Analysis of Digital Self-Presentation Practices and Profiles of Spanish Adolescents on Instagram and TikTok

Autor/inn/en	Hernández-Serrano, María José; Jones, Barbara; Renés-Arellano, Paula; Campos Ortuño, Rosalynn A.
Titel	Analysis of Digital Self-Presentation Practices and Profiles of Spanish Adolescents on Instagram and TikTok
Quelle	In: Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 11 (2022) 1, S.49-63 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hernández-Serrano, María José) ORCID (Jones, Barbara) ORCID (Renés-Arellano, Paula) ORCID (Campos Ortuño, Rosalynn A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2254-7339
Schlagwörter	Profiles; Self Concept; Adolescents; Social Media; Social Networks; Feedback (Response); Factor Analysis; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Computer Mediated Communication; Ethics; Time Management; COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Vignettes; Adolescent Attitudes; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Selbstkonzept; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziale Medien; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Faktorenanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Computerkonferenz; Ethik; Zeitmanagement; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	This study analyses self-presentation practices and profiles among Spanish teenagers on Instagram and TikTok. Both of these online spaces prioritise and promote visual publications, are structured to allow feedback on self-presentation, and offer the user filters both to control self-image and to target specific audiences. Three research questions guided the methodological process for the twofold analysis of self-presentation practices on social networks: an exploratory factor analysis to identify latent factors among these practices; and a descriptive analysis of the profiles identified by gender and age. Results indicate that adolescents' self-presentation practices were related to three different factors: social validation; authenticity; and image control. One of the most outstanding results is that self-presentation practices could be less guided by social feedback, since the number of followers or likes was irrelevant for most adolescents, and that adolescents increasingly tend to be guided by innovative predispositions of truthfulness. In turn, conclusions suggest that teens need to be equipped with suitable self-representation practices for safe and sustainable identity narratives on social networks, since the global COVID-19 pandemic has exponentially increased both the usage and the time spent on social networking sites, enlarging the availability of spaces for adolescents to express themselves and build their identities through different self-representation practices. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Alicante. Carretera San Vincente del Raspeig, Alicante, 03690, Spain. Tel: +34-96-590-3721; Fax: +35-96-590-3464; e-mail: editor.naerjournal@ua.es; Web site: https://naerjournal.ua.es
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01