Fraping, social norms and online representations of self
Abstract
This paper reports on qualitative insights generated from 46 semi-structured interviews with adults ranging in age from 18 to 70. It focuses on an online social behaviour, ‘fraping’, which involves the unauthorised alteration of content on a person's social networking site (SNS) profile by a third party. Our exploratory research elucidates what constitutes a frape, who is involved in it, and what the social norms surrounding the activity are. We provide insights into how frape contributes to online sociality and the co-construction of online identity, and identify opportunities for further work in understanding the interplay between online social identities, social groups and social norms.
Citation
Moncur , W , Orzech , K M & Neville , F G 2016 , ' Fraping, social norms and online representations of self ' , Computers in Human Behavior , vol. 63 , pp. 125-131 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.042
Publication
Computers in Human Behavior
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0747-5632Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2016, Published by Elsevier Ltd. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.sciencedirect.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.042
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Charting the Digital Lifespan research project was funded by EPSRC Grant Reference No EP/L00383X/1.Collections
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