Negotiating hate and conflict in online comments: Evidence from the NetLang corpus

CHOVANEC, Jan. Negotiating hate and conflict in online comments: Evidence from the NetLang corpus. In Braga Hate Speech Conference, University of Minho, Portugal, 7-9 July, 2022. 2022.

Basic information

• Original name: Negotiating hate and conflict in online comments: Evidence from the NetLang corpus
• Authors: CHOVANEC, Jan.
• Edition: Braga Hate Speech Conference, University of Minho, Portugal, 7-9 July, 2022, 2022.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60203 Linguistics
• Country of publisher: Portugal
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): pragmatika; kritická analýza diskurzu; online komentáře; nenávistné projevy na internetu; jazyk a ideologie; manipulace
• Keywords in English: pragmatics; critical discourse analysis; online commentaries; hate speech; ideology; manipulation
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The presentation contributes to the topic of hate speech by focusing on body shaming in online comments in the NetLang corpus. Adopting the sociopragmatic perspective of conflict talk (Kakavá 1999), it shows how conflict is discursively negotiated among online users. The presentation focuses on conflicting representations, conflict escalation and extended disagreements. It shows how online commenting oscillates between affirmation and dissent and how it indexes personal identity construction and performance of the self.

Links

• MUNI/A/1479/2021, interní kód MU: Name: Paradigms, strategies and developments - English linguistics and translation II

Investor: Masaryk University