A Qualitative Study of Anti-Feminist Discursive Strategies in Online Comment Sections

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dc.contributor.advisorEhrlich, Susan L.
dc.creatorLaFortune, Gabrielle Louise
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-16T19:25:19Z
dc.date.available2015-12-16T19:25:19Z
dc.date.copyright2015-08-19
dc.date.issued2015-12-16
dc.date.updated2015-12-16T19:25:18Z
dc.degree.disciplineLinguistics and Applied Linguistics
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis uses multiple analytic categories drawn from the literature to identify discursive strategies used in online comment sections that function to undermine feminism. The work has two purposes: to provide a qualitative, critical discourse analysis of anti-feminist discourse in asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC), and to describe the ways in which the frameworks drawn from the literature complement one another in the analysis. This is done by analyzing comments from several North American websites, and describing occurrences of anti-feminist discursive strategies in terms of individual occurrences, and as they intersect with one another. Previous research has shown that the ability to identify anti-feminist discursive strategies allows feminists to resist silencing. Thus, in addition to adding to the literature on anti-feminist discursive strategies and asynchronous CMC, it is my hope that this work may be useful in denaturalizing and demystifying these strategies.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30709
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subject.keywordsco-optation
dc.subject.keywordsredefinition
dc.subject.keywordstranslation
dc.subject.keywordsincorporation
dc.subject.keywordsdisavowal
dc.subject.keywordspostfeminism
dc.subject.keywordsonline culture
dc.subject.keywordsinternet
dc.subject.keywordssemantic reversal
dc.subject.keywordsoppression
dc.subject.keywordsanti-feminism
dc.subject.keywordschange in meaning
dc.subject.keywordscomment sections
dc.subject.keywordsyoutube
dc.subject.keywordsnewspaper websites
dc.subject.keywordsdiscourse analysis
dc.subject.keywordsfeminist critical discourse analysis
dc.titleA Qualitative Study of Anti-Feminist Discursive Strategies in Online Comment Sections
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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