contexts

28 Abril 2026, 15:00 • Mehmet Ali Uzelgun

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Institutionalized forms of communication and campaigning, Structured advocacy, Calendar-based advocacy, the case of UNWomen

Grassroots mobilizations, activist rhetoric, NGO campaigning

27 Abril 2026, 15:00 • Mehmet Ali Uzelgun

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Bottom-up forms of communication, Activist persona, Social change through disruptive action, Climate change activism, Youth climate activism, the case of Climaximo in Portugal, Grasroots organization and media representations

Practical argument, political discourse, and rhetoric of change

21 Abril 2026, 15:00 • Mehmet Ali Uzelgun

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Datafication, Platformization, Online discourse and toxicitiy, The concept of argument, Argumentative reconstruction of political discourse, Epistemic discourse and practical discourse, Model of political discourse, Advocacy

Government to Citizen communication (G2C), public participation and resistance

20 Abril 2026, 15:00 • Mehmet Ali Uzelgun

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Propaganda (supporting and undermining), Government to Citizen Communication, Diffusion of (scientific) information, Extension, Public Service Communication, Crisis Communication during emergencies, Risk Communication, examples

Communication, interaction, social change: audiences

14 Abril 2026, 15:00 • Mehmet Ali Uzelgun

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Language system and language use, code model of communication, inferential model of communication, cooperative principle, audience in rhetorical theory, media and mediatization