As the Internet fully entered the era of web 2.0, social network media developed rapidly,
gradually changing people's lifestyles and becoming one of the main platforms for
people to obtain information. People can not only share their lives and express their
opinions on the Internet, but also be influenced by the Internet. Social media guides
public opinion and affects people’s ideology. Especially in the epidemic of COVID-19
pneumonia, social media plays a very important role.
This research ...
As the Internet fully entered the era of web 2.0, social network media developed rapidly,
gradually changing people's lifestyles and becoming one of the main platforms for
people to obtain information. People can not only share their lives and express their
opinions on the Internet, but also be influenced by the Internet. Social media guides
public opinion and affects people’s ideology. Especially in the epidemic of COVID-19
pneumonia, social media plays a very important role.
This research is mainly based on a critical discourse analysis of an interview from BBC
HARDtalk program on YouTube, which the Chinese Ambassador to the United
Kingdom Liu Xiaoming respondsto COVID-19 epidemic incidents. The main objective
is to study the dialogue strategies of the two sides of the talk show and whether there is
racist discourse. Through analyzing the attitude and ideological tendency of online
comments, the purpose is to study whether hate speech exists on social media especially
on that towards China and Chinese people. It will also check whether YouTube handles
this content through its hate content policy and interview Chinese students studying in
Spain through in-depth interviews to study the relationship and harm between hate
speech and face-to-face violence.
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