9. Social Network Sites/Facebook
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Volker Eisenlauer
Abstract
The omnipresence of computers and mobile devices in people’s daily lives together with the persistent access to Social Network Sites provide ample opportunities for users to communicate and interact in new ways. This chapter provides a critical review of the most important pragmatic perspectives on Social Network Sites/Facebook. Drawing on the concept of form of communication as well as on established approaches in Social Media research, I will propose a categorisation scheme for assessing different types of Social Network Sites. The application of fundamental concepts in pragmatics and discourse analysis to Facebook settings (such as context and speech act theory) provides access to the complex interlacing between text creation and text automation practices that constitute and constrain member profiles.
Abstract
The omnipresence of computers and mobile devices in people’s daily lives together with the persistent access to Social Network Sites provide ample opportunities for users to communicate and interact in new ways. This chapter provides a critical review of the most important pragmatic perspectives on Social Network Sites/Facebook. Drawing on the concept of form of communication as well as on established approaches in Social Media research, I will propose a categorisation scheme for assessing different types of Social Network Sites. The application of fundamental concepts in pragmatics and discourse analysis to Facebook settings (such as context and speech act theory) provides access to the complex interlacing between text creation and text automation practices that constitute and constrain member profiles.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Log in: Introducing the pragmatics of social media 1
- 2. Participation as user involvement 31
- 3. Participation as audience design 61
- 4. Publicness and privateness 83
- 5. Message boards 125
- 6. Blogs 151
- 7. YouTube 173
- 8. Twitter 201
- 9. Social Network Sites/Facebook 225
- 10. Discourse and organization 245
- 11. Discourse and topic 275
- 12. Discourse and cohesion 317
- 13. Discourse and cognition 345
- 14. Discourse and ideology 381
- 15. Facework and identity 407
- 16. Evaluation 435
- 17. Politeness and impoliteness 459
- 18. Flaming and trolling 493
- 19. Narration 523
- 20. Fandom 545
- 21. Getting “liked” 575
- 22. Conflictual and consensual disagreement 607
- 23. Compliments and compliment responses 633
- 24. Requesting and advice-giving 661
- About the authors 691
- Name index 699
- Subject index 721
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Acknowledgements ix
