A Critical Discourse Analysis of Trolling in Iraqi Political Tweets
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https://doi.org/10.36327/ewjh.v1i33.14736Keywords:
CDA Approaches, TrollingCDA, Trolling, Ideological SquareAbstract
Trolling refers to a particular type of cruel online behavior, intended to disrupt interactions, aggravate interactional partners and lure them into fruitless argumentation. This qualitative paper aims at identifying van Dijk's ideological strategies and investigates the significance of context (i.e., background and historical knowledge) in analyzing Iraqi political tweet. It also aims to discover how trolls is handled on social media. Based on three tweets taken from Dr. Souad Al-Qisie, Ahmed Althawwaq and Wessen Al-sheikhly, the presents study examines trolling in Iraqi political tweets with much focus on van Dijk's ideological strategies. Additionally, it tackles the social function of language practice and power in political discourse. The findings of the study reveals that context is the most significant and effective factor in creating trolling in Iraqi political tweets. van Dijk's ideological square in its two aspects micro and macro analysis has proved to be useful in conducting a critical discourse analysis of trolling.
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