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Malaysian Onion Army and Othering: Radicalized Trolling Hunters on Twitter During Pandemic

Authors
Norena Abdul Karim Zamri1, *, Nur Nasliza Arina Mohamad Nasir1, Mohammad Nurhafiz Hassim1, Syaza Marina Ramli1, Faisal Mohd Amin2
1UiTM Alor Gajah Campus, Melaka, Malaysia
2UiTM Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: norena@uitm.edu.my
Corresponding Author
Norena Abdul Karim Zamri
Available Online 5 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220101.024How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Twitter; Othering; Trolling; Online Activism; Pandemic
Abstract

With the growing popularity of social media, inequality and discrimination in online spaces has received increasing attention. Hate speech, cyberbullying, online misogyny, and online racism are often either impractically vague or impractical narrow concepts to describe the complex ways in which “othering” speech unfolds in online contexts. Unfortunately, the pandemic has not just disrupted the affected global health crisis but also has brought up a new wave to the rise of cyber troopers or known as Onion Army (‘Bawangrians’) in Malaysia. This study delves into the othering and discrimination encountered and propagated through Twitter. At the same time, to explore the extent to which Twitter exacerbates the othering discourse in the online sphere via trolling. Drawing on Twitter data, this research employs random sampling technique using Streaming API to seek potential public tweets and identify key actors within tweet sample sets using hashtag #Israelkoyak. The study contributes to the academic debates about the public sphere, social media, and the role of Twitter plays in the construction of meaning, subsequent cultural and social change and understanding the trajectories across digital spheres.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Humanities, Education and Society Development (ICONS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
5 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-507-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220101.024How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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