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“What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid” Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era
Whilst the coronavirus pandemic keeps threatening the world at large, little is yet known about the impoliteness implications of user-generated- Covid-related contents on social media such as Facebook. The aim of this study is to examine the comments made in response to Giuliani’s Covid- 19 diagnosi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076167/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37038433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440231161040 |
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description | Whilst the coronavirus pandemic keeps threatening the world at large, little is yet known about the impoliteness implications of user-generated- Covid-related contents on social media such as Facebook. The aim of this study is to examine the comments made in response to Giuliani’s Covid- 19 diagnosis, from an impoliteness perspective. A merely qualitative analysis of a dataset of 3,000 comments evenly collected from three different news outlets (i.e., BBC, CNN, Fox News), the findings reveal that the reactions to Giuliani’s diagnosis are more focused on him being a politician, than him being a human being affected by the virus. The reactions attack his actions and the actions of others within his political party, which suggests that impoliteness has a strong dependence on previous actions and political engagement. Giuliani is seen by some users to be undeserving of compassion or empathy not just on the grounds of his active involvement in attempting to overturn the presidential election results, but also for his disregard toward mask wearing in public spheres. Not all the users, however, appreciate the attacks against Giuliani. Through metadiscursive comments, some users not just feel the need to treat Giuliani as a human being, but more importantly remind fellow users that Covid-19 should be a concern for all. What is particularly critical about these metacomments is that while the users advocate for civil interactions, they mostly do not condone Giuliani’s actions. This so because these users understand what should be obligatory, permissible, or forbidden on the human level under the circumstances. |
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spelling | pubmed-100761672023-04-06 “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid” Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era Tsoumou, Jean Mathieu Sage Open Article Whilst the coronavirus pandemic keeps threatening the world at large, little is yet known about the impoliteness implications of user-generated- Covid-related contents on social media such as Facebook. The aim of this study is to examine the comments made in response to Giuliani’s Covid- 19 diagnosis, from an impoliteness perspective. A merely qualitative analysis of a dataset of 3,000 comments evenly collected from three different news outlets (i.e., BBC, CNN, Fox News), the findings reveal that the reactions to Giuliani’s diagnosis are more focused on him being a politician, than him being a human being affected by the virus. The reactions attack his actions and the actions of others within his political party, which suggests that impoliteness has a strong dependence on previous actions and political engagement. Giuliani is seen by some users to be undeserving of compassion or empathy not just on the grounds of his active involvement in attempting to overturn the presidential election results, but also for his disregard toward mask wearing in public spheres. Not all the users, however, appreciate the attacks against Giuliani. Through metadiscursive comments, some users not just feel the need to treat Giuliani as a human being, but more importantly remind fellow users that Covid-19 should be a concern for all. What is particularly critical about these metacomments is that while the users advocate for civil interactions, they mostly do not condone Giuliani’s actions. This so because these users understand what should be obligatory, permissible, or forbidden on the human level under the circumstances. SAGE Publications 2023-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10076167/ /pubmed/37038433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440231161040 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Article Tsoumou, Jean Mathieu “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid” Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era |
title | “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid”
Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era |
title_full | “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid”
Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era |
title_fullStr | “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid”
Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era |
title_full_unstemmed | “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid”
Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era |
title_short | “What is Wrong With You People That You are Happy Someone has Covid”
Impoliteness in the Coronavirus Pandemic Era |
title_sort | “what is wrong with you people that you are happy someone has covid”
impoliteness in the coronavirus pandemic era |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076167/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37038433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440231161040 |
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