Analysis of online interlocution. The case of two foreign students in Madrid
Abstract
The use of technology (use of social networks through electronic devices) has transformed not only the way online users communicate today, but also the type of relationships traditionally established between sender and receiver in any given communicative interaction. This is especially true in globalized societies, which open the possibility of communication in different languages, modes, and communicative events. This study is grounded in the content analysis of the texts produced on Facebook and Instagram by two foreign students in Madrid universities (Commerce and Architecture), with the purpose of identifying the relationship with their interlocutors, in order to reveal the process of their discursive co-construction identity. Results indicate that texts and images show to their possible receivers a somehow idealized version of their lives as university students in Spain. On the other hand, Facebook and Instagram are revealed as the places where processes link to language learning and the use of different languages, illustrating the possible implications in language teaching contexts.
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