Identity construction or obfuscation on social media: a case of Facebook and WhatsApp

Jakaza, Ernest

doi:10.1080/14725843.2020.1804829

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“…Ambiguous identity may impede relationship building within online groups. It has been recommended that social media users, to benefit individuals and organisations, should avoid identity obfuscation within posts ( 29 ). In accordance, authenticity can be an effective discursive strategy within many contexts; it can promote relationship development and effective communication about health contributing to change in therapeutic settings ( 30 ), and within the workplace, authenticity can frame talk as unscripted with genuine intentions ( 31 ).…”

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Public health messages during a global emergency through an online community: a discourse and sentiment analysis

Watkins

Mallion

Frings

et al. 2023

Front. Digit. Health

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The growing popularity of social media and its ubiquitous presence in our lives brings associated risks such as the spread of mis- and disinformation, particularly when these may be unregulated in times of global crises. Online communities are able to provide support by enabling connection with others and also provide great potential for dynamic interaction and timely dissemination of information compared with more traditional methods. This study evaluates interactions within the Essex Coronavirus Action/Support Facebook private group, which set out to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection by informing Essex residents of guidance and helping vulnerable individuals. At the outset, 18 community administrators oversaw the group, which attracted approximately 37,900 members. Longitudinal Facebook group interactions across five periods spanning the UK lockdowns 2020–2021 were analysed using psychological discourse analysis and supplementary computed-mediated analysis to further explore sentiment and linguistic features. The findings endorsed that the group provided a protected space for residents to express their feelings in times of crises and an opportunity to address confusion and concern. The effective communication of public health messages was facilitated by promoting desired interaction and the construction of group identities. Administrators worked with group members to achieve a shared understanding of others' perspectives and the COVID-19 evidence base, which led to a mobilisation of the provision of support in the community. This was accomplished through the application of rhetorical and interactional devices. This study demonstrates how online groups can employ discursive strategies to engage audiences, build cohesion, provide support, and encourage health protective behaviours. This has implications for public health teams in terms of designing, implementing, or evaluating such interventions.

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Public health messages during a global emergency through an online community: a discourse and sentiment analysis

Watkins

Mallion

Frings

et al. 2023

Front. Digit. Health

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“…Using WhatsApp's status updates feature, users can also share their experiences and feelings with their limited contact groups through text messages, photos, audio, and videos. These status updates are a means to convey the sender's identity or image to their specific contacts and allow them to express their opinions, likes, and dislikes, among other aspects (Jakaza, 2020). Despite the growing popularity and use of the WhatsApp platform, various research gaps are evident in the extant literature.…”

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What motivates users to keep WhatsApp statuses: a scale development study

Pattusamy,

Chopdar

2023

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PurposeDespite the immense popularity of WhatsApp, there needs to be more reliable and valid scales for identifying and measuring users' motivation behind frequent WhatsApp status updates. This study explores the underlying motivations of users in updating their WhatsApp statuses and develops a scale to measure them.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a mixed-method research design, data were obtained from WhatsApp users in India. The current research furnishes results from five studies, involving both qualitative and quantitative approaches.FindingsThe results uncover seven unique motivations of users for keeping WhatsApp status, namely: social good, attention seeking, social relations, expressing views, life updates, inspiration and entertainment. Additionally, the empirical findings demonstrate the effects of the above dimensions on the positive and negative emotions of users.Originality/valueThis research is a pioneering effort in developing and validating a scale on WhatsApp status motivation construct. Key managerial and scholarly implications of the findings arising from this research are also discussed.

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“…Directly as spoken language, it can include speaking with someone in person. Indirectly as written language, it implies that the users of the written language can utilize their gadgets to use applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Google mail (Jakaza, 2022;Leong, 2017;Nordheim et al, 2018).…”

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Nadiem Makarimâ€™s Speech: A Critical Discourse Analysis at National Education Day

Obos

Suhatmady

Asih

2022

scr. j. j. linguist. engl. teach.

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Background: National Education Day, the most important day for education in Indonesia, serves as the chief podium for the minister of education. Analyzing Nadiem Makarim’s speech through the viewpoint of Fairclough, who offers a three-dimensional framework for text and discourse, was the focus of critical discourse analysis. Methodology: This study uses a descriptive qualitative method by conducting a Critical Discourse Analysis approach. The data for this research is a transcript of Nadiem Makarim's speech at the time of National Education Day 2022 and analyzed through data reduction, data display, and drawing the conclusion. Findings: At the micro-level, Nadiem Makarim’s speech employed diction to emphasize the position of the people who would be participating in his speech. The lexical structures used are polysemy, metonymy, synonym, collocation, and a contrasting conjunction. At mezzo-level, the text was a transcript that was published on May 12, 2022, on the websites. At macro-level, the speech was given during the National Education Day ceremony, demonstrates the situational level. The institutional level proved during his tenure gave the speech. The social level demonstrates that both the audiences' and all Indonesians' reactions to Minister’s speech were positive and negative. Conclusion: With his speech, Nadiem Anwar Makarim received special attention from the community because of his role as an important person. The information he conveyed has made the researchers find the macro, mezzo, and micro levels. It is important to know the meaning of the speech so the listeners may have a different perspective in give their opinion. Originality: This research uses the newest National Education Day 2022 speech by Nadiem Makarim and the Critical Discourse Analysis approach to get the micro, mezzo and macro levels.

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Identity construction or obfuscation on social media: a case of Facebook and WhatsApp

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

Public health messages during a global emergency through an online community: a discourse and sentiment analysis

Public health messages during a global emergency through an online community: a discourse and sentiment analysis

What motivates users to keep WhatsApp statuses: a scale development study

Nadiem Makarimâ€™s Speech: A Critical Discourse Analysis at National Education Day

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