Author Profile: Alaa Al-Musalli

Alaa Al-Musalli teaches Disinformation and Media, Intercultural Communication, and Business Communication at Capilano University, Vancouver, BC. She holds a Ph.D in Linguistics from Bangor University, UK, 2008. Her areas of expertise include discourse analysis, content analysis, communicative competence, business and professional communication, pedagogy and didactics, test validity, listening and note-taking skills, and sub-skills (micro-competencies). Her current areas of interest and publication are media studies and disinformation, with emphasis on content analysis.