Accentism on the media
Accentism on the Media
Here is a curated list of recent newspaper articles covering the topic of linguistic and accent discrimination. If you happen to find some news that is relevant to the subject, please drop us a line!
Media stories
- Adults missing out on jobs because of their accent, study for Co-op suggests (The Irish News, 15/06/2023)
- One in four have accents mocked at work – survey (03/11/22, UK)
- Revealed: The UK’s least respected accent (03/11/22, UK)
- The King’s English still reigns among workers and students (02/11/22, UK)
- Can you ‘lose’ an accent? And more importantly, why would you want to? (03/11/22, UK)
- People mocked and criticised for their accents throughout their lives, report says (03/11/22, UK)
- ‘Open your mouth, you’re at a disadvantage’: The UK has accent bias – but who does it affect most? (03/11/22, UK)
- English teacher reveals the bad habits that make you sound ‘dumb’ – including saying ‘like’ when you’re lost for words and using upward inflection (11/09/19, UK)
- Accentism: is it time for protected status? (17/08/22, UK)
- How Accent Discrimination Has Impacted My Life (22/08/21, UK)
- Putting the Accent On Prejudice (02/08/21, UK)
- BBC’s Alex Scott ‘proud’ of working class accent after peer’s elocution jibe (31/07/21, UK)
- How the civil service is posher than in the 1960s (20/05/21, UK)
- How international teaching assistants learn to sound like engineers (12/01/21, Canada)
- Accents that face the most discrimination revealed in study (27/11/19, UK)
- Speakin while female (12/01/15, US)
Accentism on social media
- Lucy Bella Simkin’s YouTube Channel
- https://twitter.com/hughdellar/status/1443182419205632000
- Accent discrimination at the University of Edinburgh (Twitter)
- Accent discrimination at the University of Edinburgh (Instagram)