Publications

Publication details [#56736]

Ladegaard, Hans J. 2012. Discourses of identity: Outgroup stereotypes and strategies of discursive boundary-making in Chinese students’ online discussions about “the other”. Journal of multicultural discourses 7 (1) : 59–79.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

face maintenance | identity negotiation | intergroup communication | internet | stereotype

Language as a subject

Chinese | Chinese, Hong Kong

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This analysis of Chinese students' spontaneous online discussions of self- and other-categorizations in Hong Kong (HK) and Mainland China (MLC), reveals the use of face threats and mitigation strategies in accordance with tense relationships between HK and MLC.