TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kersten, Saskia
A1  - Lotze, Netaya
T1  - Creating a self-image : face-work and identity construction online
T2  - Journal für Medienlinguistik : jfml = Journal for media linguistics
N2  - In this article, we build on research arguing that linguistic self-representation on social media can be viewed as a form of face-work and that the strategies employed by users are influenced by both a desire to connect with others and a need to preserve privacy. Drawing on our own analyses of usernames as well as that of others which were conducted as part of a large-scale project investigating usernames in 14 languages (Schlobinski/T. Siever 2018a), we argue that these conflicting goals of wanting to be recognised as an authen­tic member of an in-group while retaining a degree of anonymity are also observable in the choice of username. Online self-naming can thus be viewed as a key practice in the debate of face-work on social media platforms, because names and naming strategies can be stud­ied more readily than broader and more complex aspects, such as stylistic variation or text-image interdependence, while at the same time forming part of these.
KW  - usernames
KW  - self-naming
KW  - handles
KW  - face-work
KW  - social media
KW  - onomastics
KW  - Benutzernamen
KW  - Nicknamen
KW  - Facework
KW  - Soziale Medien
KW  - Onomastik
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55038
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-550387
SN  - 2569-6491
N1  - Dieses Werk steht unter der Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International.
VL  - 2.2019
IS  - 2
SP  - 123
EP  - 156
PB  - Institut für Deutsche Sprache
CY  - Mannheim
ER  -