Jessie Burnette
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessie Burnette |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessie |
| FAMILY NAME | Burnette |
| SIGNATURE | BURNETTE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waikato |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5217-0448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
This was never about a virus”
In this paper, we draw on qualitative methods from the medical humanities and quantitative approaches from corpus linguistics to assess the different mappings of pandemic risks by Twitter (X) users employing the #Covid19nz hashtag. We look specifically at their responses to government measures around vaccines between August and November 2021. Risk, we reveal, was a major discursive thread in tweets during this period, but within our tweets, it wa…
Immune from a Thousand Ailments
AreHashtagsWords? Structure, position, and syntactic integration of hashtags in (English) tweets
As social media use continues to increase its presence in our lives, so does the language of such platforms. One of the most salient features of social media discourse is the hashtag. Starting its life on Twitter (X) about 15 years ago, the hashtag has seeped from online to offline communication. Yet, it is not clear whether hashtags are words, tags, or something else altogether, nor is it clear what morphological process gives rise to them. This…
Bubbles and lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand
In March 2020, as cases of COVID-19 were found in Aotearoa New Zealand, the government moved to eliminate community transmission of the virus through self-isolation. During this month, as the population discussed if, when and how households would be asked to stay at home, terms such as lockdown-the state of (national) closure-and bubble-the household isolating together-became common parts of everyday conversation.In this article, we blend quantit…
Wake up New Zealand! Directives, politeness and stance in Twitter #Covid19NZ posts
Bubbles and lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand
In March 2020, as cases of COVID-19 were found in Aotearoa New Zealand, the government moved to eliminate community transmission of the virus through self-isolation. During this month, as the population discussed if, when and how households would be asked to stay at home, terms such as lockdown-the state of (national) closure-and bubble-the household isolating together-became common parts of everyday conversation.In this article, we blend quantit…
Wake up New Zealand! Directives, politeness and stance in Twitter #Covid19NZ posts
AreHashtagsWords? Structure, position, and syntactic integration of hashtags in (English) tweets
As social media use continues to increase its presence in our lives, so does the language of such platforms. One of the most salient features of social media discourse is the hashtag. Starting its life on Twitter (X) about 15 years ago, the hashtag has seeped from online to offline communication. Yet, it is not clear whether hashtags are words, tags, or something else altogether, nor is it clear what morphological process gives rise to them. This…
This was never about a virus”
In this paper, we draw on qualitative methods from the medical humanities and quantitative approaches from corpus linguistics to assess the different mappings of pandemic risks by Twitter (X) users employing the #Covid19nz hashtag. We look specifically at their responses to government measures around vaccines between August and November 2021. Risk, we reveal, was a major discursive thread in tweets during this period, but within our tweets, it wa…
Immune from a Thousand Ailments
Linguistics (4 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aotearoa (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)