Research outputs per year
Research outputs per year
Personal profile
Summary
Alessia Tranchese is a Senior Lecturer in Communication and Applied Linguistics teaching and researching issues related to language, sexuality, violence against women, and digital media.
Her most recent research project focuses on the linguistic commonalities between mainstream pornography and misogynistic online communities like incels. She has recently published a book on #metoo and the representation of sexual violence in the media. Methodologically, she uses quantitative and qualitative methods from the social sciences and corpus linguistics.
Outside of her academic career, she has worked with organisations and think tanks including The Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust, Against Violence and Abuse (AVA), the West London Rape Crisis Centre, DEMOS and Full Fact.
Research Interests
Online misogyny
Pornography studies
Gender and Sexuality
Sex education
Media representations of violence against women
Media representations of violence against women
Quantitative and qualitative discourse studies
Corpus Linguistics
Teaching Responsibilities
I coordinate and teach the following modules:
Gender, language and sexuality
Analysing media discourse
Language and social media
Analysing discourse
PhD Research Supervision
I'm open to supervising students in the field of violence against women, media and language, pornography, and online misogyny.
Media Availability
I'm happy to take calls and emails from the media on my research. Please contact me by email at [email protected] or by phone on +44 (0)23 9284 6044.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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From Fritzl to #Metoo: Twelve Years of Rape Coverage in the British Press
Tranchese, A., 31 Mar 2023, Palgrave Macmillan. 436 p. (Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Why we need to talk about porn when we talk about Andrew Tate
Tranchese, A., 28 Apr 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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“How much do you know about the European Union”: Disseminating EU Policies and Values through Comic Books
Tranchese, A. & Zollo, S. A., 2022, (Accepted for publication) Annals of the Armando Curcio Institute . Armando Curcio Editore, Vol. IV.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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"I don't hate all women, just those stuck-up bitches": How Incels and mainstream pornography speak the same extreme language of misogyny
Tranchese, A. & Sugiura, L., Nov 2021, In: Violence Against Women. 27, 14, p. 2709-2734 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The language of violence against women
Tranchese, A., 2021, University of Portsmouth.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
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AI-Driven Analysis of Online Misogyny (Development Project Funding)
1/10/24 → 1/05/25
Project: Research
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SSERG: Sex and Sexuality Education Research Group
Round, M., Oakley, L., Tranchese, A., Marvell, R., Massonnie, J., Hughes, E., Barber, T., Glass, D. & Morris, C.
13/03/24 → …
Project: Research
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Jizzakh State Pedagogical University CPD / Research Summer School
Watkins, P., Huet-Martin, M., McCullagh, M., Ringrow, H., Round, M., Saraceni, M. & Tranchese, A.
1/06/24 → 31/07/24
Project: Innovation
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Research Skills for PhD Students Continuing Professional Development
Ringrow, H., Tranchese, A., Hadikin, G. & Saraceni, M.
1/06/23 → 30/06/23
Project: Innovation
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Uzbekistan State University of World Languages: Teaching Methodology and Research Writing & Translation and Interpretation for teachers
Ringrow, H., Watkins, P., Rodriguez De Cespedes, B., Tranchese, A., Bawa Mason, S., Forsyth, W., Hadikin, G., Huet-Martin, M., Johnson, I., McCullagh, M., Pasamar Marquez, C., Reid, C., Saraceni, M., Tran, Q., Wang, X. & Wang, Y.
1/06/23 → 30/06/23
Project: Innovation
Activities
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Speaker at the University of Naples
Alessia Tranchese (Speaker)
Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Speaker at Lancaster University
Alessia Tranchese (Speaker)
Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Ofcom Roundtable
Alessia Tranchese (Speaker)
Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited talk at FARRER Children safeguarding conference
Alessia Tranchese (Speaker)
Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines: CADAAD (Journal)
Alessia Tranchese (Editorial board member)
Apr 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity