Published: 2020-07-18

Visualisation as a simulated self-creation in social media

Anna Mentel
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Debuts
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2020.2.21

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to report ways young people self-present on Facebook. Based on the theory by Jean Baudrillard's simulacrum, it was assumed that these presentations serve to simulate creating your own identity. The study used the online-resource method, with a particular emphasis on visual ethnography. The presented research is part of the problems related to building the identity of contemporary youth and trends of post-modern culture. It has been shown that visual content is not only an element of young people detachment from reality, but it is also fictitious. This is especially evident in the virtual forms of activity and content young people post online.

Keywords:

visualisation, identity, simulacrum, simulated culture

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Mentel, A. (2020). Visualisation as a simulated self-creation in social media. Pedagogical Forum, 10(2), 289–302. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2020.2.21

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