Title Tendencies of epistemic stancetaking in facebook and x posts on ukrainian immigrants: ukrainian vs american perspectives /
Translation of Title Episteminio požiūrio raiškos tendencijos „Facebook“ ir „X“ įrašuose apie Ukrainos imigrantus: ukrainiečių ir amerikiečių perspektyva.
Authors Muzyka, Mark
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Pages 70
Keywords [eng] stance, epistemic stance, epistemic stancetaking strategies, migration discourse social media discourse, English, Ukrainian, episteminis autoriaus požiūris, episteminio autoriaus požiūrio raiškos strategijos, migracijos diskursas, socialinių tinklų diskursas, anglų kalba, ukrainiečių kalba
Abstract [eng] The thesis focuses on the epistemic stancetaking of American and Ukrainian users on social media on Ukrainian immigrants by analyzing their social media posts. The corpus-based study investigates epistemic stance strategies’ use and categorizes the epistemic stance markers in American and Ukrainian social media posts, adapting Marín Arrese’s (2011) framework of epistemic stance markers. The study applies a mixed-method approach to reveal how these two national and cultural groups express their epistemic positioning in their posts on Ukrainian immigrants, which is a significant matter due to the migration crisis caused by an increasing number of Ukrainian refugees in host countries. The results have shown that both American and Ukrainian users most frequently employ epistemic modality markers, such as certainty, probability, and possibility markers, as well as communicative evidential markers in their posts to express their epistemic commitment and refer to external sources of information. Both groups proved to include evidential markers to share their beliefs of Ukrainian refugees and concerning them matters influenced by their cultural/societal norms and personal experience. Thus, American and Ukrainian social media users frequently included epistemic stance markers in their posts, affected by their different cultural backgrounds and national identities, adding to the ongoing discussion on Ukrainian immigrants and participating in shaping the public perception.
Dissertation Institution Vilniaus universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language English
Publication date 2025