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Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand how discourses of electronic media present reflections and refractions of resistance practices of the youth in organizational spaces as shopping malls ; these practices are currently known as Rolezinhos. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: Considering urban spaces as socially produced and cities as practical and discursive stages of symbolic dynamics of segregation, we discuss the processes of occupation of shopping malls in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, by youngsters from run-down areas, named Rolezinhos by electronic media. Key methodological aspects: We adopted the French Discourse Analysis as the basis of analysis of this research. The analysis corpus consists of discourses present in fifteen electronic news portals of the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, which produced during the year 2013 eighteen reports on the collective occupation of shopping malls by youngsters from run-down areas. Summary of key results: Resistance practices have expanded the boundaries of organizational spaces once they displace control points of the actions of subjects and question the construction of the shopping malls as organizational space to segregate disadvantaged social groups, emphasizing the potential for resistance and reframing of groups marginalized in these organizations. Key considerations/conclusions: We understand the "rolezinhos" as achallenge of the limits of organizational space that produced border displacement of organizations. They are effects of changes in the relations of socioeconomic forces that were in the streets and, when expanded into organizational spaces, caused tensions which remain latent because the streets continue their dynamics and will again challenge these boundaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OMG! Lol n00b :)! When gamers, especially of MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) like World of Warcraft®, talk to one another they adapt language to their needs, as do all speakers. It is a common misconception that expressions such as smileys, acronyms and neologisms are a deterioration of current language. On the contrary, they can be regarded as instances of creativity, efficiency and in-group markers. Moreover, these expressions help gamers to position themselves in conversations, thus they can be regarded as active interaction strategies in the gaming discourse. But while communication is of crucial importance to achieve goals and for role-playing in MMORPGs, there are many communicative challenges for gamers, such as high-stress situations, missing paralinguistic cues and intercultural obstacles. By reference to an online-questionnaire, a self-compiled corpus and theories of pragmatics this paper sheds light on interaction strategies used by MMORPG-gamers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]