Discursive strategies of parental regret on social media

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Discursive strategies of parental regret on social media

PELCLOVÁ, Jana

Základní údaje

Originální název

Discursive strategies of parental regret on social media

Autoři

PELCLOVÁ, Jana

Vydání

Silesian Studies in English – SILSE 2024, 7th International Conference of English and American Studies, 5th – 6th September 2024, Opava, 2024

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

parental regret; discursive strategies; digital discourses; self-presentation; identity

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 7. 1. 2025 16:30, Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The expression of parental regret remains a deeply stigmatized and challenging topic (Donath, 2015, 2017; Heffernan and Stone, 2021; Sihto and Mustosmäki, 2021; Johnson and Pétursdóttir, 2024), with parents often struggling to voice their feelings due to fear of judgment and misunderstanding. However, social networks have emerged as safe spaces for breaking this unspoken taboo (Matley, 2020). This paper aims to explore the discursive strategies employed by parents, mostly mothers, on social media platforms to articulate their experiences of regret. Following qualitative critical discourse analysis (van Dijk, 1993, 2002, 2006; Fairclough, 1989, 1995, 2001; and Wodak, 2001, 2007, 2009), this study examines which linguistic tools and rhetorical techniques regretting parents employ for self-presentation and for constructing their parental identities. It also investigates how these strategies facilitate understanding within online communities and elicit responses from other users. The primary data consist of posts and comments from English-speaking social media networks dedicated to motherhood and parenting, specifically the 'I regret having children' Facebook group, Reddit's 'regretful parents,' and selected YouTube channels focusing on this topic. The findings aim to contribute to the redefinition of the public image of motherhood and parenting, illuminating how the self-presentation of parental regret can impact societal expectations.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1328/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Jazyk, literatura a kultura v anglofonních kontextech I

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Jazyk, literatura a kultura v anglofonních kontextech I

Citovat

PELCLOVÁ, Jana. Discursive strategies of parental regret on social media. In Silesian Studies in English – SILSE 2024, 7th International Conference of English and American Studies, 5th – 6th September 2024, Opava. 2024.

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   language = {eng},
   title = {Discursive strategies of parental regret on social media},
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   year = {2024}
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PELCLOVÁ, Jana. Discursive strategies of parental regret on social media. In \textit{Silesian Studies in English – SILSE 2024, 7th International Conference of English and American Studies, 5th – 6th September 2024, Opava}. 2024.

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