Analysis of Protest Signs in #SécuritéPourTous and #StopAsianHate

Authors

  • Delin Deng

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32473/nfja.4.1.132343

Keywords:

protest sign, Asian community, multimodal analysis, linguistic landscape

Abstract

In this article, by adopting the multimodal analytical model proposed by Sebba (2013), we compared some signs used in two protests #SécuritéPourTous and #StopAsianHate, the former launched by the Chinese community in Paris following the assassin of Zhang Chaolin in Aubervilliers (in 93 arrondissement) in Paris and the latter initiated by the Asian community in North America following several hate crimes targeting Asians. By conducting a multimodal analysis, we demonstrate that nothing is randomly placed in protest signs. There is always some extra-linguistic information that the sign makers try to convey. At the same time, the signs can not only tell us about who the sign makers are but also who the addressees of the signs are.

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Published

2024-08-28

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Articles (English and Non-English)