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Today, regional discrimination is a significant social issue which leads to divided societies. In China, people from Henan Province, who are verbally abused by non-Henan users on the Internet, are often victims of regional discrimination. This article presents a case study of Chinese Internet users’ discriminatory practice against Henan people in the commentary sections of two major Chinese news portals – Tencent and NetEase. By advancing an affective critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach with the assistance of content analysis (CA), I analysed user comments on news reports which covered a news event relating to regional discrimination against Henan people. The analysis showed that Internet users’ discriminatory practice was notably amplified by the locative IP-address function in NetEase’s commentary section. The research findings shed light on the interplay between Internet users’ discursive practice, and the technological architecture of interactive digital platforms in the context of regional discrimination.
Author(s): Peng AY
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Convergence
Year: 2021
Volume: 27
Issue: 5
Pages: 1343-1359
Print publication date: 01/10/2021
Online publication date: 09/12/2020
Acceptance date: 06/11/2019
Date deposited: 06/11/2020
ISSN (print): 1354-8565
ISSN (electronic): 1748-7382
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520977851
DOI: 10.1177/1354856520977851
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