Eric Friginal

Discursive shifts and the normalisation of hate speech: Chinese Muslims in Chinese and American newspapers (2001–2024)

This paper examines how hate speech towards Chinese Muslims is constructed in Chinese and American broadsheets. The analysis encompasses 6336 articles (5.4 million words) published between 2001 and 2024. It employs a combination of discursive shifts theory, BiCHAT detection and L...