Speech act of flaming: A pragmatic analysis of Twitter trolling in Pakistan

This study analyzed twitter trolling as a speech act of flaming. Trolling are deliberate disruptive practices of individuals or of particular group to sensationalize, commoditize, or intensify the reaction in online communication. Twitter API account was used to collect the tweets generated in Pakis...

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Published in:Discourse & society 2024-07, Vol.35 (4), p.499-517
Main Authors: Rabbani, Kiran, Mehmood, Muhammad Asim, Areej, Areej
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