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The spike in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) has overspilled into online political discussions enabling the free expression of political views in various platforms. This study aims at investigating the frequency of impolite strategies used by netizens in their political discussions online. The study also aims at finding out the reasons for employing such impoliteness strategies by netizens. In order to answer these questions, a total of 150 impolite feedback responses of netizens were collected from the online news portal Malaysiakini. The feedback responses formed the backbone of the data for the study. This data were analysed based on the model of impoliteness by Culpeper (1996, 2005) in the field of pragmatics. The findings revealed that impolite strategies were present. The interview data further revealed that the main reasons contributing to the use of impoliteness was anger, more precisely, pent-up anger.
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In-Text Citation: (Colaco et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Colaco, L., Vijayarajoo, A. R., & Lin, T. M. (2021). The Use of Impoliteness Strategies in Online Feedback Relating to A General Election in Media. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(9), 107–121.
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