Titre : |
Computer-Mediated Discourse in Social Media: A Study of Social Support among Algerian Internet Users |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
MEZIANE, Maliha Khadidja, Auteur ; BAICHE. ali, Auteur |
Editeur : |
Université tlemcen |
Année de publication : |
2019 |
Importance : |
298 p. |
Présentation : |
ill. |
Format : |
30 cm |
Accompagnement : |
cd |
Langues : |
Français (fre) |
Résumé : |
In the last decade, access to the internet has proliferated in a way that people are getting connected not only from homes, but also on multiple other devices like mobile phones, video games, hand-held tablets…etc. The result is people getting more connected to each other especially through social networks. When logged in, the aim has switched from getting in touch with others and making friends to looking for social support. In brief, social support can be defined as empathy-seeking or looking for persons who will ‗understand you‘. This fits people sharing the same issues (anorexia, obesity, cancer, illness…etc), yet the novelty with the internet concerns also ‗basic‘ people who join online communities looking for social support. This study aims to investigate the link between gender, social support (with its four categories Tangible, Belonging, Self-esteem and Appraisal) and the language (Arabic and French) used by Algerian facebook users in different topics: Funny shows/Entertainment, music, sport, news, education, politics and religion. The findings are discussed in the joint framework of sociolinguistics and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) theories to shed the light on the behaviour of Algerian users in online environments. The results show a main effect of gender and a difference in the choice of social support categories depending on the language used French and/or Algerian Arabic. |
Computer-Mediated Discourse in Social Media: A Study of Social Support among Algerian Internet Users [texte imprimé] / MEZIANE, Maliha Khadidja, Auteur ; BAICHE. ali, Auteur . - Université tlemcen, 2019 . - 298 p. : ill. ; 30 cm + cd. Langues : Français ( fre)
Résumé : |
In the last decade, access to the internet has proliferated in a way that people are getting connected not only from homes, but also on multiple other devices like mobile phones, video games, hand-held tablets…etc. The result is people getting more connected to each other especially through social networks. When logged in, the aim has switched from getting in touch with others and making friends to looking for social support. In brief, social support can be defined as empathy-seeking or looking for persons who will ‗understand you‘. This fits people sharing the same issues (anorexia, obesity, cancer, illness…etc), yet the novelty with the internet concerns also ‗basic‘ people who join online communities looking for social support. This study aims to investigate the link between gender, social support (with its four categories Tangible, Belonging, Self-esteem and Appraisal) and the language (Arabic and French) used by Algerian facebook users in different topics: Funny shows/Entertainment, music, sport, news, education, politics and religion. The findings are discussed in the joint framework of sociolinguistics and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) theories to shed the light on the behaviour of Algerian users in online environments. The results show a main effect of gender and a difference in the choice of social support categories depending on the language used French and/or Algerian Arabic. |
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