Zwischen Fakt und Fiktion. Facebook als autobiographisches Medium
Between Facts and Fiction. Facebook as an Autobiography Environment

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the social platform Facebook is seen as autobiographical writing. This raises the question of what this "autobiography" looks like and how it relates to conventional autobiographical texts. Controversial aspects of the genre of autobiography are considered based on a review of the history of the genre and are related to Facebook. The main emphasis is on the clash between the description of reality and the fictional narrative.

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