17/2024 Editorial Matter I. PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Raluca GHENTULESCU - ETHNIC JOKES IN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION pag. 3 Daniel CIUREL - VISUAL RHETORIC IN CITY BRANDING: THE CASE OF TIMISOARA ECOC 2023 pag. 13 Sorin SUCIU - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. A MATTER OF ETHICS? pag. 23 Anamaria FILIMON-BENEA - L'EXPLORATION DE LA COMMUNICATION VISUELLE A TRAVERS L'INTERACTION AVEC LES IMAGES, DANS L'ENVIRONNEMENT EN LIGNE pag. 29 II. LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION Andreea PELE - NAVIGATING COMMUNICATION BIAS IN ACADEMIA pag. 41 Karina HAUER, Daniel DEJICA - THE LANGUAGE OF METEOROLOGY: ADJECTIVES USED IN WEATHER FORECASTS pag. 48 III. TRANSLATION STUDIES Yves GAMBIER - RECEPTION STUDIES AND AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION: CONCEPTS AND METHODS pag. 61 IV. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY Monica CONDRUZ-BACESCU - OPEN EDUCATION, OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES, OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES pag. 77 Mohamed Ramadhan HASHIM - EXAM, FEEDBACK AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING-LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE IN IRAQI SECONDARY SCHOOLS (ISS) pag. 88 Patrick LAVRITS, Anca MAGHEȚIU - DIE UMSETZUNG DER KULTURELLEN DIMENSION MASKULINITÄT VERSUS FEMINITÄT VON GEERT HOFSTEDE IM UNTERRICHT pag. 105