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Speech triggers in Internet communication (the case of the VKontakte social network site) (OPEN ACCESS)

Zabrodina A.N., Kopnina G.A.

Siberian Federal University, Russia, Krasnoyarsk, ana.zabrodina17@gmail.com, okopnin@mail.ru

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to describe the use of speech triggers in Internet communication as statements capable of switching the addressee’s attention in a certain con-situation, causing them to have value associations and emotional experiences (usually of a traumatic type) aimed at rethinking a particular event, phenomenon and/or motivating them to commit actions. It is revealed that triggers act as a way of implementing a provocative strategy; they are able to distort the image of reality and cause mental trauma to a person, thereby violating the environmental friendliness of communication.

Keywords

trigger; speech trigger; provocative discourse; political Internet discourse

For citing: Zabrodina A.N., Kopnina G.A. (2023). Speech triggers in Internet communication (the case of the VKontakte social network site). Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 2(54): Human being on the way towards new practices of the ecology of life, pp. 101-122. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2023.02.06

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