Article published in:
Dialogue and Ways of RelatingEdited by Huey-Rong Chen
[Language and Dialogue 10:1] 2020
► pp. 49–73
Is dialogue addictive?
Of loops, pride, and tensions in social media communication
Jo M. Katambwe | Université du Québec à Trois Rivières , Canada
In this study, we shed some light on the thinking behind Facebook addiction. Since social network system are dialogical
communication tools, we carve out a space for a theoretical and methodological alternative to the research on social media addiction, as it
relates specifically to Facebook addiction. Based on several meta-evaluations and synthesis of extant empirical research, we uncover the two
most prominent functionalist approaches sustaining these empirical researches. Upon pointing to their epistemological, theoretical and
methodological limitations, we delve into dialogic approach and theory with a view to isolate how and what it is in a dialogic communication
that makes it addictive. Finally, we offer some theoretical and methodological alternatives from a dialogical perspective on how to study
Facebook addiction.
Keywords: models of dialogue, social media, social validation, addiction, feedback
Published online: 19 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.00059.kat
https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.00059.kat
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