Between responsibility and positioning – a study about young people’s interactions in social media

Eek-Karlsson, Liselotte,1955-Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP),Kollegiet för värdepedagogisk forskning (författare)

This article examines young people’s argumentation about their communication in social media. The purpose is to uncover what is taken for granted in their experiences and illuminate discursive patterns in their representation of everyday life online. 32 youths (14-15 years old) were interviewed. The result shows that there are three discourses involved that in different ways condition the youths’ acting space online. The discourses are called ‘taking responsibility’, ‘saving face’ and ‘social positioning’. There is a struggle between the discourses and they take on different power positions depending on the relation between three parameters: with whom the interaction takes place, the content that is to be published and the online characteristics. The discourse ‘taking responsibility’ is superior in interactions with close friends, unlike interactions with peripheral friends, where ‘social positioning’ is superior. The discourse ‘saving face’ is found in interactions with both close and peripheral friends.

LinnéuniversitetetInstitutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP) (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research: Sage Publications27:1, s. 1-171103-30881741-3222

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