Gender performances of male and female politicians on social media: A corpus-assisted discourse study

Ming Liu, Ruinan Zhao

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Abstract

This study gives a critical discourse analysis of the performances of male and female politicians on Twitter to examine whether the “double bind” situation still exists for female politicians on social media. It collects 1,000 posts from top ten male and female influential political leaders and builds two specialized corpora. This study combines quantitative corpus linguistic methods and qualitative discourse analysis to examine how they differ at three levels of discourse. The findings suggest that while social media empower female politicians in politics, traditional differences between male and female politicians can still be detected on social media.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial Identity and Discourses in Chinese Digital Communication
EditorsHongqiang Zhu, Debing Feng, Xinren Chen
PublisherRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter3
Pages69-88
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9781003449379
ISBN (Print)9781032582726
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2024

Publication series

NameRoutledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
PublisherRoutledge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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