Confessing sex in online student communities

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.05.002en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDominguez-Whitehead, Yasmine
dc.contributor.authorWhitehead, Kevin A
dc.contributor.authorBowman, Brett
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T08:34:25Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T08:34:25Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentPsychology
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we examine Facebook “Confessions” sites associated with two large universities (one North American and one South African) to investigate the ways in which students interactionally negotiate normativity in discussions initiated by confessions relating to sex. The research is grounded in a Foucauldian framework that emphasizes the centrality of sex and sexuality. Our findings focus on two interrelated aspects of the data. The first concerns the features of the initial (anonymous) confessional posts, and the second relates to subsequent comments on the initial post. Close examination of initial posts offers insights into participants’ orientations to sexual acts, situations and beliefs that are treated as either normative or transgressive. Subsequent comments posted by participants reveal ways in which the “confessability” of confessions is interactionally ratified or contested. The findings thus demonstrate some ways in which normative sexuality is (re)produced, ratified, and contested within student online communities.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianKW2017en_ZA
dc.description.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211695816301714en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.citationDominguez-Whitehead, Y., Whitehead, K.A., & Bowman, B. (2017). Confessing sex in online student communities. Discourse, Context & Media, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.05.002en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2211-6958
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/22760
dc.journal.titleDiscourse, Context & Mediaen_ZA
dc.journal.volumehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.05.002en_ZA
dc.language.isoen_USen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Human and Community Development
dc.subjectSexen_ZA
dc.subjectConfessions
dc.subjectOnline communities
dc.subjectNormativity
dc.subjectTransgressions
dc.titleConfessing sex in online student communitiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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