Od folkloru do protez egzystencjalnych. Kulturowe znaczenie portalu Facebook
From Folklore to Existential Prostheses. Cultural Meaning of Facebook Portal
Author(s): Rafał IlnickiSubject(s): Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Media studies, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Communication studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Theory of Communication, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Social Informatics
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: popular culture; e-folklore; Facebook; rituals; social media; disintentionalization;
Summary/Abstract: Article is divided into two parts. First one examines the condition under folklore is created on Facebook portal. I’m examining communication and participation rituals and customs. Second focuses on more general mechanisms of functioning of this social medium. The main emphasis is put on the relation between technological infrastructure and users action. I’m introducing the concept of collective disintentionalization, which occurs because Facebook’s regulation that encourage rather short term participation contained within the portal.This mechanism forces users to create folklores as an strategy of resistance to hyperinstrumentalization. In the summary I’m showing how we could speak of evolution in Facebook from creating folklore to the role of existential prostheses. Also cultural importance of this social medium is strongly emphasized.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 33/2012
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 32-43
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish