Discursive Constructions of Borders In Online Feedback Platforms

Discursive Constructions of Borders In Online Feedback Platforms

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This study applies (critical) discourse analysis to examine rhetorical strategies in online reactions to news reports of the mass shooting that occurred at a Navy Yard in Washington D.C. and the attack on Nairobi Westgate Shopping Mall in September, 2013 referred to as ‘crisis situations.’ ‘Online reactions’ refers to feedback comments often generated by online newspapers and other...
 
Published at Language Use in Crisis Situations: A Study of Rhetorical Strategies in Online Reactions to News Reports of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting and the Nairobi Westgate Attack
Published in 2013
 
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Innocent Chiluwa &Esther Ajiboye
Ajiboye Esther » Esther Ajiboye (PhD) lectures in the Department of Languages, Covenant University, Nigeria. She holds a PhD degree in English (Critical Discourse Studies/New Media Communications), and is a vibrant scholar whose research applies the principles and theoretical provisions of Critical Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, and Sociolinguistics. She is specifically involved in studies in relation to... view full profile
Esther Ajiboye
 
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