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Santiago de Compostela Hikers and Facebook: Digital Identities and Social Representations

Authors:
Bourret Christian
Boustany Joumana

Keywords: digital identities; social representations; digital society; social media; Facebook; information; communication, situations; hikers, Santiago de Compostela.

Abstract:
The Compostela Ways correspond to a strong and heavy tradition in the Middle Ages. But it was quasi-forgotten during three centuries. In the last forty years, they have constituted a highly publicised phenomenon of our ultramodern society. In this paper, we analyse digital identities, motivations and social representations of the hikers from information and communication approach with a focus on meaning and interactions. We concentrate on the digital aspects of the Compostela Ways, especially identities, traces and interactions on social networks as a new perspective to this social phenomenon. We analyse the importance of this communication media for the hikers as a specific manner to interact and give meaning to their trip and all their life in our individualist and consumerist society.

Pages: 10 to 20

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2019. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2019

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ISSN: 1942-261x