Les pseudonymes stéréotypés : entre l’image de soi et l’image de l’autre (Cas des groupes de Harragas sur le web social)

The stereotyped pseudonyms: Between self-image and the image of the other (Case of harragas groups on the social web)

Abstract

n this study, we will focus on the autonyms used by Algerian Internet users interested in the Harga
on the social network Facebook and in their discourses. We will therefore first focus on the discursive ethos
that emanates from the designation of these users and secondly, we will focus on the discursive
characteristics of their digital writings based on the discursive modalization that is essential in the analysis of
discourse. Our analysis will first focus on the stereotyping processes used by Internet users who are members
of haraga groups, in the onomastic construction of their pseudonyms and their discursive ethos that emanates
from them. We will then focus on the analysis of their discourses based on discursive modalization. It is a
notion central to discourse analysis. To do so, we will adopt the theory of Galatanu (1997, p24) by
approaching it in terms of modal forms (linguistic forms) mobilized and values summoned (by these linguistic
choices). The objective of this second analysis is to shed light on the self-image (of Algeria) and the image of
the other (of Western countries) that emanate from their discourses. Finally, we will see if there is a
correlation between the onomastic choice of the pseudonym and the discourse of the harragas