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@article{1619236,
author = {Chovanec, Jan},
article_number = {2},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926520970384},
keywords = {racism; prejudicial discourse; hate speech; online comments; pragmatics; discourse studies; Roma; othering},
language = {eng},
issn = {0957-9265},
journal = {Discourse & Society},
title = {'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums},
url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957926520970384},
volume = {32},
year = {2021}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1619236
AU - Chovanec, Jan
PY - 2021
TI - 'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums
JF - Discourse & Society
VL - 32
IS - 2
SP - 156-174
EP - 156-174
PB - Sage
SN - 09579265
KW - racism
KW - prejudicial discourse
KW - hate speech
KW - online comments
KW - pragmatics
KW - discourse studies
KW - Roma
KW - othering
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957926520970384
L2 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957926520970384
N2 - 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.
ER -
CHOVANEC, Jan. 'Re-educating the Roma? You must be joking...': Racism and prejudice in online discussion forums. \textit{Discourse \&{} Society}. Sage, 2021, vol.~32, No~2, p.~156-174. ISSN~0957-9265. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926520970384.
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