TEDx Talks
How a forensic analysis of language reveals features of idiolect which can be used to identify criminals and terrorists online.
Filmed Dec 2016 at The City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.
[Cameras (Staffs Uni): Oluseyi A Oluyinka; Giorgia Perini; Bob Straw; Tom Andrews; Ed Walker]
[Editor (Staffs Uni): Carl Maddox]
Born in Newcastle under Lyme, Harry Bradford was educated at Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College before studying English Literature and Language at Bangor University where he then specialised in Forensic Linguistics for his MSc. He currently works as a freelance Forensic Linguistic Consultant. This involves work on legal cases where the true identity or emotional state of a writer need to be determined. This often involves decoding texts or online posts to work out who wrote them and what their state of mind was at the time. Harry’s talk considers the duality of online anonymity and the role that the field of Forensic Linguistics and linguistic profiling can play in shaping the future of the relationship between online discourse and surveillance.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
Fascinating!
stoke on trent??
Giving a talk is hard. Kudos, but it sounds like a commercial. i learned nothing new
will someone wake me up when this waffle is over YAWN
'Fantastic brand new digital age'
Yeah, that's not the case anymore. We definitely are not allowed to spread political ideas freely online as Egypt.
My gawd, will that woman in front ever stop rummaging through her bag and moving around and fiddling with her phone? Super distracting. Generally if you're going to a Ted Talk, it's best not to do crystal meth beforehand.
“manifest destiny 2.0” cringes in colonized
rubbish
This is more basic than anything I learned during the introductory talk of my module on Forensic Linguistics during my undergrad… Does anyone know what qualifications/job this man has?