Doxxing Discourse
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Doxxing Discourse
Doxxing is the deliberate, unauthorized disclosure of personal information with malicious intent. It became a method of public shaming and vigilantism during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. This Element examines doxxing as a discursive practice. It also problematizes legal ambiguities and ethical tensions surrounding doxxing practices.
Critically analyzes doxxing, revealing legitimation strategies and informing forensic investigation of harmful online communication.
Doxxing Discourse delves into the deliberate, unauthorised disclosure of personal information, often carried out with malicious intent. A significant focus is on how doxxing became a key method of public shaming and vigilantism during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.
This Element provides a comprehensive understanding and examination of doxxing as a discursive practice. Utilising critical discourse analysis (CDA), it scrutinises online forum discussions, as well as survey and interview data from Hong Kong university students. These findings are compared with institutional legal texts, illustrating how doxxing is discursively constructed, legitimised, and contested by various social actors.
The case study highlights linguistic strategies such as metaphor, euphemism, and irony, alongside legitimation discourses that frame doxxing as social justice, deterrence, or moral self-defence. Additionally, the Element addresses legal ambiguities and ethical tensions that surround doxxing practices.
By emphasising the dynamic interplay between grassroots and legal discourses, Doxxing Discourse makes a valuable contribution to forensic linguistics scholarship, exploring digital harm, power, and morality in today’s mediated environments.
Series: Elements in Forensic Linguistics
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781009518727
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 265g
Pages: 88
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