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Abstract

This research aims at utilising a previously established methodology, Rowe (2015) and a widely agreed upon framework for impoliteness and negativity, Papacharissi (2004) to analyse the construction of disagreement in an online discussion of LGBT/inclusivity lessons. This research has been created as a result of the recent debates surrounding the compulsory implementation of these lessons, to all primary age pupils by September 2020.
By combining both impoliteness and negativity frameworks, this research has formed a qualitative analysis of 300 comments on a Daily Mail article discussing the topic. This paper is able to identify and discuss the factors contributing to the conversation and disagreement. The results show that multiple aspects of impoliteness and negativity are used within the comment section and attributes these factors to the absence of direct interaction between participants, combined with a lack of openness to new ideas/different opinions. Finally, the paper concludes that key aspects of this research coincide with the results of previous research and it would be beneficial to continue this research further.

Course: English Language and Linguistics - BA - C2742S

Date Deposited: 2020-09-23

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