Aproximación a Reddit: reflexión de su posible aplicación en investigaciones pragmáticas

• Yuezhe Du ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: Sintagma: Revista de lingüística, ISSN 0214-9141, Vol. 38, 2026, págs. 97-109
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.21001/sintagma.2026.38.06
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Approach to Reddit: Reflection on its potential application in pragmatic research
  • Aproximació a Reddit: Reflexió sobre la seva possible aplicació en investigacionspragmàtiques
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo (pdf)
  • Texto completo
• Resumen
  • català

    Aquest estudi examina Reddit, una pàgina de col·lecció de fòrums de debat, amb l’objectiu d’analitzar el seu potencial com a font de dades per a investigacions pragmàtiques i aportar metodològicament a l’estudi de l’anàlisi pragmàtica en entorns digitals. S’hi examinen característiques com l’anonimat dels usuaris, el sistema de votació, la Reddiquette i les normes dels subreddits, entre altres. Mitjançant una revisió bibliogràfica i una anàlisi crítica, el treball reflexiona sobre el potencial, els defectes i les consideracions ètiques d’aquesta plataforma per a estudis pragmàtics, oferint una contribució metodològica a l’anàlisi pragmàtica en contextos digitals.

  • English

    This study examines Reddit, a collection of discussion forums, with the aim of analyzing its potential as a data source for pragmatic research and contributing methodologically to the study of pragmatic analysis in digital environments. It explores features such as user anonymity, the voting system, Reddiquette, and subreddit rules, among others. Through a literature review and critical analysis this work reflects on the platform’s potential, shortcomings, and ethical considerations for pragmatic studies, offering a methodological contribution to pragmatic analysis in digital contexts.Keywords: pragmatics, digital discourse, social media, Reddit, linguistic methodology.

• Referencias bibliográficas
  • Adams, Nicholas Norman (2024). “Scraping” reddit posts for academic research? addressing some blurred lines of consent in growing internet-based...
  • Albelda Marco, Marta (2021). “Las relaciones entre el hablante y el oyente: La cortesía verbal”. En O. Loureda Lamas y A. Schrott (Eds.),...
  • Alecu, Bianca (2024). “Digital discourse markers in Romanian forum communication: The case of welp, TBH (to be honest) and TBF (to be fair)”....
  • Chi, Yu y Chen, Huai-yu (2023). Investigating substance use via reddit: Systematic scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(1).
  • Culpeper, Jonathan (2008). “Reflections on impoliteness, relational work and power”. En D. Bousfield, y M. A. Locher (Eds.), Impoliteness...
  • Dayter, Daria y Messerli, Thomas C. (2021). Persuasive language and features of formality on the r/ChangeMyView subreddit. Internet Pragmatics,...
  • Dynel, Marta (2020). Vigilante disparaging humour at r/IncelTears: Humour as critique of incel ideology. Language & Communication, 74,...
  • Dynel, Marta y Poppi, Fabio I.M. (2019). Risum teneatis, amici?: The socio-pragmatics of RoastMe humour. Journal of Pragmatics, 139, 1–21.
  • Fiesler, Casey, Zimmer, Michael, Proferes, Nicholas, Gilbert, Sarah y Jones Naiyan (2024). Remember the human: A systematic review of ethical...
  • Franzke, Aline Shakti, Bechmann, Anja, Zimmer, Michael, Ess, Charles y the Association of Internet Researchers (2020). Internet Research:...
  • Glassman, Michael. y Kuznetcova, Irina (2022). The GameStop saga: Reddit communities and the emerging conflict between new and old media....
  • Hu, Yanfei (2021). Relational work in dispute: Negotiating norms, negotiating relationships. Journal of Politeness Research, 17(2), 133–154.
  • Kantanen, Helena y Manninen, Jyri (2016). Hazy boundaries: Virtual communities and research ethics. Media and Communication, 4(4), 86–96.
  • Kozinets, Robert V. y Gambetti, Rossella (2021). Netnography unlimited: Understanding technoculture using qualitative social media research....
  • Leuckert, Sven y Leuckert, Martin (2020) “Towards a digital sociolinguistics: Communities of practice on reddit”. En S. Rüdiger y D. Dayter...
  • Locher, Miriam A. y Watts, Richard J. (2005). Politeness theory and relational work. Journal of Politeness Research, 1, 9–33.
  • López Escarcena, Ignacio (2021). Desafíos éticos en el estudio de comunidades digitales: Una propuesta basada en un caso empírico. Cuadernos....
  • Lu, Rickey (2024). Audience design and pragmatic conceptions of moves and upvotes during advice-giving on reddit. Journal of Pragmatics, 219,...
  • Lu, Rickey (2025). Understanding online advice-giving evaluations through the politeness evaluation model. Journal of Politeness Research,...
  • Mancera Rueda, Ana. y Pano Alamán, Ana. (2014). “Las redes sociales como corpus de estudio para el análisis del discurso mediado por ordenador”....
  • Medvedev, Alexey N., Lambiotte, Renaud y Delvenne Jean-Charles (2019). “The anatomy of reddit: An overview of academic research”. En F. Ghanbarnejad,...
  • Mills, Sara (2011). “Discursive approaches to politeness and impoliteness”. En Linguistic Politeness Research Group (Ed.), Discursive approaches...
  • Panek, Elliot T. (2021). Understanding reddit. Routledge.
  • Proferes, Nicholas, Jones, Nicholas, Gilbert, Sarah, Fiesler, Casey y Zimmer, Michael (2021). Studying reddit: A systematic overview of disciplines,...
  • Reddit. (2024). Reddit inc homepage. https://redditinc.com
  • Schneider, Carolin (2025). Deictic and non-deictic reference at the online-offline nexus: Discussing death on reddit. Discourse, Context and...
  • Signorelli, Julia (2022). Of pumpkin spice lattes and hamplanets: The venting genre as support and subversion on reddit’s r/FatPeopleStories....
  • Statista (2025). Most popular websites worldwide as of November 2024, by total visits https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201880/most-visited-websites-worldwide/.
  • Sveningsson, Malin (2004). “Ethics in internet ethnography”. En E.A. Buchanan, (Ed.), Readings in virtual research ethics: Issues and controversies...
  • Teneketzi, Korallia (2022). Impoliteness across social media platforms: A comparative study of conflict on YouTube and reddit. Journal of...
  • Vepsälainen, Heidi (2022). Responses to advice-seeking on reddit that do not give advice. Journal of Pragmatics, 191, 143–155.
  • Williams, Emily A.E. (2021). Pragmatic extension in computer-mediated communication: The case of “#” and “™”. Journal of Pragmatics, 181,...
  • Willis, Roxana (2017). Observations online: Finding the ethical boundaries of Facebook research. Research Ethics, 15(1), 1–17.