Personas on Facebook and affiliation consumption: perceptions on (un)fitting between selves on and offline

Authors

  • Beatriz Brandão Polivanov Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Estudos Culturais e Mídia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2015.139280

Keywords:

Facebook. Self. Authenticity. Identity. Consumption

Abstract

One starts on one side from the theoretical assumptions related to the symbolic interactionism and a conception of thesocial selves; and from the other side from empiric data obtained by means of application of a questionnaire and theconduction of interviews with informants who have individual profiles in the Facebook, in order to discuss matters relatedto perceptions of authenticity and (un)fitting between selves on and offline. Based on the analysis conducted, it is proposedthat there are different levels perceived of ruptures in this process based on the performances of the social players, whichwould characterize different types of profiles. Furthermore, one discusses the importance of the symbolic affiliation of theconsumption in this environment as an identifying marker.

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Author Biography

  • Beatriz Brandão Polivanov, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Estudos Culturais e Mídia
    Pós-doutora em Estéticas e Tecnologias da Comunicação, com bolsa Capes/PNPD, pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Doutora e mestre em Comunicação pela UFF. Graduada em Letras (Português-Inglês) e licenciada em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Docente do Departamento de Estudos Culturais e Mídia da UFF e professora colaboradora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da mesma instituição.

Published

2015-06-16

How to Cite

POLIVANOV, Beatriz Brandão. Personas on Facebook and affiliation consumption: perceptions on (un)fitting between selves on and offline. Organicom, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 12, n. 22, p. 225–235, 2015. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2015.139280. Disponível em: https://journals.usp.br/organicom/article/view/139280.. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.