Download pdf
Examining Identity Construction Through a Critical Discourse Analysis of the Stop Asian Hate Corpus
- 1 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 2 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This paper examines the discourse of resistance to discrimination faced by Asians, analyzing a corpus of 14,867 words across ten resistance discourses. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of 'Ideological Structures of Discourse' and 'The Discourse–Cognition–Society Triangle', the study employs both qualitative and quantitative research methods. It focuses on eight ideological structures within these discourses, utilizing linguistic analysis tools like Word List, Keyword List, and Collocates from Sketch Engine. The analysis reveals frequent use of pronouns such as ‘we’, ‘they’, ‘American’, ‘Asian’, and ‘against’, highlighting a division between ‘WE’ (Asians) and ‘THEY’ (racists). This division emphasizes the negative portrayal of racists and the contrasting positive qualities of the Asian community, while also acknowledging the vulnerability of Asians. Activities and personal experiences dominate the ideological constructs, presenting specific practices and relatable experiences, making these narratives convincing and effective. The discourse is characterized by its focus on the vulnerability of Asians to violence and threats, drawing public and legislative attention to their safety and security needs. This study underscores the importance of resistance discourse in promoting awareness, solidarity, and cohesion among Asian communities against discrimination and injustice.
Keywords
racism, stop Asian hate, identity construction
[1]. Fan, L., Yu, H., & Gilliland, A. J. (2021). #StopAsianHate: Archiving and analyzing Twitter discourse in the wake of the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 440-444.
[2]. Li, Y. (2018). Construction of Media Images of Asian Americans by The New York Times (Master's thesis, Shandong University).
[3]. Van Dijk, T. A. (1998). Editorial: Discourse and Ideology. Discourse & Society, 9(3), 307–308.
[4]. OKTAR, L. (2001). The Ideological Organization of Representational Processes in the Presentation of us and them. Discourse & Society, 12(3).
[5]. Fairclough, N. (2013). Critical discourse analysis. In The Routledge handbook of discourse analysis (pp. 9-20). Routledge.
[6]. Van Dijk, T. A. (2015). Critical Discourse Studies: A Socio-cognitive Approach. In Wodak, R., & Meyer, M. (Eds.). Methods for critical discourse analysis. 2nd Edition. Sage, p. 62-86.
[7]. Magee, B. (2001) The story of philosophy. New York: Dorling Kindersley.
[8]. Van Dijk, T. A. (2015). Discourse-Cognition: Current state and prospects of the socio-cognitive approach to discourse.
Cite this article
Sun,H.;Zhu,J. (2024). Examining Identity Construction Through a Critical Discourse Analysis of the Stop Asian Hate Corpus. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,42,234-239.
Data availability
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.
Disclaimer/Publisher's Note
The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s). EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content.
About volume
Volume title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Psychology and Humanity Studies
© 2024 by the author(s). Licensee EWA Publishing, Oxford, UK. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Authors who
publish this series agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the series right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this
series.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the series's published
version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial
publication in this series.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and
during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See
Open access policy for details).