Wilkes2022
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Wilkes2022 |
| Author(s) | Julie Wilkes, Susan A. Speer |
| Title | Kinship carers' complaints about birth parents' Facebook posts: Mediated evidentiality and identity construction |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Evidentiality, Epistemics, Identity construction, Kinship care, Social media |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Language & Communication |
| Volume | 83 |
| Number | March 2022 |
| Pages | 97-108 |
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.langcom.2021.12.001 |
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Abstract
Popular discourse contends that social media interactions are somehow less valid than face-to-face exchanges. Complaining about the impact of online activities can construct identity-linked cultural and moral norms. One such identity is that of ‘kinship carer’ - family members who step in to parent a relative's child when the birth parent is unable. From a corpus of video recordings of 10 support group discussions, we identified two ways that participants constructed family identities in topicalising Facebook use: by a) negotiating social media norms for this sensitive family context, and b) supporting their epistemic status with reference to ‘mediated’ properties of Facebook posts. We discuss how ‘mediated evidentiality’ works as a participant's resource in constructing 'what's real’, thus validating speakers' identity.
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