Autori: Morciano, Daniele, Martino, Livia Noemi
Titolo: Una ricerca esplorativa su un campione di studenti. Perché i giovani fanno selfie?
Periodico: Scuola democratica : strategie educative e territorio
Anno: 2021 - Volume: 25 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 87 - Pagina finale: 106

The study presented in this paper explored the range of motivations of selfie taking and sharing, with a specific attention to the processes of identity work and representation. A survey involved a sample of students of the University of Bari (aged 18-35, N=566). Biographical memory, self-expression and amusement are the main motivations arising from the survey, respectively associated with the identity functions of remembering, self-representation and playing. Based on the survey results and a theoretical framework on identity work and new media, the article explores possible directions for research and educational practice, with an effort to focus strengths and weakness of selfie as a symbolic resource in the identity process. Selfies can play a role in identity exploration. A selfie inspires its author to reflect on the own self and his/her relationship with places and experiences as identity markers. At the same time, a selfie is a looking-glass capturing social reactions from a range of possible publics. However, the survey also highlights some educational limits of the selfie since it seems mainly an autarchic and self-referential form of communication, with uncertain effects on the development of dialogic identities, and the tendency to reproduce gender stereotypes on the digital space.




SICI: 1129-731X(2021)25:1<87:URESUC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Testo completo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.12828/100653
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