From Flirting to Sex Reassignment: Adolescents’ Alternative Practices of Self-Presentation on Vkontakte Social Media Website

Shchekoturov, Aleksandr V.

doi:10.14515/monitoring.2017.6.17

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“…Research on the Russian VKontakte social network seems to broadly follow Facebook research in topic, but is much rarer and mostly available in Russian. For example, one paper (with only the abstract in English) analysed a Bhuddist VK discussion group (Badmatsyrenov; Skvortsov; Khandarov, 2018) and another analysed discussion of a terrorist attack in Romania on the site (Barabash; Bobryshova; Lepilkina; Karabulatova, 2018), and another investigated self-presentation in the site (Shchekoturov, 2017). VK data has also been used to map HIV networks (Rykov; Koltsova; Meylakhs, 2016) and teenage interests (Polivanova; Smirnov, 2017).…”

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Why are some websites researched more than others? A review of researh into the global top twenty

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2020

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Why are some websites researched more than others? A review of researh into the global top twenty

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2020

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Motives and features of cross-platform self-presentation of Russian students

Krishtal

Shchekoturov

2021

Digital Sociology

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Social networks increasingly act as a full-fledged tool in the process of expressing one’s identity and self- presentation. The object of this study was the cross-platform self-presentation of Russian students in three different social networks: «VKontakte», «Facebook» and «Instagram». The authors consider cross-platformness in the article refers as the ability to simultaneously construct the desired impression in various Internet platforms, taking into account the specifics of their functionality and audience. The subject of the study is the motives and characteristics of cross-platform self-presentation in these social networks. The research method is in-depth interviews with students of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad, Russia). The paper carries out narrative analysis in a special software package Atlas.ti. The authors pay particular attention to the motivations for using social networks, as well as the similarities and differences in the pictures and content published on different virtual platforms. The main conclusion of this study is that social media users prefer different forms of self-presentations. The authors found that the nature of self-presentation is related both to the motives for using social networks and their technological capabilities. On Facebook, the prerequisite for the formation of self-presentation is the ability to communicate with a more serious and adult audience. In «VKontakte» – to be part of a community consisting mostly of close friends and peers. In «Instagram» – the visual perception of a person by a person. Along with this, the specificity of self-presentation is also affected by the different functionality of social networks. In particular, «Instagram» provides the most effective opportunities for account users to show events from their lives.

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Privacy virtualisation as an element of the new gender order

Shvetsova

2022

Digital Sociology

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The article is analysed the privacy virtualisation phenomenon, which has become a trend in the digital world. Considering virtual communication practices in the context of global sociality transformations, the author shows that their impact on gender relations is progressive; the formats differ in structural and content diversity. The overview of the most important world studies in virtuality sociology is presented. They have in common is the concern of scholars about the substitution of real interpersonal relationships by virtual ones, the blurring of boundaries between these life layers with the social loneliness growth. The methodological basis is the gender approach and its private concept – the theory of changing the gender order, within which the rules and norms regulating the private sphere are conceptualized as variable, changeable and having socio-cultural conditioning. The author proposes a theoretical model of the mechanism for choosing a virtual partner, supported by the results of an online survey, analyses the features of the formation and development of virtual relations, the possibility of moving to the real plane, depending on the motivation of actors and trust in the virtual partner. Some trends in the development of virtual private practices are noted, including the development of artificial sociality, control of the digital footprint and communication with virtual agents.

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From Flirting to Sex Reassignment: Adolescents’ Alternative Practices of Self-Presentation on Vkontakte Social Media Website

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Why are some websites researched more than others? A review of researh into the global top twenty

Why are some websites researched more than others? A review of researh into the global top twenty

Motives and features of cross-platform self-presentation of Russian students

Privacy virtualisation as an element of the new gender order

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