Talk Back with Yik Yak? Exploring User Engagement via Anonymous Social Media in an Academic Library

Lewter, Brandon; Profit, Steven

doi:10.1080/19322909.2017.1406835

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“…The third rhetorical strategy deals with the hybrid language on the internet that combines written language with spoken language (Lewter and Profit, 2018; Tenenboim and Cohen, 2015). In the present study, in addition to this hybrid language, we identified another hybrid language, one that combines Hebrew with Arabic.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“The modesty guard” reflected in online comments in mainstream news sites

Druker Shitrit,

Ben-Asher,

Ben-Atar

2024

JICES

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Purpose At times, a traditional minority group that opposes a change in the patriarchal structure is violent toward women who wish to adopt modern lifestyles. This study aims to examine online comments regarding a shooting at a café in an Arab-Bedouin city in Israel, where women were employed as servers. The event was framed in Israeli media as an act of backlash by young men, who call themselves “The Modesty Guard.” Design/methodology/approach In this qualitative study, the authors collected 916 online comments that were published on five main online news sites. A thematic and rhetorical analysis of online comments was conducted. Findings The findings uncovered five main themes: the expression of support for Bedouin women; ideas for dealing with the Modesty Guard; blaming Bedouin tradition for the shooting; comparison of the violent behavior to a parallel phenomenon among Charedim; and criticism of the lack of treatment by Israeli security forces. The responses reflected a supportive stance toward Arab-Bedouin women, who were open to progress. Conflict discourse, however, expressed alienation and increased social-national schism between the Jewish majority and Arab-Bedouin minority groups in Israel. Originality/value This study sheds light on the backlash phenomenon in Negev Bedouin society. Moreover, it exposes the lack of significant supportive actions and a lack of understanding of the deep processes unfolding in this traditional society.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Communication studies describe several significant topics for discussion of the phenomenon of online comments: analysis of the perception of the phenomenon, analysis of the readers-writers and an analysis of the online written texts (Lewter and Profit, 2018).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%