In the last decade, the social media business has skyrocketed and reached a new dimension. These Medias, which mainly operate online, provide a new platform for modern discourse. Among all social media sites, Facebook is the most widely used social media with well around 1.35 billion global monthly active users as of September 30, 2014. Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission, according to its official website "is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them" (Facebook). Facebook has succeeded in attracting more and more users in the last five years due to its easy
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No doubt that the wording in those post is quite disturbing. First thing to notice is that the comment is typed in all capital letters which is a form of expressing anger. Secondly, by calling the palestinian people “COCKROACHES” , the individual has made use of a metaphor. It is clear that these are people not cockroaches but it he has tried to create a picture in the readers mind that palestinians are disgusting like cockroaches. In addition, “REPREHENSIBLE”, “DESPICABLE” , “DISCART FOR CIVILITY AND HUMANITY” are very strong words and convey his hate towards these people. Moreover, the comment ends with “BURN THEM TO THE GROUND” which is a command implying that if the person had the authority to kill all palestinian, he would authorised such …show more content…
“ The police need to just start mowing them (protesters) down with machine guns, purge them," she wrote on her personal Facebook page. From a linguistic perspective , the words choices used in this post is very interesting. Is it possible to “mown down” the protesters? Of course, it is a symbolic way of expressing one’s hatred. Additionally, “mown them down with machine guns” and “purge” are violent terms and thus suggest that the individual have some serious issues with the protesters. Within hours, the controversial post had been shared multiple times, and it wasn 't long before her employer found out about it and then she was laid off. This is one of many cases in which people have lost their jobs because of their “dubious” posts on
No doubt that the wording in those post is quite disturbing. First thing to notice is that the comment is typed in all capital letters which is a form of expressing anger. Secondly, by calling the palestinian people “COCKROACHES” , the individual has made use of a metaphor. It is clear that these are people not cockroaches but it he has tried to create a picture in the readers mind that palestinians are disgusting like cockroaches. In addition, “REPREHENSIBLE”, “DESPICABLE” , “DISCART FOR CIVILITY AND HUMANITY” are very strong words and convey his hate towards these people. Moreover, the comment ends with “BURN THEM TO THE GROUND” which is a command implying that if the person had the authority to kill all palestinian, he would authorised such …show more content…
“ The police need to just start mowing them (protesters) down with machine guns, purge them," she wrote on her personal Facebook page. From a linguistic perspective , the words choices used in this post is very interesting. Is it possible to “mown down” the protesters? Of course, it is a symbolic way of expressing one’s hatred. Additionally, “mown them down with machine guns” and “purge” are violent terms and thus suggest that the individual have some serious issues with the protesters. Within hours, the controversial post had been shared multiple times, and it wasn 't long before her employer found out about it and then she was laid off. This is one of many cases in which people have lost their jobs because of their “dubious” posts on