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Doing being an ordinary technology and social media user

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posted on 2018-05-21, 15:48 authored by Jessica RoblesJessica Robles, Stephen M. DiDomenico, Joshua Raclaw
This paper uses discourse and conversation analysis of naturally-occuring conversations to describe how participants construct themselves as “ordinary” users of communication technologies—devices such as mobile phones, their communicative affordances, and the mediated interaction they enable (e.g., access to online communication via social media platforms). The three practices analyzed are (1) managing motivations by downplaying interest and stake in using technology and participating in online activities; (2) calibrating quantities of one's time and involvement using social media; (3) identifying investments in social media use through categories and identities that position users as appropriate or inappropriate. These techniques comprise an accounting practice that accomplishes identity construction in service of situated social actions to manage the moral implications of communication technology use.

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Published in

Language and Communication

Volume

60

Pages

150 - 167

Citation

ROBLES, J., DIDOMENICO, S.M. and RACLAW, J., 2018. Doing being an ordinary technology and social media user. Language & Communication, 60, pp.150-167.

Publisher

© Elsevier

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Language & Communication and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2018.03.002.

Publication date

2018-04-06

ISSN

0271-5309

Language

  • en