dc.contributor.author | Kersten, Saskia | |
dc.contributor.author | Lotze, Netaya | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-12T00:11:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-12T00:11:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-07-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kersten , S & Lotze , N 2020 , ' Creating a Self-Image : Face-Work and Identity Construction Online ' , Journal for Media Linguistics , vol. 2 , no. 2 , pp. 123-156 . https://doi.org/10.21248/jfml.2019.20 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2569-6491 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 17085017 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 5df53342-fa87-4f5d-a239-54e0d053d091 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/22955 | |
dc.description | © 2020 Dr. Saskia Kersten, Dr. Netaya Lotze. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). | |
dc.description.abstract | In this article, we build on research arguing that linguistic self-representation on social media can be viewed as a form of face-work and that the strategies employed by users are influenced by both a desire to connect with others and a need to preserve privacy. Drawing on our own analyses of usernames as well as that of others which were conducted as part of a large-scale project investigating usernames in 14 languages (Schlobinski/T. Siever 2018a), we argue that these conflicting goals of wanting to be recognised as an authentic member of an in-group while retaining a degree of anonymity are also observable in the choice of username. Online self-naming can thus be viewed as a key practice in the debate of face-work on social media platforms, because names and naming strategies can be studied more readily than broader and more complex aspects, such as stylistic variation or text-image interdependence, while at the same time forming part of these. | en |
dc.format.extent | 34 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal for Media Linguistics | |
dc.subject | onomastics | |
dc.subject | usernames | |
dc.subject | self-naming | |
dc.subject | face-work | |
dc.subject | digitally mediated interaction | |
dc.subject | Language and Linguistics | |
dc.title | Creating a Self-Image : Face-Work and Identity Construction Online | en |
dc.contributor.institution | English Language and Communication | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Humanities | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.identifier.url | http://dp.jfml.org/2019/opr-kersten-lotze-creating-a-self-image/ | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | https://doi.org/10.21248/jfml.2019.20 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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