Negotiating Intimacy through Social Media

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahideh Golzard ◽  
Cristina Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Iranian Women ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Media Interaction ◽  
Meaningful Relationships

In Iran, social media platforms have become powerful tools for political and interpersonal communication. They open new ways for their users, particularly women, to negotiate their intimate relationships with their family, (potential) partners or friends. Intimacy online is usually achieved through reciprocal visual and textual self-disclosure, which in turn may lead to face-to-face encounters. For Muslim Iranian women, social media allows room for self-expression, a way to combat loneliness and create meaningful relationships with like-minded people. However, at the same time, women are confronted by a number of risks associated with social media interaction in Iran, such as censorship, online (sexual) harassment, or cybercrime. Based on in-depth interviews and participant observation with Muslim Iranian women in Tehran, this paper explores the extent to which social media platforms (blogs, Facebook and dating sites) have created both challenges and opportunities for them by transforming the ways in which they create and maintain intimate relationships online.

Revolutionizing Mental Health with Social Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 259-284
Author(s):  
Munmun De Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Linguistic Expression ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Tailored Interventions ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Social media platforms have emerged as rich repositories of information relating to people’s activities, emotions, and linguistic expression. This chapter highlights how these data may be harnessed to reason about human mental and psychological well-being. It also discusses the emergent role of social media in providing a platform of self-disclosure and support to distressed and vulnerable communities. It reflects on how this new line of research bears potential for informing the design of timely and tailored interventions, provisions for improved personal and societal well-being assessment, privacy and ethical considerations, and the challenges and opportunities of the increasing ubiquity of social media.

scholarly journals Researching intimacy through social media: A cross-platform approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (60) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Cristina Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Media Interaction

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how to study the way people build intimacy and manage privacy through social media interaction. It explores the research design and methodology of a research project based on a multi-sited case study composed of three different social media platforms: Badoo, CouchSurfing, and Facebook. This cross-platform approach is useful to observe how intimacy is often negotiated across different platforms. The research project focuses on the cities of Leeds (UK) and Barcelona (Spain). In particular, this article discusses the methods used to recruit participants and collect data for that study - namely, participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and user profiles analysis. This cross-platform approach and multi-method research design is helpful to investigate the nature of intimacy practices facilitated by social media at several levels: online/offline, across different platforms, among different types of relationships, within both new and existing relationships, and in different locations

Credible Influencers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin K. Johnson ◽  
Amanda S. Bradshaw ◽  
Julia Davis ◽  
Vanessa Diegue ◽  
Lily Frost ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Mediated Effects ◽  
Downstream Effects ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract. Influencers are semi-professional microcelebrities on social media platforms such as YouTube, often sponsored by brands to promote lifestyle products to followers. Influencers navigate opposing tensions of their authenticity and relatability with their carefully crafted personas and commercial interests. We draw from warranting theory to propose that influencer trustworthiness and expertise would be differentially affected by several key message cues: production modification, self-disclosure, and sponsorship disclosure. A 2 × 2 × 2 between-subjects experiment with original influencer videos tested effects on trustworthiness and expertise, as well as downstream effects on attitudes and intentions. Video modification had a positive effect on expertise, but no effect on trustworthiness. Self-disclosure had a surprisingly negative effect on trustworthiness. Sponsorship disclosure only had an effect on perceived sponsorship. However, modification and sponsorship disclosure interacted, so that modification boosted both expertise and trust when videos were unsponsored. Finally, expertise mediated effects of modification on attitudes, and trustworthiness mediated effects of self-disclosure. Findings illustrate distinct roles for expertise, trustworthiness, and sponsorship perceptions in the influencer context.

scholarly journals Instagram dan Self Disclosure dalam Perspektif Komunikasi Antarpribadi terhadap Siswa - Siswi SMA Santo Kristoforus II

Koneksi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Jovita Clarissa ◽  
H.H. Daniel Tamburian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Digital Era

Humans are social beings who need other individuals to group. In interacting with others, individuals will convey information and usually begin with an introduction relates to self disclosure, which is the type of individual communication disclosing information about himself is commonly concealed. Social media is a medium on the Internet that allows users to represent themselves, share, communicate with others and create virtual social ties. This research was intended to examine Instagram and Self Disclosure in an interpersonal communication perspective on the Santo Kristoforus II high school students to find out the activities of students on Instagram social media. Research based on Self-Disclosure theory, communication theory in the Digital Era, social media, and Instagram. Research uses a qualitative approach with case study methods. The results is that the self disclosure conducted by the informant is about daily activities, and the self disclosure is on Instagram involving several Self-Disclosure processes. In the process of Self-Disclosure, informants usually provide personal information such as feelings, thoughts and experiences, and they are also careful enough in uploading information to social mediaManusia disebut makhluk yang memerlukan seseorang untuk saling berhubungan timbal balik. Dalam berinteraksi dengan orang lain, individu akan menyampaikan berbagai informasi dan biasanya diawali dengan perkenalan mengenai dirinya, hal tersebut berkaitan dengan self disclosure, yakni jenis komunikasi individu mengungkapkan informasi tentang dirinya sendiri yang biasa disembunyikan. Media sosial saat ini digunakan penggunanya untuk berkomunikasi, membentuk relasi dengan orang lain secara virtual. Sehingga penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk meneliti Instagram dan Self Disclosure dalam Perspektif Komunikasi Antarpribadi terhadap Siswa-Siswi SMA Santo Kristoforus II untuk mengetahui aktivitas siswa-siswi di media sosial Instagram. Penelitian berlandaskan teori Self-Disclosure, Teori Komunikasi di Era Digital, Media Sosial, dan Instagram. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengungkapan diri yang dilakukan oleh informan berisi tentang aktivitas sehari-hari yang dilakukan, dan pengungkapan diri tersebut dilakukan dalam media sosial Instagram yang melibatkan beberapa proses pengungkapan diri. Dalam proses pengungkapan diri, informan biasanya memberikan informasi pribadi seperti perasaan, pikiran dan pengalaman. Dengan banyaknya informasi yang diberikan, tidak menutup kemungkinan mereka juga cukup berhati-hati dalam mengunggah informasi ke media sosial

Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
pp. 244-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norsiah Abdul Hamid ◽  
Mohd Sobhi Ishak ◽  
Syamsul Anuar Ismail ◽  
Siti Syamsul Nurin Mohmad Yazam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Virtual Self ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Social media are playing an increasing role in today’s living. The social media platforms allow users to search, create, share, collaborate, and organise contents among them, and at the same time provide virtual self-presentation and self-disclosure of oneself. Social media were also claimed to give implications to human beings with regards to personality, yet these variables have not much been emphasised in previous studies. Thus, it is important to highlight the implications of social media on users’ personality. Given the issues and challenges faced by the country in profiling the adoption of social media and its implications in view of the perspective of personality, it is timely and significantly important to undertake this research in Malaysia. The objective of this chapter is to discuss a research conducted recently to determine the relationships between social media and personality traits. The specific objectives of this study are to identify the profile of social media adoption among students in Malaysia, including duration, frequency of use, purpose, and person/s that introduced the social media, and to determine the relationships between social media and personality traits.

scholarly journals The Clamour for an End to Police Brutality: Satire Songs of the EndSars Protests in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Tolu Owoaje ◽  
Kadupe Sofola
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Food Items ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Nigerian Government

The EndSars protests, which occurred in Nigeria in October 2020 employed a great deal of music, which include solidarity songs, popular music, and satirical songs. This article investigates the use of satirical songs in the EndSars protests. The protest, which recorded a massive turnout of protesters in October 2020 across major cities in Nigeria started several months on the social media, most especially Twitter, a microblogging website before it was finally taken to the streets. Anchored on the concept of social movement, it employs the use of participant observation and the social media platforms to gather data which were analysed using content analysis. Apart from being used to ridicule the Nigerian Police which has not engaged Boko-Haram terrorists but instead unleashes terror on harmless youths, satirical songs were used by protesters to express their long piled up anger at the Federal Government of Nigeria. This is due to several unfulfilled campaign promises, as well as the bad state of the nation’s economy which has contributed to the hike in price of food items and other essential commodities, coupled with the growing rate of unemployment. The Nigerian government should use the opportunity created by the massive protests to execute a thorough reform of the Nigerian security establishments and also engage youths more productively in order to enable them to contribute their quota to nation-building.

scholarly journals Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (52) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Kavada
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Transnational Activism ◽  
Collective Voice ◽  
Social Media Platforms

This article explores the role of social media platforms in transnational activism by examining the case of Avaaz.org, an international advocacy organization aiming to bring people-powered politics to global decision-making. Focusing on the Avaaz website, its channel on YouTube, its page on Facebook and its profile page on MySpace, the article investigates the affordances of these platforms for identity-building, bonding, and engagement. The empirical data is derived from features analysis of the selected web platforms, as well as textual analysis of the comments posted by users. The findings show that while social media platforms make individual voices more visible, their design helps Avaaz to maintain a coherent collective voice. In terms of bonding, platforms allow individual activists to communicate with the organization and to spread its message to their existing social networks, but opportunities for private interpersonal communication with other Avaaz supporters are limited.

scholarly journals PENGUNGKAPAN DIRI MELALUI MEDIA SOSIAL DAN KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL DITINJAU DARI JENIS KELAMIN PADA SISWA (SELF-DISCLOSURE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION REVIEW OF GENDER OF STUDENTS)

PSIMPHONI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Twi Lia Widiyawati ◽  
Dyah Astorini Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Significant Difference

This study aims to determine the relationship between self-disclosure through social media with interpersonal communication in terms of gender in adolescents. This research is a quantitative research. The research population was 150 students with a sample of 108 students. The data collection technique in this study used a simple random sampling technique. The data collection method used interpersonal communication scale (31 valid items, = 0.874 ) and self-disclosure through social media (23 valid items, = 0.911 ). The results of data analysis using Pearson's product moment and obtained a p significance value of 0.008 (p < 0.05). These results indicate that the hypothesis is accepted, namely that there is a relationship between self-disclosure through social media and interpersonal communication in MTS Al-Hidayah Purwokerto students. And the Pearson correlation value of -0.254 which produces a negative correlation. And it can be concluded that there is a significant but negative relationship where the higher the self-disclosure through social media, the lower the interpersonal communication, and conversely the lower the self-disclosure made through social media, the higher the interpersonal communication. Based on the results of the independent samples test, the significance of 0.319 (sig < 0.05) indicates that there is no significant difference between self-disclosure in boys and girls. as well as interpersonal communication with a significance of 0.109 (sig < 0.05) indicates that there is no significant difference in interpersonal communication between men and women. 

scholarly journals Negotiating the Political Self on Social Media Platforms An In-Depth Study of Image-Management in an Election-Campaign in a Multi-Party Democracy

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Image Management ◽  
Liberal Party ◽  
Broadcast Media ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Late Modern

The elections 2010 were the first in Sweden where social media platforms were used to a large extent by politicians and parties in their campaigns. In this paper we follow the liberal parliamentarian Nina Larsson, who in tandem with traditional election campaigning used social media platforms with the guidance of a local communication agency, Hello Clarice. The paper is theoretically grounded in an understanding of our time as late modern, of social media use as expressive and web campaigning as to large extent revolving around image-management. The research question that will be attended to in this paper is how Nina Larsson used social media platforms in her campaign negotiate the image of herself. The methods used for empirical data-gathering are inspired by (n)ethnography, with both participant observation online and offline, interviews as well as content analyses of Nina's social media postings. Results indicate that she used social media platforms to control her political image, to amplify selected text - texts that often originated in offline/broadcast media – and to negotiate a position within the Liberal Party rather than to deliberate with potential voters.

From likes to love: trust catalysing the digital romantic journey

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Burna Nayar ◽  
Surabhi Koul
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Social Intimacy

Purpose The behavioural changes embraced by the current generation has prompted researchers to revisit the paradigm of human relationships, especially romantic liaisons. The present study revisits the construct of romantic relationships steered by social media platforms, through the dimensions of self-disclosure, social intimacy and trust. The role of trust as a mediator to determine the success of online dating is also explored in this study. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the data collected from 225 respondents (86 females and 139 males) in the age group of 18 to 30 years. The respondents were asked to fill a questionnaire (provided they fulfilled the necessary conditions and expressed their consent to be a participant in this study). Findings The study validates that the extent of self-disclosure propels the degree of social intimacy. The results also confirm a significant partial mediation effect of trust on the relationship between social intimacy and the success of online dating. Thus, practitioners need to keep in mind that the probability of online dating success is higher when individuals disclose more and engage in an intimate relationship driven by trust. Research limitations/implications The study sample is restricted to young adults ranging from 18 to 30 years, based on the author’s convenience. The study was restricted to three most popular social media platforms in India where disclosure is limited to private timelines or messages. Another limitation of this study is that a multi-variate model of analysis could not be used due to the lack of parallel variables. Further studies can also compare online versus offline dating behaviour and determinants that influence the romantic relationship between two partners. Practical implications The new perspective could be to ascertain specific built-in mechanisms providers should develop to ensure that the new generation benefits from new technology rather than falling victim to its toxins. Social implications The study re-establishes the importance of the role of trust in any romantic relationship – may it be online or the more traditional, offline or face-to-face mode. Originality/value The study delves into the domain of existing romantic relationships established through the modernistic viewpoint of online social media platforms. The findings bring a fresh perspective on the dynamics of online romantic relationships through the mélange of self-disclosure, social intimacy and trust. Previous literature suggests that trust is dependent on self-disclosure, which is in contrast with the results of the current study. The present study corroborates that trust leads to the success of online dating.

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