A discourse analysis of critical commenting online: A study of comments on a self-mockery event

Abstract

This paper examines critical comments hidden behind the humorous topic of self-mockery. Based on a discourse analysis of 51 critical comments identified by GooSeeker of a self-mockery event from Weibo, this paper aims to unpack how the commenters actively exploit the relevancy of a topic to fulfill socio-political functions. Three strategies are found to be key in enabling them to accomplish socio-political functions: immoralizing the peripheral party, deauthorizing privilege and irrationalizing competitiveness, the meanings of which are discursively constructed across the critical comments. In this process, the self-mockery event serves as a weapon of social power to formulate critique and articulate discontent without breaking a consistent performance. The creative (re)appropriation in use is believed to be triggered by the policy of the platform and user’s self-motivated interactional practice. These findings are expected to have implications for understanding comments as a social behavior at the nexus of language and social power.

Stigmatisasi terhadap individu childfree dalam komentar Youtube: analisis wacana kritis

“…Menurut van Dijk (2008), wacana dapat didefinisikan sebagai ide atau gagasan yang dituturkan kepada mitra tutur dalam situasi tutur tertentu. Dalam hal ini, komentar dipandang sebagai wacana, memiliki peran untuk mempertahankan dominasi kelompok tertentu dan memarginalkan kelompok lain dengan gagasan yang bertentangan (Bi, 2024;Onoja et al, 2022), sejalan dengan pendapat Kasmantoni & Putra (2023) bahwa pengguna media sosial dapat mengambil tindakan dan mempromosikan nilai sosial tertentu. Dan untuk mengkaji lebih lanjut bagaimana komentar menstigmakan individu childfree dapat dikaji dengan Analisis Wacana Kritis.…”