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Title: | "We shall not flag or fail, we shall go on to the end" Hashtag activism in Hong Kong protests | Authors: | Bhatia, A Ross, AS |
Issue Date: | Jan-2022 | Source: | Journal of language and politics, Jan. 2022, v. 21, no. 1, p. 117-142 | Abstract: | Focusing on the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong, this article presents an analysis of Twitter posts adopting the hashtags #antiELAB, #NoChinaExtradition and #HongKongProtests. The analysis explores the public narrative among the collective identity of Hongkongers opposing the extradition bill as events unfolded during mid-2019 in Hong Kong. To do so, we adopt Bhatia’s (2015) multi-perspective framework for the Discourse of Illusion, which takes a three-prong approach to the study of argument construction and establishing legitimacy. Specifically, through the interrelated components of (1) historicity, (2) linguistic and semiotic action, and (3) social impact, the dimensions of the hashtag narrative that emerged on Twitter were explored. | Keywords: | Hashtag activism Discourse of Illusion Hong Kong protests Social media discourse |
Publisher: | John Benjamins | Journal: | Journal of language and politics | ISSN: | 1569-2159 | EISSN: | 1569-9862 | DOI: | 10.1075/jlp.21020.bha | Rights: | © John Benjamins Publishing Company The following publication Bhatia, A., & Ross, A. S. (2022). “We shall not flag or fail, we shall go on to the end”: Hashtag activism in Hong Kong protests. Journal of Language and Politics, 21(1), 117-142 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.21020.bha. Journal of Language and Politics is available at https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/15699862 |
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