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'I make the rules on my Wall’: privacy and identity management practices on Facebook

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'I make the rules on my Wall’: privacy and identity management practices on Facebook. / Georgalou, Mariza.
In: Discourse and Communication, Vol. 10, No. 1, 02.2016, p. 40-64.

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Georgalou, M 2016, ''I make the rules on my Wall’: privacy and identity management practices on Facebook', Discourse and Communication, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 40-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481315600304

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Georgalou, M. (2016). 'I make the rules on my Wall’: privacy and identity management practices on Facebook. Discourse and Communication, 10(1), 40-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481315600304

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Georgalou M. 'I make the rules on my Wall’: privacy and identity management practices on Facebook. Discourse and Communication. 2016 Feb;10(1):40-64. Epub 2015 Oct 13. doi: 10.1177/1750481315600304

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Georgalou, Mariza. / 'I make the rules on my Wall’ : privacy and identity management practices on Facebook. In: Discourse and Communication. 2016 ; Vol. 10, No. 1. pp. 40-64.

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abstract = "Much significant work on the topic of privacy and identity on social network sites (SNSs) stems from the realms of media, information and cultural studies, and sociology eschewing language-based disciplines almost entirely. To redress the balance, this article draws on discourse-centred online ethnography, an approach which blends online ethnography with discourse analysis, to explore how self-presentation on Facebook is regulated by means of privacy. To this end, I analyse a dataset of statuses, comments, links, photographs and interviews from five Greek users. The findings highlight users{\textquoteright} creativity and criticality in combining software affordances with linguistic signals and textual practices to manage their privacy and hence their identity.",
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