Skip to main content

Conclusions, limitations, and future research

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Incels and Ideologies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality ((PSLGS))

  • 188 Accesses

Abstract

This chapter provides a summary of the key findings and highlights both the academic and non-academic implications of such findings. It draws attention to the limitations of the research and identifies where additional research is needed. Furthermore, it suggests some of the potential implications of the findings before discussing some concluding remarks.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Baker, P., & Collins, L. (2023). Creating and analysing a multimodal corpus of news texts with Google Cloud Vision’s automatic image tagger. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 3(1), 100043.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Broyd, J., Boniface, L., Parsons, D., Murphy, D., & Hafferty, J. (2023). Incels, violence and mental disorder: A narrative review with recommendations for best practice in risk assessment and clinical intervention. BJPsych Advances, 29(4), 254–264.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Collins, L. C. (2019). Corpus linguistics for online communication: A guide for research. Routledge.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Daly, S. E., & Reed, S. M. (2022). “I think most of society hates us”: A qualitative thematic analysis of interviews with incels. Sex Roles, 86(1), 14–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Egbert, J., & Biber, D. (2018). Do all roads lead to Rome?: Modeling register variation with factor analysis and discriminant analysis. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 14(2), 233–273.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gov.uk. (2020). Consultation outcome: Online harms white paper. Last accessed July, 2023, from https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/online-harms-white-paper

  • Knight, D., & Adolphs, S. (2020). Multimodal corpora. In M. Paquot & S. T. Gries (Eds.), A practical handbook of corpus linguistics (pp. 351–369). Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Partington, A., Duguid, A., & Taylor, C. (2013). Patterns and meanings in discourse: Theory and practice in corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS). John Benjamins Publishing.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Pelzer, B., Kaati, L., Cohen, K., & Fernquist, J. (2021). Toxic language in online incel communities. SN Social Sciences, 1(8), 1–22.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Scotto di Carlo, G. (2023). An analysis of self-other representations in the incelosphere: Between online misogyny and self-contempt. Discourse & Society, 34(1), 3–21.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Solea, A., & Sugiura, L. (2023). Mainstreaming the blackpill: Understanding the incel community on TikTok. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 29. 311–336

    Google Scholar 

  • Speckhard, A., Ellenberg, M., Morton, J., & Ash, A. (2021). Involuntary celibates’ experiences of and grievance over sexual exclusion and the potential threat of violence among those active in an online incel forum. Journal of Strategic Security, 14(2), 89–121.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sugiura, L. (2021). The incel rebellion: The rise of the manosphere and the virtual war against women. Emerald Prints.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tognini-Bonelli, E. (2001). Corpus linguistics at work. John Benjamins.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Uerpmann-Wittzack, R. (2010). Principles of international internet law. German Law Journal, 11(11), 1245–1263.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Frazer Heritage .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Heritage, F. (2023). Conclusions, limitations, and future research. In: Incels and Ideologies. Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40184-8_6

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40184-8_6

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-031-40183-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-031-40184-8

  • eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics