'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and
prejudice in online discussion forums

J 2021

'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums

CHOVANEC, Jan

Základní údaje

Originální název

'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums

Autoři

CHOVANEC, Jan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Discourse & Society, Sage, 2021, 0957-9265

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.507

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00118723

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926520970384

UT WoS

000610314600001

Klíčová slova česky

rasismus; předsudečný diskurz; jazyk a nenávist; online komentáře; pragmatika; kritická analýza diskurzu; Romové; jinakost

Klíčová slova anglicky

racism; prejudicial discourse; hate speech; online comments; pragmatics; discourse studies; Roma; othering

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 10. 2. 2023 15:09, prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This article explores prejudicial and racist discourse in reader comments in internet news discussion forums. Based on data from an online debate among Czech commenters on the mainstream iDnes.cz news site, it seeks to contribute to the existing critical linguistic approaches to discursive strategies of othering. Analysing user comments referencing a news article on a sensitive social topic, namely the complicated reception of Central European Roma immigrants in the UK, the paper focuses on three salient themes found in the data: (a) the re-education of the ethnic minority; (b) the users’ perception of the media as politically correct and siding with the outgroup; and (c) the outgroup’s negative stereotype associating it with criminality. The paper argues that the discourse on these topics simultaneously relies on and reinforces the negative stereotype of the ethnic group, while revealing a complicated relationship between three stakeholders: the ingroup, represented by the commenters; the outgroup, made up of members of the ethnic groups; and the media, as representatives of the authorities and the elites. The findings reveal how quasi-humorous comments that involve such stereotypical representations contribute to the normalization of everyday racism against ethnic outgroups.

Návaznosti

GA16-05484S, projekt VaV

Název: Diskurzní konstrukce jinakosti v mediálním a postmediálním prostoru

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Diskurzní konstrukce jinakosti v mediálním a post-mediálním prostoru

Citovat

CHOVANEC, Jan. 'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums. Discourse & Society. Sage, 2021, roč. 32, č. 2, s. 156-174. ISSN 0957-9265. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926520970384.

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CHOVANEC, Jan. 'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums. \textit{Discourse \&{} Society}. Sage, 2021, roč.~32, č.~2, s.~156-174. ISSN~0957-9265. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926520970384.

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