DYNAMICS OF IDENTITY NEGOTIATION: A CASE STUDY ON A FACEBOOK POST PERTAINING TO ABORTION RIGHTS

Alina PREDA

doi:10.24193/subbphilo.2022.4.07

Authors

Alina PREDA Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Contact: alinapreda74@gmail.com; alina.preda@ubbcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1288-9284

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2022.4.07

Keywords:

Facebook, abortion, self-presentation, interpersonal goals, identity negotiation

Abstract

Dynamics of Identity Negotiation: A Case Study on a Facebook Post Pertaining to Abortion Rights. With the advent of computer mediated communication, Internet users have formed routines and rituals that mirror the articulation, the negotiation and the formation of online identities. This extremely subtle yet complex process has stimulated researchers’ interest in the particularities of the socio-cultural acts performed in the on-line environment. The present study focuses on the negotiation of self- and group identity and on techniques of self-definition and self-representation, through an analysis of the reactions to a Facebook post regarding abortion rights.

Article history: Received 31 July 2022; Revised 16 October 2022; Accepted 14 November 2022; Available online 20 December 2022; Available print 30 December 2022.

REZUMAT. Dinamica negocierii identităţii: studiu de caz asupra unei postări Facebook privind dreptul la avort. Comunicarea asistată de computer a permis internauţilor să dezvolte ritualuri care reflectă tehnicile de exprimare, negociere şi formare a identităţii online. Acest proces subtil dar complex a stimulat interesul cercetătorilor pentru studiul manifestării actelor socio-culturale în spaţiul virtual. Acest articol examinează comentariile utilizatorilor Facebook la o postare referitoare la avort pentru a evidenţia tehnicile de auto-definire şi auto-prezentare aferente negocierii identităţilor individuale şi de grup în mediul online.

Cuvinte-cheie: Facebook, avort, auto-prezentare, scopuri interpersonale, negocierea identităţii

Author Biography

Alina PREDA, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Contact: alinapreda74@gmail.com; alina.preda@ubbcluj.ro

Alina PREDA is Associate Professor at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. Her research interests include Syntax, Discourse Analysis, Gender Studies, Contemporary English Literature and Comparative Religious Studies. Dr. Preda is the author of several books, including Jeanette Winterson and the Metamorphoses of Literary Writing (2010), A Synoptic Outline of Phrasal Syntax and Clausal Syntax and Interferences: On Gender and Genre (2013). Email: alina.preda@ubbcluj.ro

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