Supporting and challenging hate in an online discussion of a controversial refugee policy

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dc.contributor.authorGoodman, Simon
dc.contributor.authorLocke, Abi
dc.date.acceptance2023-12-19
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-15T16:46:39Z
dc.date.available2024-02-15T16:46:39Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-13
dc.descriptionopen access article
dc.description.abstractOnline hate is a serious problem affecting a range of minoritised people. Existing theories suggest that poor behaviour online is due to anonymity but fail to explore how such discussions unfold. This is where a discursive and rhetorical psychological approach is appropriate as it offers a micro-level analysis. In this research paper, a discursive/rhetorical approach is applied to an online debate about a controversial refugee policy in the UK containing 586 comments, to address the question: How are arguably hateful arguments, or those challenging hateful arguments, supported and challenged in the context of an internet discussion about a controversial refugee policy? Analysis demonstrated that support for posts is shown to come in the form of additional points to bolster existing ones. Opposition to posts took the form of simple rejections and counterpoints, sometimes taking a three-part structure of (a) simple rejection, (b) counterpoint and (c) upgrade, but also included insults, ridiculing and name calling. Discursive and rhetorical analyses have been shown to have potential to understand online behaviour offering more detail than relying on anonymity to explain controversial and hateful speech.
dc.funderNo external funder
dc.identifier.citationGoodman, S., and Locke, A. (2024) Supporting and challenging hate in an online discussion of a controversial refugee policy. Discourse Studies,
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/14614456231225448
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2086/23552
dc.language.isoen
dc.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherSage
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Psychological Science
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 2.0 UK: England & Walesen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/
dc.subjectCMC
dc.subjectcyberpsychology
dc.subjectdiscursive psychology
dc.subjecthate speech
dc.subjectonline hate
dc.subjectrhetorical psychology
dc.subjectrefugee policy
dc.titleSupporting and challenging hate in an online discussion of a controversial refugee policy
dc.typeArticle

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