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- Title
Self-help and masculinity: Speech acts in an online men's group.
- Authors
Krendel, Alexandra
- Abstract
This study investigates the interactional norms of a manosphere discussion forum known as The Red Pill (TRP), and asks whether it can be conceptualised as a self-help group. 2104 posts and comments from regular users and high-status users in the community were analysed qualitatively to determine how the community is characterised by certain speech acts, and how these speech acts correspond to face-enhancement and face-threat as well as to certain impression management strategies. Since personal disclosure, advice-giving, and face-enhancement are key characteristics of TRP, it could be argued that TRP shares some functional characteristics with self-help communities. However, much of the advice given is unsolicited, a disproportionately high rate of face-enhancement is directed towards high-status users, and speech acts such as elaborating, and some advice-giving and personal disclosure seem to be used for self-promotion purposes. Furthermore, the prevalence of unhedged face-threats sets TRP apart from traditional supportive communities.
- Subjects
MASCULINITY; SUPPORT groups; SPEECH acts (Linguistics); IMPRESSION management; DISCLOSURE
- Publication
Pragmatics & Society, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 6, p844
- ISSN
1878-9714
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/ps.21075.kre