Abstract The article deals with the features of impolite responses of YouTube Arab viewers of political TV talk shows. YouTube comments are written discourse of live commentary, a new genre of computer-mediated communication. Based on data from comments of Arabic viewers of political TV talk shows on YouTube, the article argues that impolite responses appear to be a common feature in Arabic comments in political talk shows on YouTube. Identity and power are reconsidered in this paper as variables that trigger impoliteness in Arabic online responses in political talk shows on YouTube. It argues that obscuring identity online incites the use of conventionalized impoliteness to exercise power on the TV presenter or the TV episode’s guest. The article also shows how communication variables such as context, commentator’s identity and models of communication influence the realization of impolite responses in those online interactions. The study draws on Spencer-Oatey (2007) to correlate identity, power, and impoliteness. It also utilized Culpeper’s (2011) bottom-up model of impoliteness triggers.

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YouTube上阿拉伯政治电视脱口秀节目中观众的回应不礼貌

摘要本文介绍了YouTube阿拉伯政治电视脱口秀观众反应不礼貌的特征。YouTube评论是现场评论的书面论述，是一种新型的计算机介导的交流方式。根据YouTube上政治电视脱口秀节目的阿拉伯语观众的评论数据，文章认为，不礼貌的回应似乎是YouTube政治脱口秀节目中阿拉伯语评论的常见特征。本文将身份和权力重新考虑为变量，这些变量会触发YouTube上的政治脱口秀节目中的阿拉伯在线回应中的不礼貌。它认为，在网上掩盖身份会诱使使用传统的不礼貌来对电视节目主持人或电视节目的嘉宾施加影响。本文还展示了通信变量（例如上下文，评论员的身份和交流模型会影响那些在线互动中不礼貌回应的实现。该研究借鉴了Spencer-Oatey（2007）来关联身份，权力和不礼貌。它还利用了Culpeper（2011）的自下而上的不礼貌触发器模型。