Sammanfattning
Social media is an important transmitter of anti-immigration political rhetoric. In this study, we examine the discussions posted in a Finnish online forum provoked by an MP’s anti-multiculturalist Facebook post. We draw upon frame analysis and discursive social psychology to analyse the communicative processes that challenge and normalise anti-immigration political rhetoric. Using frame analysis, we study how forum users entered heated societal discussion on multiculturalism by framing the MP’s anti-multiculturalist address as either hate speech or – more dominantly – as normal political conduct. Using discursive social psychology, we examine constructions of multiculturalism in these discussions. We demonstrate how anti-immigration political communication was normalised, multiculturalism was constructed as a threat and the proponents of multiculturalism were discredited. We argue that to understand the rise of anti-immigration political movements, it is important to examine everyday political deliberation online as part of a wider discursive landscape.
Originalspråk | engelska |
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Artikelnummer | 1461444819899624 |
Tidskrift | New Media & Society |
Volym | 23 |
Nummer | 3 |
Sidor (från-till) | 438-456 |
Antal sidor | 19 |
ISSN | 1461-4448 |
DOI | |
Status | Publicerad - 1 mars 2021 |
MoE-publikationstyp | A1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad |
Vetenskapsgrenar
- 5144 Socialpsykologi