Publication details
Odraz kolektivního prožívání nervozity a strachu v komunikačním chování mládeže v internetové diskuzi o koronavirové pandemii
| Title in English | Influence of the collective experience of nervousness and fear in the communication of youth in the Internet discussion on the coronavirus pandemic |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Stylistyka |
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| Web | Plný text výsledku |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.25167/Stylistyka30.2021.11 |
| Keywords | style; Internet discussion; emotions; style-forming factor; communication factor; intertextuality; interdiscursivity |
| Description | A coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented event that has caused feelings of nervousness and fear in society. In the texts of a selected internet discussion on a coronavirus pandemic, which takes place on the Czech community website for children and youth, we can prove that the collective experience of nervousness and fear of participants in the discussion, also responding to the media discourse on coronavirus pandemics, is reflected in their communication behavior and consequently also in the style of selected discussion posts. These posts are characterized by considerable stylistic stability, which testifies to the significant intertextual activity, that contributes to the formation of their own stylistic norms. These norms partly correspond to the journalistic style norms – this is reflected specifically in the use of the standard language, in precise and clear formulations (authors use numerical data, terminology, citations and hypertext links). Related to this stereotypical formulations, caused by the high frequency of key lexemes and stable sentence patterns. This is significantly influenced by the very small range of texts, which limits the possibility of stylistic variability. The small range of the texts is the result of intertextual activity within the Internet discussion, as well as the expression of emotions through emoji. Due to its collective nature, emotional reactions to a non-linguistic reality – nervousness and fear of a coronavirus pandemic – permeate across discourses and, as a communication factor, influence the communication behavior of participants in a selected Internet discussion. They consistently monitor current events and proclaim negative emotional reactions to events indicating a negative trend in the pandemic. It is their shared communication strategy. We believe that the intensity of collective emotional experience does not necessarily reflect the true intensity of an individual's emotional relation to pandemic events, but the effort to reach and maintain a collective consensus and virtual friendship. |
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