The Language Ideology of Silence and Silencing in Public Discourse

Schroeter, Melani

doi:10.1017/9781108345552.010

Qualitative Studies of Silence 2019

DOI: 10.1017/9781108345552.010

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The Language Ideology of Silence and Silencing in Public Discourse

Melani Schroeter¹

Abstract: Book or Report Section Accepted Version Schroeter, M. (2019) The language ideology of silence and silencing in public discourse Claims to silencing as metadiscursive moves in German antipolitical correctness discourse. In: Murray, A. J. and Durrheim, K. (eds.) Qualitative studies of silence: the unsaid as social action.

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This contribution focusses on forms and functions of explicit silence in user comments on the Facebook page of the New Right political party Alternative für Deutschland and on the way in which they allow users to participate in the communication while withholding content. These explicit silences create vagueness and ambiguity which users exploit to at the same time insinuate, adhere to, and scandalise taboos.

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Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization

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The study of political polarization, in both its ideological and its affective expressions, has garnered significantly more interest over the last years. But despite recent research on the conceptualization, measurement, causes, and consequences of this socio-political phenomenon, and some tentative interventions to mitigate it, relevant new avenues remain surprisingly underdeveloped. Indeed, scholarship in the field of political polarization, mainly in the case of affective polarization, frequently uses cognitivist approaches to make sense of the growing antipathy between different social and political groups. However, the bulk of this work seems to overlook valuable insights into the psychology of intergroup conflict, stereotyping, prejudice reduction, and discourse studies. The aim of this paper is to underline the main gaps in the political polarization literature, to subsequently argue how knowledge linked to the tradition of critical social psychology can help in filling them. Ultimately, the article aims to contribute to the psychosocial study of political polarization and to the design, if necessary, of interventions to counter its detrimental consequences.

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