managing accusations of racism: a discursive psychology analysis of discussions on yogyakarta’s land ownership instruction in facebook

this study examines the management of accusations of racism in online discussions on the enactment of yogyakarta’s land ownership instruction, banning non-indigenous from the rights to own land in this province. a discursive psychology is applied to analyze a wide range of data collected from facebook, where its users have heated debates on this particular topic due to the court’s dismissal of handoko’s lawsuit calling for the repeal of the instruction in question. the analysis reveals that facebook users manage their accusations of racism by avoiding any explicit reference to racism, refraining from making direct accusations of racism, and making direct accusations of racism.