The Nervousness and Fear of Coronavirus Pandemic as a
Communication Factor: A Stylistic Analysis of Discussion Posts
of Youth

k 2021

The Nervousness and Fear of Coronavirus Pandemic as a Communication Factor: A Stylistic Analysis of Discussion Posts of Youth

KHATEBOVÁ, Simona

Basic information

Original name

The Nervousness and Fear of Coronavirus Pandemic as a Communication Factor: A Stylistic Analysis of Discussion Posts of Youth

Name in Czech

Nervozita a strach z koronavirové pandemie jako komunikační faktor: Stylistická analýza internetové diskuze mládeže

Authors

KHATEBOVÁ, Simona

Edition

XVI. Internationale Slavistische Konferenz Junge Slavistik im Dialog, 2021

Other information

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

stylizace; komunikační faktor; interdiskurzivita; intertextualita; pandemie koronaviru

Keywords in English

style-forming proces; komunikační faktor; interdiscourse activity; intertextual activity; coronavirus pandemic

Abstract

V originále

The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented event that has caused feelings of nervousness and fear in society, especially in the first wave. In the texts of a chosen internet discussion, which takes place on a Czech website for children and youth, we can prove that the collective experience of nervousness and fear of participants in the discussion (also reacting to the coronavirus media discourse) is reflected in their communication behavior and consequently also in the style of selected discussion posts. These posts are characterized by considerable stylistic stability, which testifies to a significant intertextual activity that contributes to the formation of their own stylistic norms. These norms partly correspond to the journalistic style norms – it is reflected specifically in the use of the standard language and precise and clear formulations (authors use numerical data, terminology, citations and hypertext links). Related to this, in the posts there are stereotypical formulations, caused by the high frequency of key lexemes and stable sentence patterns. This is significantly influenced by the very small range of texts, which limits the possibility of stylistic variability. Due to its collective nature, emotional reactions to the current events – nervousness and fear of the coronavirus pandemic – permeate across discourses and, as a communication factor, influence the communication behavior of participants in the chosen internet discussion. The participants consistently monitor current events and proclaim adverse emotional reactions to these events indicating a negative trend in the pandemic. In fact, it is their shared communication strategy. The intensity of collective emotional experience might not necessarily reflect the true intensity of an individual's emotional relation to pandemic events, but it may reflect the effort to reach and to maintain a collective consensus and virtual friendship within the discussion.

Links

MUNI/A/1181/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Gramatika a lexikon češtiny

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

KHATEBOVÁ, Simona. The Nervousness and Fear of Coronavirus Pandemic as a Communication Factor: A Stylistic Analysis of Discussion Posts of Youth. In XVI. Internationale Slavistische Konferenz Junge Slavistik im Dialog. 2021.

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KHATEBOVÁ, Simona. The Nervousness and Fear of Coronavirus Pandemic as a Communication Factor: A Stylistic Analysis of Discussion Posts of Youth. In \textit{XVI. Internationale Slavistische Konferenz Junge Slavistik im Dialog}. 2021.

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