Relationship breakup disclosures and media ideologies on Facebook

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Beteiligte: Haimson, Oliver L, Andalibi, Nazanin, De Choudhury, Munmun, Hayes, Gillian R
In: New Media & Society, 20, 2018, 5, S. 1931-1952
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 1931-1952
ISSN: 1461-4448
1461-7315
DOI: 10.1177/1461444817711402
veröffentlicht in: New Media & Society
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> After relationship breakups, people must make difficult decisions about whether and how to convey this change in a networked environment. To understand and characterize behaviors around breakup disclosures, we analyzed survey responses from 119 US Facebook users who reported experiencing a recent breakup. Using mixed methods, we find that those perceiving Facebook as a more efficient disclosure medium are more likely to announce breakups. We show how media ideologies around Facebook breakup disclosures vary; yet people assume others hold similar beliefs about what is appropriate. We contribute to self-disclosure and online identity literature by identifying two new ways people engage in disclosure and self-presentation on social media: announcements, which highlight how social media can serve as efficient one-to-many disclosure sources, and private status change behaviors, a reflexive means of self-presentation. Understanding breakup disclosures provides insight into designing social media to better enable users to find support during difficult life transitions. </jats:p>