Alena Zhdanava
Biographic Data
| ID | 4104407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alena Zhdanava |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alena |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhdanava |
| SIGNATURE | ZHDANAVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Academy of Public Administration |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0175-0316 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Multimodal stance-taking and ideological alignment in online far-right anti-immigration discourse
With rising political polarisation, far-right digital spaces have become fertile ground for amplifying xenophobic discourse. Adopting a critical multimodal analytic approach to stance analysis, we examined anti-immigration posts and comments related to the US context in the QAnon+ Telegram channel from January 2021 to October 2022 to show that radicalisation in this context is not merely a matter of extreme opinions, but of the performative multi…
Dust off the Dirt of Laziness and Break the Shackles of the Dunya ’
Taking a discourse historical approach to critical discourse studies, this study examines the narratives of female members of Daesh, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), in online propaganda magazines. It discusses four themes: female members’ motivations for joining Daesh and the vulnerabilities that led them to do so; challenges female recruits have faced when traveling to the conflict zone; mistakes and transgressions comm…
A meta-discursive analysis of engagement markers in QAnon anti-immigration comments
To better understand QAnon’s anti-immigration rhetoric, the study conducted a meta-discursive analysis of one of the group’s active Telegram channels by drawing on Hyland’s (2005) model of interaction. Specifically, engagement markers in their immigration-related discourse were analyzed to see how they contribute to endorsing the group’s macro conspiratorial arguments. The results illustrate a complex rhetorical manipulation and nearly unanimous …
In-group and out-group identity construction in extremist discourse
ISIS has seemingly been successful in mobilizing advocates from heterogenous backgrounds. Such diversity is symptomatic of the organization’s heavy investment in strategic messaging and identity construction to gain legitimacy. This study examined the multimodal discursive properties of ISIS’s narrative in its communique, Dabiq. It undertook a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the representation of in-group and out-group actors implementi…
In-group and out-group identity construction in extremist discourse
ISIS has seemingly been successful in mobilizing advocates from heterogenous backgrounds. Such diversity is symptomatic of the organization’s heavy investment in strategic messaging and identity construction to gain legitimacy. This study examined the multimodal discursive properties of ISIS’s narrative in its communique, Dabiq. It undertook a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the representation of in-group and out-group actors implementi…
A meta-discursive analysis of engagement markers in QAnon anti-immigration comments
To better understand QAnon’s anti-immigration rhetoric, the study conducted a meta-discursive analysis of one of the group’s active Telegram channels by drawing on Hyland’s (2005) model of interaction. Specifically, engagement markers in their immigration-related discourse were analyzed to see how they contribute to endorsing the group’s macro conspiratorial arguments. The results illustrate a complex rhetorical manipulation and nearly unanimous …
A meta-discursive analysis of engagement markers in QAnon anti-immigration comments
To better understand QAnon’s anti-immigration rhetoric, the study conducted a meta-discursive analysis of one of the group’s active Telegram channels by drawing on Hyland’s (2005) model of interaction. Specifically, engagement markers in their immigration-related discourse were analyzed to see how they contribute to endorsing the group’s macro conspiratorial arguments. The results illustrate a complex rhetorical manipulation and nearly unanimous …
In-group and out-group identity construction in extremist discourse
ISIS has seemingly been successful in mobilizing advocates from heterogenous backgrounds. Such diversity is symptomatic of the organization’s heavy investment in strategic messaging and identity construction to gain legitimacy. This study examined the multimodal discursive properties of ISIS’s narrative in its communique, Dabiq. It undertook a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the representation of in-group and out-group actors implementi…
Dust off the Dirt of Laziness and Break the Shackles of the Dunya ’
Taking a discourse historical approach to critical discourse studies, this study examines the narratives of female members of Daesh, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), in online propaganda magazines. It discusses four themes: female members’ motivations for joining Daesh and the vulnerabilities that led them to do so; challenges female recruits have faced when traveling to the conflict zone; mistakes and transgressions comm…
Multimodal stance-taking and ideological alignment in online far-right anti-immigration discourse
With rising political polarisation, far-right digital spaces have become fertile ground for amplifying xenophobic discourse. Adopting a critical multimodal analytic approach to stance analysis, we examined anti-immigration posts and comments related to the US context in the QAnon+ Telegram channel from January 2021 to October 2022 to show that radicalisation in this context is not merely a matter of extreme opinions, but of the performative multi…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)