Publications

Publication details [#59105]

Eronen, Maria. 2014. Moral argumentation as a rhetorical practice in popular online discourse: Examples from online comment sections of celebrity gossip. Discourse & Communication 8 (3) : 278–298.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gossip | hierarchy | internet | moral argumentation | rhetoric

Language as a subject

English | Finnish

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper explores how English and Finnish online participants of celebrity gossip comment sections, situate themselves with respect to their audience via moral argumentation and thereby add to social hierarchies (of sexist and class-bound power).