Homot ja heterot Suomi24:ssä: analyysi digitaalisista diskursseista

Authors

• Jarmo Harri Jantunen Department of Languages and Communication, University of Jyväskylä

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23997/pk.65488

Keywords:

discourse, discussion forum, heterosexuality, homosexuality, phraseology, social media

Abstract

The article focuses on recurring discourses related to homosexuality and heterosexuality on the Suomi24 discussion forum. The analysis was implemented through corpus-assisted discourse study (CADS), in which statistical keyword analysis based on big data highlights the socially divided discourses of Finnish society. On the one hand, the results support earlier observations made in media analyses on strong affects and hate speech as well as on the tendency to politicise and religionise homosexuality. On the other hand, the study also reveals the personification of homosexual discourses or their links to specific places and groups of people. Furthermore, heterosexual discourses clearly differ from homosexual discourses: typical of the former is both a rational and an emotionally determined discussion on sexual orientation, sexuality and gender, as well as the self-representation of one’s own desires and sexuality.