A discourse analysis of audience deliberation in online forums on race-relevant news

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dc.contributor.authorConradie, Marthinus
dc.contributor.authorBrokensha, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-05T11:48:55Z
dc.date.available2018-09-05T11:48:55Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIn a post-cyber-utopian world, scholars are aware that online discussions emanating from newspaper articles do not automatically exhibit democratic discourse. Against this background, we aim to delineate some of the main attributes of deliberative discourse in an online news site for the South African Mail & Guardian. We are particularly interested in determining how interlocutors justify conclusions through warrants. Warrants are discourse moves that link conclusions with evidence, and we examine their role in contesting the ideological productiveness of opposing arguments. Focusing on race-sensitive discussions, we combine a content- and discourse-analytic framework to identify the deliberative dynamics of warrants in online debates hosted by the Mail & Guardian. We argue that warrants, as a conceptual tool, offer a fruitful purchase on the enactment of deliberation in naturally-occurring settings. Moreover, they seem cardinal for the contestation of ideology, notably when deliberation is suffused with the analysis of power relations in highly-charged topics.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationConradie, M., & Brokensha, S. (2018). A discourse analysis of audience deliberation in online forums on race-relevant news. Acta Academica, 50(1), 1-27.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa50i1.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/9237
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor(s) retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectOnline deliberationen_ZA
dc.subjectDiscourse analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectContent analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectNews discourseen_ZA
dc.subjectUser commentsen_ZA
dc.subjectRacismen_ZA
dc.subjectRaceen_ZA
dc.titleA discourse analysis of audience deliberation in online forums on race-relevant newsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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