Fraping, social norms and online representations of self

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Highlights:

• Fraping involves the unauthorised alteration of information in a person’s SNS profile.

• Fraping is performative, enacted for a mediated audience.

• Fraping is an accepted social norm amongst some young adults, yet is frowned upon by older adults.

• Fraping contributes to the co-construction of online identity.

• When implicit normative rules are violated, the frape ‘victim’ applies sanctions.

摘要

•Fraping involves the unauthorised alteration of information in a person’s SNS profile.•Fraping is performative, enacted for a mediated audience.•Fraping is an accepted social norm amongst some young adults, yet is frowned upon by older adults.•Fraping contributes to the co-construction of online identity.•When implicit normative rules are violated, the frape ‘victim’ applies sanctions.

论文关键词:Fraping,Social media,Social norms,Social identity,Teenagers,Young adults

论文评审过程:Received 15 February 2016, Revised 11 May 2016, Accepted 13 May 2016, Available online 20 May 2016, Version of Record 20 May 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.042