DIGITAL IMPOLITENESS

 
1/🔗 Drinóczi, Tímea, and Agnieszka Bień-Kacała. "Illiberal constitutionalism: The case of Hungary and Poland."  German Law Journal 20.8 (2019): 1140-1166.

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💭This book reflects on illiberal constitutionalism by analyzing the Rule of Law, democratic deterioration, and the manipulation of language to relativize the protection of human rights, as well as its emotional and ideological effects on the population. The work is an essential resource for scholars, academics, and policymakers interested in Constitutional Law and Politics.

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2/ 🔗 Drinóczi, Tímea, and Agnieszka Bień-Kacała, eds. Rule of law, common values, and illiberal constitutionalism: Poland and Hungary within the European Union. Routledge, 2020.  

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💭The book questions whether the Rule of Law remains a universal European value by analyzing its weakening in Hungary and Poland and the European Union's challenges in addressing this issue. The authors explore different approaches to the concept and investigate why voters continue to support illiberal populist leaders despite the erosion of the Rule of Law. The work presents a theory of the Rule of Law within illiberal constitutionalism and is aimed at academics, researchers, and legal professionals interested in the topic.

 

"3/ Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language,  edited by Helen Xanthaki, Guilia Adriana Pennisi, and Tímea Drinóczi (Routledge, forthcoming).  

 

💭The book discusses the intersection between language and law, focusing on how legal texts and documents can be written in an easily understandable way from the perspectives of legal writing, the use and development of legal language, translation, and terminology studies, among others.

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4/ 🔗 Spigno, Irene, Valentina Rita Scotti, and Janaína Lima Penalva da Silva, eds. The Rights of Women in Comparative Constitutional Law. Taylor & Francis, 2023. 

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💭This book conducts a comparative analysis of 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe to assess gender equality globally. It examines constitutional provisions, related legislation, women's participation in institutions, and legal interpretations of gender issues. Additionally, it highlights the role of women as judges, parliamentarians, activists, and academics, increasing their visibility in the public sphere. The work is aimed at academics, researchers, and policymakers in the fields of Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Human Rights, and Gender Studies.

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5/ 🔗 Pinheiro-Machado, Rosana, et al. "Relatório de Recomendações para o Enfrentamento ao Discurso de Ódio e ao Extremismo no Brasil." (2023). 

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💭This report is the result of the collective work of the Working Group (GT) created by the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC) to develop strategies to address hate speech and extremism, as well as to propose public policies on the topic. The activities were conducted without remuneration and involved the participation of civil society, government agencies, and the Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency. This document represents an initial step to deepen the understanding of hate speech and extremism, emphasizing the importance of prevention and victim protection in institutional and political responses.

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6/ 🔗 OLIVEIRA; MARCIANO, L. W. Edaí: Um Estudo Sobre Impolidez E Tomada De Postura no Twitter Brasileiro. Confluência, v. 63, p. 199-221, 2022  

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💭 This article aimed to examine the hashtag #edaí, used in April/May 2020, through the lens of Impoliteness Theory (Culpeper, 2011; Culpeper, Haugh, and Kádár, 2017) and Stance Theory (DeBois, 2007; Evans, 2016). The data were collected from Twitter profiles of the three most widely circulated newspapers in Brazil. The results showed that #edaí was used to create social bonds and form a transient community of practice (Mills, 2002), as well as to express political stance and linguistic impoliteness, mainly through sarcasm and mockery.

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7/ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, A. L. A. M; Miranda, M. V. 'Calling a spade, a spade´: impoliteness and shame on Twitter. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, v. 13, p. 22-32, 2022.  (ISSN: 2588-3887). 2020. 

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💭This article analyzes the metadiscourse of impoliteness on Twitter following U.S. President Joe Biden's insult directed at journalist Peter Doocy during a press conference. A total of 610 tweets with the hashtag #sonofabitch were collected in the days following the incident. The analysis revealed that the tag was used to criticize both Biden and Doocy, sparking a debate on offensive language in politics. Additionally, the posts included impolite expressions and negative statements, characterizing a process of online public shaming.