Illegitimation of same-sex sexualities in news reports of selected Nigerian newspapers

Oyebanji, Olubunmi Funmi

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“…Given that “homosexual rights have not entered the [political] agenda of the Chinese government” ( Zhang, 2014 , p. 1019), such statements appear to be based on the assumption that China’s existing laws are in a state of disarray. However, these Weibo comments contribute to the recent observation that the impersonal authority of laws is frequently used to delegitimise same-sex relationships ( Oyebanji, 2023 ).…”

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Discursive delegitimisation of homosexuality on Chinese social media

Zhang,

Zhuang

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This article contributes to the understanding of public representations of homosexuality in China by focusing on the case of a homophobic textbook. College student Xixi sued Jinan University Press (JUP) in 2017 for classifying homosexuality as a psychosexual disorder. Three years later, a Chinese court dismissed Xixi’s lawsuit against the allegedly homophobic textbook published by JUP. The ruling elicited responses on Chinese social media that demonstrated the polarisation of public opinion regarding homosexuality. This article investigates discursive representations of homosexuality in online space by analysing the public discourse surrounding this problem. Using van Leeuwen’s discursive delegitimation strategies (i.e., authorisation, moral evaluation, rationalisation, and mythopoesis), 496 comments posted on Sina Weibo were employed and subjected to discourse analysis. According to our findings, these strategies contribute to public opposition to homosexuality, portrayed as unhealthy, infertile, disruptive, and corrosive. The article concludes by discussing the emerging sociocultural factors on Sina Weibo that influence the anti-homosexuality attitudes of Weibo users.

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Discursive delegitimisation of homosexuality on Chinese social media

Zhang,

Zhuang

2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…Moral evaluation is a delegitimization strategy that involves either judging an action as bad or comparing it to an action with negative moral principles (Oyebanji 2023;Ross 2019). It can be expressed using adjectives or analogies, or even through abstractions (Van Leeuwen 2007).…”

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Quoting to deceive: Fake quotes and political delegitimization in Spanish far-right grassroots disinformation campaigns

Sampietro

2024

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This paper focuses on the deliberate fabrication of quotations and their attribution to rival politicians by Spanish far-right activists, studying the ways in which such practices are used to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of political adversaries. The study’s dataset was obtained from a reliable Spanish fact-checking site (http://aldescubierto.org) specializing in disinformation spread in Spain by the far right. The dataset was subjected to an in-depth qualitative analysis of the taxonomy of delegitimization strategies in discourse. The analysis reveals a deliberate effort to depict left-wing politicians as unfit to govern the country. Specifically, it shows that fake quotes can help to present politicians as immoral and their policies as irrational. In short, fake quotes are used to erode trust in governing institutions and delegitimize politicians and policy initiatives.

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Discursive representations of sexual minorities in China’s English-language news media: a corpus-based study

Zhang,

Zhuang,

et al. 2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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In contemporary China, sexual minorities (SMs) are still a marginalized community. Prior studies have accorded SMs a great deal of attention, but little research has been conducted on the representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people in Chinese English-language news media. This article uses corpus linguistic tools to examine popular views on SMs in a larger corpus of 354 news articles, filling the gap in research. Based on data collected from four English-language newspapers in mainland China and informed by discursive strategies, the article concludes that Chinese SMs are prominently represented as unhealthy individuals, but also victims and progressionists. The findings also indicate that conservative and liberal perspectives on SMs co-exist in the English-language newspapers. In addition, potential contributing factors to these representations are discussed.

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Illegitimation of same-sex sexualities in news reports of selected Nigerian newspapers

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

Discursive delegitimisation of homosexuality on Chinese social media

Discursive delegitimisation of homosexuality on Chinese social media

Quoting to deceive: Fake quotes and political delegitimization in Spanish far-right grassroots disinformation campaigns

Discursive representations of sexual minorities in China’s English-language news media: a corpus-based study

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