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A study of discourses and cyber activism of the far-right British nationalist party Britain First
Andrew Brindle | St. John’s University, Taiwan
Corrie MacMillan | Lancaster University, U.K.
This paper combines corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis methodologies in order to investigate the discourses and cyber activism of the British right-wing nationalist party, Britain First. A study of a corpus of texts produced by elite members of the group reveals a racist, xenophobic stance which constructs Islam and Muslims as the radical, dangerous ‘Other’. This creates a discourse of fear that threatens the way of life of the indigenous in-group of the British people. An investigation of the cyber activity of the group demonstrates that Britain First is able to achieve a significant amount of following on social media by publishing populist material that veils their true nature or ideological stance.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Data
- 3.Methodology
- 4.Findings
- 4.1Findings: Corpus data
- 4.2Findings: Social media activism
- 5.Discussion
- 6.Conclusion
- Notes
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References
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Published online: 16 October 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/jlac.5.1.05bri
https://doi.org/10.1075/jlac.5.1.05bri
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