Journal article publications

Schaefer, S. J. (2025). “Media Representations of Ethnic Diversity in Times of ‘Crisis’: Exploring Factors Shaping Translingual and Transmodal Journalistic Practices in German Youth Radio’s Station Image Building.” Language and Intercultural Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2025.2508888

Schaefer, S. J. (2025). "Linguistic Diversity in German Youth Media—The Use of English in Professionally Produced Instagram Memes and Reels." Languages 10(5), 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages10050096

Blog posts

Schaefer, S. J. (2023). “Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in Youth Radio Station Imaging.” In Strictly Language: Sociolinguistics, Language Attitudes, Language Ideologies, edited by Olivia Walsh and Emma Humphries. 6th Oct 2023.
https://strictlylanguage.wordpress.com/2023/10/06/ethnic-and-linguistic-diversity-in-youth-radio-station-imaging/

Conference contributions

25-27/07/2025

English in On- and Off-Air Communication: Journalists’ Language Practices and Attitudes at a German Youth Radio Station

International Association for World Englishes Conference (IAWE26), University of Gießen, Germany.

28-30/05/2025

“POV”, “Me when…”, and “BFF” – The Use of English in German Professionally Produced Youth Media Memes

International Conference on New Issues in Language Contact Studies 2025, University of L’Aquila, Italy.

09/05/2025

Media Representations of Ethnic Diversity: Exploring Factors Shaping Translingual and Transmodal Journalistic Practices in German Youth Radios Station Image Building

Representations of Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in the Media: New Approaches and Perspectives, University of Limerick (virtual conference), Ireland.

11-13/09/2024

Community, Identity and Diversity in German Youth Radio (CIDoRa)

GAL-Jahrestagung 2024, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

11-13/09/2024

Wie gendert man eigentlich on air? Ethnographische Einblicke hinter die Kulissen des deutschen Jugendradios

GAL-Jahrestagung 2024, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

21-24/08/2024

Language Mobility and English: New Perspectives and Approaches

57th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, University of Helsinki, Finland.

24-27/06/2024

Encountering the Other: Ordinariness and Innovation in Image Building on German Youth Radio

Sociolinguistics Symposium 25, Curtin University, Australia.

01-03/12/2023

A Methodological Framework for Exploring Mass Media Coverage on Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity as a Spatially Entangled Social Practice

IALIC 2023, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus.

18/11/2023

A Holistic Methodological Framework for Exploring Translingual and Transmodal Mass Media Practices in Relation to Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity

IRAAL Annual Conference, Maynooth University, Ireland.

17-21/07/2023

Media, Diversity and Social Inclusion: The Semiotics of Youth Radio Station Imaging

 20th AILA World Congress, ENS de Lyon, France.

09-13/07/2023

Ethics in Radio Broadcasting: Multimodal Representations of Ethnic Diversity in German Youth Radio Imaging

IAMCR Lyon 23, Université de Lyon, France.