Co-opted marginality, a new type of anti-immigrant discourse on social media? Classifying social media messages about immigrants with BERT

TL;DR

This paper investigates how social media comments about immigrants in Singapore reflect a new form of anti-immigrant discourse called co-opted marginality, using BERT for classification.

Contribution

It introduces a novel classification approach for anti-immigrant discourse types on social media using BERT, focusing on co-opted marginality.

Findings

Identification of co-opted marginality as a distinct anti-immigrant discourse type

Effective classification of social media messages with BERT

Insights into public attitudes towards immigrants in Singapore

Abstract

The article analyzes public discourse about immigrants in comments sections of 11 social media community platforms over six months in Singapore.