scholarly journals ADULT’S AND ADOLESCENT’S SELF-PRESENTATION STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Author(s):  
Vavilova A.S.

The article is devoted to the actual problem of personality Self-presentation in social networks among adults and adolescents.Purpose of the article is an empirical study of self-presentation psychological features in social networks and highlighting the differences in the use of virtual self-presentation strategies between adults and adolescents.Methods. To achieve this purpose theoretical methods were used: analysis, synthesis, classification, generalization and systematization; empirical methods: Scale for measuring tactics of Self-presentation Tactics Scale (S. Lee, B. Quigley) and the author’s questionnaire Self-presentation in social networks; statistical methods: T-Student’s criterion and hierarchical cluster analysis.Results. The study of self-presentation strategies in social networks involved two groups of subjects - adolescents (30 subjects aged 11–16 years) and adults (30 subjects aged 21–30 years) with different experiences of using social networks.There are three dominant motives that motivate respondents to use social networks: interest, friends and the desire to show themselves. The leading motive for adolescents is communication with friends, and for adults the characteristic motive is interest and desire to show themselves. The differences between the strategies of virtual Self-presentation in adults and adolescents are analyzed. There are statistically significant differences in the following strategies: avoidance; attractive behavior; self-aggrandizement; self-humiliation and force.Using hierarchical cluster analysis, groups of social networks users of adults and adolescents were singled out according to the parameter of using virtual Self-presentation tactics. Among adults, there are three user groups: 1) ideals-users, who want to present themselves as leaders; 2) users, who partially want to live the lives of others; 3) users, who want to assert themselves in the virtual world. There are also three groups of adolescents who use social networks: 1) users, who want to be liked and get social approval; 2) users aimed at Self-affirmation and 3) users, who need support.Conclusions. It was found that in the conditions of active informatization there are different motives for using social networks in adults and adolescents. Differences in the choice of self-presentation strategies by adults and adolescents in social networks are identified and the types of users are selected according to the choice of the dominant strategy of virtual self-presentation.Key words: self-presentation, adult and adolescence, social networks, self-image, self-presentation strategies, self-expression. Стаття присвячена актуальній проблемі самопрезентації особистості у соціальних мережах серед дорослих та підлітків.Мета статті – емпіричне вивчення психологічних особливостей самопрезентації у соціальних мережах та виокремлення відмінностей у використанні стратегій віртуальної самопрезентації у дорослих та підлітків.Методи. Для реалізації поставленої мети використовувались теоретичні методи: аналіз, синтез, класифікація, узагальнення та систематизація; емпіричні методи: «Шкала виміру тактик самопрезентації» (С. Лі, Б. Куіглі) та авторська анкета «Самопрезентація особистості в соціальних мережах»; статистичні методи: критерій Т-Стьюдента та ієрархічний кластерний аналіз.Результати. У дослідженні стратегій віртуальної самопрезентації взяли участь дві групи досліджуваних – підлітки (30 досліджуваних віком 11–16 років) та дорослі (30 досліджуваних віком 21–30 років) з різним досвідом користування соціальними мережами. Виділено три домінуючі мотиви, що спонукають досліджуваних користуватися соціальними мережами: цікавість, друзі та бажання показати себе. Серед підлітків провідним мотивом є спілкування з друзями, а для дорослих характерні мотиви цікавості та бажання показати себе. Проаналізовано відмінності стратегій віртуальної самопрезентації у дорослих та підлітків. Виявлено статистично значущі відмінності за такими стратегіями: ухилення; атрактивна поведінка; самозвеличення; самоприниження та силовий вплив.За допомогою ієрархічного кластерного аналізу виокремлено групи користувачів соціальних мереж дорослих та підлітків за параметром використання тактик віртуальної самопрезентації. Серед дорослих встановлено три групи користувачів: 1) «користувачі-ідеали», які прагнуть презентувати себе як лідерів; 2) користувачі, які частково прагнуть жити життям інших; 3) користувачі, які прагнуть самоствердитись у віртуальному світі. Серед підлітків-користувачів соціальних мереж також виявлено три групи: 1) користувачі, які прагнуть сподобатись і отримати соціальне схвалення; 2) користувачі, спрямовані на самоствердження та 3) користувачі, які прагнуть підтримки.Висновки. З’ясовано, що в умовах активної інформатизації існують відмінні мотиви користування соціальними мережами у дорослих та підлітків. Визначено відмінності у виборі стратегій самопрезентації дорослими та підлітками у соціальних мережах та виокремлено типи користувачів за вибором домінуючої стратегії віртуальної самопрезентації.Ключові слова: самопрезентація, дорослий та підлітковий вік, соціальні мережі, Я-образ, страте-гії самопрезентації, самовираження.

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
María José Hernández-Serrano ◽  
Barbara Jones ◽  
Paula Renés-Arellano ◽  
Rosalynn A. Campos Ortuño

This study analyses self-presentation practices and profiles among Spanish teenagers on Instagram and TikTok. Both of these online spaces prioritise and promote visual publications, are structured to allow feedback on self-presentation, and offer the user filters both to control self-image and to target specific audiences. Three research questions guided the methodological process for the twofold analysis of self-presentation practices on social networks: an exploratory factor analysis to identify latent factors among these practices; and a descriptive analysis of the profiles identified by gender and age. Results indicate that adolescents’ self-presentation practices were related to three different factors: social validation; authenticity; and image control. One of the most outstanding results is that self-presentation practices could be less guided by social feedback, since the number of followers or likes was irrelevant for most adolescents, and that adolescents increasingly tend to be guided by innovative predispositions of truthfulness. In turn, conclusions suggest that teens need to be equipped with suitable self-representation practices for safe and sustainable identity narratives on social networks, since the global COVID-19 pandemic has exponentially increased both the usage and the time spent on social networking sites, enlarging the availability of spaces for adolescents to express themselves and build their identities through different self-representation practices.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 96-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Priporova ◽  
E.R. Agadullina

The article describes various social motives for using social networks (maintaining and developing relationships, belongness to a particular group, and self-presentation). The results of the study showed that users of social networks (n = 579) can be divided into four different profiles depending on the degree of their motivation to use social networks (1 — moderate orientation to belongness and self-presentation; 2 — orientation towards main¬taining social relations ; 3 — low social motivation; 4 — high social motivation). The comparison of users from different profiles by their personality traits and online behavior showed that users with high social motivation demonstrate the higher level of extraversion, agree¬ableness, and openness to experience compared with individuals from other profiles. Users from the “orientation towards maintaining social relations” profile do not differ from users with low social motivation in terms of the level of agreeableness and openness to experience, and users from the profile “moderate orientation to belongness and self-presentation” do not differ from users with high motivation regarding the level of neuroticism and openness to experience. In general, respondents from the profile with high social motivation demonstrate the most intensive use of social networks for all behavioral parameters. The smallest differences in behavior in the social networks are observed between respondents from the profiles “orientation towards maintaining social relations” and “low social motivation,’’ as well as “moderate orientation to belongness and self-presentation” and “high social motivation”.


Author(s):  
Natalia Golubeva ◽  
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Anna Ayanyan ◽  
Svetlana Preobrazhenskaya ◽  
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"The article provides an overview of current research on the problem of digital socialization, as well as the features of constructing a virtual self-presentation. The proposed problem is up-to-date due to the fact that digital environment and social networks in particular, become more and more integrated into the process of socialization. The questions of how a person develops, lives and realizes his or her needs in digital environment turn out to be more and more significant. This article highlights the features of virtual self-presentation built by modern adolescents and young men (n=144). The obtained data show the features of creating a virtual self-presentation as well as internal and external factors affecting the characteristics and content of digital identity, which is mostly relevant for teenagers and youths. It was also found the relation between the level of social self-control and construction of self-presentation in social networks."


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Kováčová

Abstract Drawing on Goffman’s (1990 [1959]) metaphor of stage, this paper considers Instagram a frontstage environment where users are cautious of being watched and attune their performance to how they want to be perceived via strategic self-presentation. This understanding of online performance is particularly pertinent in the discussions of bloggers who turn to Instagram to promote their work to new audiences. Examining the self-presentation practices of three fashion bloggers, this paper argues that to gain popularity on Instagram, bloggers utilize the features of formality and informality in the construction of an authentic and likable self-image. Since in the photographs the bloggers’ professional life is usually depicted as distant from their audience’s reality, the accompanying textual caption serves as a means of providing balance for the overall image the poster seeks to present. Consequently, the caption abounds with features of informality, which connote linguistic immediacy and imitate an intimate conversation with peers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Shehnaaz Moola

The professional identity of student nurses may fluctuate or even disintegrate when exposed to clinical realities. A self-identity must be integrated firstly with new expectations and modified within a social context to form a professional identity. In the process of developing a professional identity, student nurses either develop a self-concept within a professional role based on attributes, beliefs, values, motives, experiences, morals and ideals of who and what a nurse is, or lack to develop in this role. This study targeted to investigate the perceptions of Saudi student nurses in the evolution of a professional identity. A non-probabilistic and descriptive approach was selected for data collection. A Nurses Professional Identity Scale was constructed by the researcher to explore the evolution of a professional identity as perceived by Saudi student nurses. Mean scores indicated the importance of the self-presentation, self-image, self-esteem, self-categorization and self-concept as dimensions, which facilitates a professional identity. The p-values obtained for all the factors were less than the level of significance (p-value<0.05), which indicated the importance of all the associated factors. The significance of how student nurses identify themselves as professionals during the Baccaulearate program in various role formation has been emphasized. These roles are still undervalued by society and influences stereotypical attitudes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gila Cohen Zilka

In light of the many major changes in the lives of children and adolescents due to digital developments, this study sought to examine positive and negative experiences, e-safety and sharing with others while surfing the internet and especially social networks from the point of view of children and adolescents. The study also examined the correlation between these experiences, self-image and computer skills. Participating in this mixed-method study were 373 children and teenagers, who were divided into three age groups. The findings showed a positive correlation between self-image, the level of computer skills and the degree of internet use. The measure of self-esteem was found to correlate positively with the parameters of social networks surfing except for the parameter of negative experiences. Social networks and internet use among 16-18-year-olds was found to be higher than among younger children, with a rise in the number of teenagers&rsquo; negative experiences that corresponded to the rise in use. The adolescents also mentioned they had been exposed to violent content at a higher rate than the younger groups.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Kiyomi FUJII

This study discusses language learning and identity, particularly pertaining to intermediate-advanced-level Japanese-language learners, focusing on their target language and identity expression through their interactions with peers and Japanese college students. When learners of Japanese express their identities while interacting with others in their target language, they feel a gap between the self-image they want to present, and the image they are capable of presenting in Japanese (Siegal, 1994, 1995, 1996). Along with adjusting their L1 and L2 usage depending on their interlocutor (Kurata 2007), learners also use different sentence-ending styles depending on the role they want to assume (Cook 2008). By conducting a case study, the present inquiry attempts to address how learners of Japanese express their identities through blog conversations, focusing on their language choice and expressions. Results suggest that participants use the formal endings for self-presentation and projection of their student and classmate identity. However, when expressing emotion some students preferred informal endings, or sentence-final particles.


Discourse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 99-112
Author(s):  
V. G. Silantieva ◽  
A. V. Kozhokina

Introduction. The paper aims to establish whether cancer discourse can alter when being communicated via social networks. We supposed that every platform has intrinsic characteristics which might affect the way certain topics are being delivered. Because there has been much criticism from the cancer community about the media representation, we decided to observe what might be called an alternative discourse of cancer of social networks. Therefore, we chose to review Instagram accounts of two cancer influencers, who aspire to revise existing stereotypes about people with an incurable disease.Methodology and sources. The chosen methodology includes the statistical concordance analysis, Metaphorical Identification Procedure (MIP), structural semantic and syntactic studies of two narratives organized as a minicorpus. The combined approach was employed to reveal lexical markers of both cancer discourse and Instagram narratives in the narratives of two Insta influencers Nicky Newman and Laura Hughes.Results and discussion. The results of the study suggest that Instagram narratives of cancer patients differ from other texts about cancer. Bloggers strive to maintain constant simultaneous communication with a large number of people; therefore, their texts are designed to be entertaining, involving and diverse in subject matter. When narrating about their life with the cancer diagnosis, bloggers broadcast a positive media image of a happygo-lucky person. In the narratives chosen for this study, there is hardly an example of the CANCER-WAR metaphor. The main ways of conceptualizing cancer are the CANCERCONSPIRACY, CANCER-JOURNEY, CANCER-COHABITANT metaphors.Conclusion. Quantitative analysis of the English language corpus aimed at identifying key words and concordances of the lexeme ”cancer”, does not help fully define the cancer discourse. It is necessary to further research into the obtained data. Consequently, it is necessary to take into account the genre of ”cancer” narratives.


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