Self-Narratives on Social Networks: Trans-Platforms Stories and Facebook’s Metamorphosis into a Postmodern Semi-Automated Repository

S. Calzati, Roberto Simanowski

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Abstract

This article focuses on self-narratives and identity construction in the context of social networking sites (SNSs) by discussing the findings of a research project that had at its core the practice-based module “Facebook and Autobiography: How We Narrate Ourselves on Social Networks,” which we designed and taught at a major Hong Kong university. With students as participants, we explored how the infrastructure of Facebook affects the processes of self-narration and what differences and similarities can be detected between such digitally mediated processes and those emerging in more traditional written forms, such as diaries.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24-47
Number of pages24
JournalBiography
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

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