Love in social networks: The social representention of perfect Self as couple through the image on Facebook and Instagram

Social networks have generated a series of changes within social dynamics,the construction of identities, and with it, the ways that we represent ourselvesas persons. The level of change has been so high that we have lostboundaries between how we relate to other people, and the limits of whatcan be...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Vargas Loáiciga, Carlos
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/13525
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/repertorio/article/view/13525
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:identities
love
social representation
social networks
Instagram
Facebook
social image
Identidades
amor
representación social
redes sociales
imagen social
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Summary:Social networks have generated a series of changes within social dynamics,the construction of identities, and with it, the ways that we represent ourselvesas persons. The level of change has been so high that we have lostboundaries between how we relate to other people, and the limits of whatcan be considered as private and public, even reaching levels of "spectacularization".In this way, we have fallen into the obsession of recognition andthe opening of our privacy, and, therefore, we only want to show ourselvesas perfect people in all areas, that is, an open window to sell me as a perfectperson. This paper explores this dynamic from the timely description of profilesof several people, in order to highlight the new ways of generating the"first impression".