Offensive, hateful comment: A networked discourse practice of blame and petition for justice during COVID-19 on Chinese Weibo
Discourse Stud
; 2022.
Article
in English
| PubMed Central | ID: covidwho-2064632
ABSTRACT
Using data from user comments to the official social networking account of the Hubei Red Cross Foundation on a participatory web platform, this study attends to the offensive and hateful comments produced by ordinary Internet users to blame the elite authorities for their malfeasance in managing the donation during the COVID-19 in China. Drawing on Discursive Psychology, we focus on the rhetorical strategies that users employ to legitimise their actions as well-founded evidential blame against a norm-breaking act rather than radical extremist speech. The associated hatred among discussants are moral, social judgements. That said, hate speech also helps construct the moral standards of a normalised society.
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Databases of international organizations
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PubMed Central
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Language:
English
Journal:
Discourse Stud
Year:
2022
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Article
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