@article{Goodings_2011, title={The Dilemma of Closeness and Distance: A Discursive Analysis of Wall Posting in MySpace}, volume={12}, url={https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1576}, DOI={10.17169/fqs-12.3.1576}, abstractNote={<p>MySpace is an online social network site (SNS) where users regularly communicate via a particular part of the profile page known as "the wall". This article uses a discursive approach to study the construction of identity in communication on the wall. The analysis shows that wall communication constitutes a set of relational positions that need to be discursively organised in order to manage the presence of a mediated community of other MySpace users. Drawing on the work of Celia LURY, the paper explores this issue in terms of a set of practices for managing the dilemma of closeness and distance that stems from the new forms of individualism that is inherent to a "prosthetic" culture. The article is concerned with the way MySpace users negotiate the issue of distance and closeness as part of the process of identity construction in MySpace. A broader discussion in terms of discourse, community and technology is included.</p><p>URN: <a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1103160">http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1103160</a></p>}, number={3}, journal={Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research}, author={Goodings, Lewis}, year={2011}, month={Sep.} }