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Publication details [#59103]

Zappavigna, Michele. 2014. Enacting identity in microblogging through ambient affiliation. Discourse & Communication 8 (2) : 209–228.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

corpus analysis | identity negotiation | internet | language use | shared beliefs

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper examines how we employ social media, and especially Twitter, to perform relational identities and adjust to others in shared value communities, via ambient alignment. The three key bonds of self mockery, fatigue and addiction are considered.