School of Public and International Affairs

Neda Salahshour

Assistant Professor

Communication

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2025

COURSES
  • Communication & Media
  • Media Theory
  • Communication Theory and Research
  • Political Communication
EDUCATION
  • PhD in Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington
  • MA in English Language Teaching, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University
  • BA in English Literature, Tabriz State University
PUBLICATIONS
  • Salahshour (2023), The referential and predicational construction of migrants in New Zealand print media, Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 14 (1), 77-94

  • Rasoul kolamalaki, S, Kaur, S, Salahshour, N (2023), A multimodal analysis of (de)legitimisation through argumentation in extremist discourse: The case of Dabiq, Journal of language Aggression and Conflict

  • Salahshour, N & Serafis, D (2022), Deconstructing New Zealand PM Jacinda Adorn initiative to wear hijab after the Christchurch terrorist attack: Critical Perspectives on newspapers discourse and argumentation, Journal of Argumentation in Context, 11 (2), 157-179.

  • Salahshour, N (2021), A critique of New Zealand’s exclusive approach to intercultural education, New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 56 (1), 111-128

  • Salahshour, N (2016). ‘Liquid Metaphors as Positive Evaluations: A Corpus- Assisted Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Migrants in a Daily New Zealand Newspaper. Discourse, Context and Media, 13, 73-81

  • Salahshour, N (2022) [Book review of The Rhetoric of Political Leadership: Logic, and emotion in Public Discourse] Journal of Language and Politics, 21 (5)

  • Salahshour, N (2020), [ Book review of Language in the Trump Era] Language in Society, 50 (4), 322.

  • Salahshour, N (2018) [Book review of Language, Immigration and Naturalization: Legal and Linguistic Issues by Loring.A & Ramanathan.V] Language in Society, 47 (2), p232.

  • Salahshour, N. (2016) [Book review of Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes: The representation of Islam in the British Press] Journal of Language and Politics 15 (2), 237-240

  • Salahshour N (2017), Representation of Immigrants in New Zealand digital media: A critical discourse analysis (PhD dissertation at Victoria University of Wellington) 

  • Salahshour, N (Dec 2019). Topoi, premises and conclusions: The deconstruction of argumentative strategies in the discursive construction of immigrants in New Zealand.Paper presented to the 7th New Zealand Discourse Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Salahshour, N (Jan 2018). Critical Analysis of Media Discourse, special seminar Presented at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

  • Salahshour, N (December, 2015). “Immigration…a double edged sword”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the New Zealand Herald. Paper presented at the 5th New Zealand Discourse Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

  • Salahshour, N (July, 2015). So what do critical discourse analysts do? An analysis of the representation of immigrants in newspaper discourse. Paper presented at Victoria University Post Graduate Student Association Interactive Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Salahshour, N (January, 2015). Representation of immigrants in New Zealand media: A Corpus Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis. Guest speaker at Victoria University of Wellington. Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Salahshour, N (September, 2014). A Corpus Assisted Approach to the Study of Immigrant Representation in New Zealand Print Media: A Collocational Analysis. Paper presented at Critical Approaches to Discourse Across Disciplines (CADAAD), Budapest, Hungary.

  • Salahshour, N., (May, 2014) A Corpus Assisted Approach to the Study of Immigrant Representation in New Zealand Print Media. Paper presented at Victoria University Discourse Analysis: Crossing Borders Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand

  • Salahshour, N (December, 2013). Eothen: A critical discourse analysis of Kinglake’s discourse. Paper presented at the 4th New Zealand Discourse Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

  • Salahshour, N. (November, 2013). Is the enemy really at the gate? Paper presented at the ALANZ and ALAA conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Salahshour, N. (Dec 2019). A love-hate relationship: The case of immigrants in New Zealand. Paper presented to the 7th New Zealand Discourse Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.