Beteiligte: | , , , |
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In: | New Media & Society, 20, 2018, 5, S. 1931-1952 |
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SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 1931-1952 |
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ISSN: |
1461-4448
1461-7315 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1461444817711402 |
veröffentlicht in: | New Media & Society |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Schlagwörter: | |
Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<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> |