The Right to Speak and the Request to Remain Silent: Who Owns Politicians’ Facebook Pages?

Pnina Shukrun-Nagar

doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2020.1697483

The Right to Speak and the Request to Remain Silent: Who Owns Politicians’ Facebook Pages?

Pnina Shukrun-Nagar

Department of Hebrew Language and Sociolinguistics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

This article discusses four types of silencing used by ordinary citizens against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in comments on his Facebook posts: general silencing in this communication channel aimed at preventing his writing on Facebook; thematic silencing intended to prevent him from speaking on certain issues; metalinguistic silencing aimed at preventing Netanyahu from speaking in certain ways; and meta-pragmatic silencing designed to prevent him from speaking in order to fulfill certain communicational functions.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	26-43
Number of pages	18
Journal	Israel Affairs
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2020.1697483
State	Published - 2 Jan 2020

Keywords

Benjamin Netanyahu
Facebook
Israel
Silencing
politeness
politicians’ Facebook posts
readers’ online comments

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
History
Political Science and International Relations

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