Social networks: dialogic artefacts
by Javier Callejo; Jesús Gutiérrez
International Journal of Society Systems Science (IJSSS), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2016

Abstract: This article presents the findings of an empirical study on the use of social networks among Spanish adolescents. We develop and support the central theoretical thesis of this study. Questioning the discursive character of social networks and their communicational function, we analyse the network as an artefact whose ultimate objective is to generate dialogue. This approach shifts the sociological interest from understanding what adolescents do in this space and its consequences to the problem of what this artefact formally imposes on communication and on their relationship interests.

Online publication date: Fri, 17-Jun-2016

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