In South Korea since the mid-2010s, the discourse on giraegi has prevailed. The word giraegi is a combination of gija, the Korean word for journalist, and tsuraegi, the Korean word for trash. By considering this distinctive discourse on giraegi as a negative emotional form of anti-press discourse, this paper explores the background logics and rationales behind the giraegi discourse that classifies journalists as trash, by focusing on the case of the networked public of #giraegi. Its analysis reveals that certain negative emotions toward the press – disgust, hate, and shame – are the sources of the formation and maintenance of the networked public of #giraegi and also the energy that directs the flow of their hostile messages about journalists and journalism. Moreover, journalists are considered ‘pollutants’ that tarnish Korean society and thereby something that needs to be eliminated. In connection with the growing research on hate speech against journalists on digital media, this research ultimately argues that this affective form of anti-journalistic discourse – mainly focusing on hate, disgust, and shame – can hardly bring about normative and constructive effects; its probable impact will be to exacerbate distrust and skepticism toward journalists and journalism itself.

自2010年代中期以来，在韩国，有关吉拉吉（giraegi）的讨论盛行。giraegi这个单词是朝鲜语gij（新闻工作者）和tsuraegi（朝鲜语垃圾）的组合。通过将这种关于giraegi的独特话语视为反新闻话语的一种消极的情感形式，本文重点探讨了#giraegi网络化公众的案例，探讨了将giraegi话语归类为垃圾的giraegi话语背后的背景逻辑和理论基础。它的分析表明，对新闻界的某些负面情绪-厌恶，仇恨和羞耻-是＃互联网公众形成和维护的根源。giraegi以及引导他们关于记者和新闻业的敌对信息传播的能量。此外，记者被认为是破坏韩国社会的“污染物”，因此需要消除。结合对数字媒体上针对记者的仇恨言论的研究日益增多，这项研究最终认为，这种反新闻主义话语的情感形式（主要集中于仇恨，厌恶和耻辱）几乎不会带来规范和建设性的效果；它可能产生的影响将加剧对记者和新闻本身的不信任和怀疑。