Культурно-соціальні функції анонімних форумів
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2017
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Задирака, Костянтин
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Статтю присвячено аналізу деяких культурних і соціальних функцій анонімних форумів (іміджборд). Описано основні функції: інтегративну, адаптивну та захисну. Досліджено роль анонімних
форумів як специфічного майданчика культурної комунікації в Інтернеті. Зокрема, відповідно до
функцій, обґрунтовано роль анонімних форумів у створенні спільнот у Всесвітній мережі, адаптації
до постіндустріального суспільства та захисту від надміру публічності. Інтегративну функцію описано як участь у створенні нових типів віртуальних спільнот, а також підтримці існування більш
традиційних через нові цифрові медіа. Адаптивну функцію визначено як створення транзитивного,
а також резерваційного культурного простору для входження в суспільство. Захисну функцію –
як забезпечення анонімності для втечі від надміру публічності в сучасній культурі.
The article researches the roleof imageboards, a certain type of anonymous forums, in the Internet culture, approaching it with researching specific functions of those forums. The author starts by describing an integrative function of anonymous forums. He claims that in the postindustrial societies, virtual communities created via digital media are replacing more traditional communities created by such institutions as schools, churches, labor unions, etc. Imageboards contribute to the creation of a new type of communities based on common communicational platforms or shared interests, but they also help to sustain “old” types of identities like political groups, nations, etc. Then the article researches an adaptive function of anonymous forums. The author argues that imageboards, despite their anti-social image, are one of the institutions helping contemporary youth to adapt to society through different means. One of them is providing certain type of safe and free space for communication, similar in some way to traditional youth companies. With this, socialization on imageboards can both help an individual to enter the society, but it also can keep him or her in a transitional space required for a post-industrial society with its lack of jobs caused by automatization. The l Last function the article observes is a protective function. As it was mentioned before, anonymous forums provides safe spaces for communications, and this safety is caused by their interface, useful for maintaining anonymity. In the Internet, where social networks have got their dominance, imageboards served as a places where one can communicate without sharing all kinds of personal information. On imageboards most messages are unique and free from identities of their authors, which protects the authors from the common pressure of need to maintain those identities. Thus anonymous forums perform integrative, adaptive, and protective functions. Two of them are shared by most digital platforms, while the last one is more or less unique to imageboards. Also the list of functions is not complete, as further research will probably reveal more of them.
The article researches the roleof imageboards, a certain type of anonymous forums, in the Internet culture, approaching it with researching specific functions of those forums. The author starts by describing an integrative function of anonymous forums. He claims that in the postindustrial societies, virtual communities created via digital media are replacing more traditional communities created by such institutions as schools, churches, labor unions, etc. Imageboards contribute to the creation of a new type of communities based on common communicational platforms or shared interests, but they also help to sustain “old” types of identities like political groups, nations, etc. Then the article researches an adaptive function of anonymous forums. The author argues that imageboards, despite their anti-social image, are one of the institutions helping contemporary youth to adapt to society through different means. One of them is providing certain type of safe and free space for communication, similar in some way to traditional youth companies. With this, socialization on imageboards can both help an individual to enter the society, but it also can keep him or her in a transitional space required for a post-industrial society with its lack of jobs caused by automatization. The l Last function the article observes is a protective function. As it was mentioned before, anonymous forums provides safe spaces for communications, and this safety is caused by their interface, useful for maintaining anonymity. In the Internet, where social networks have got their dominance, imageboards served as a places where one can communicate without sharing all kinds of personal information. On imageboards most messages are unique and free from identities of their authors, which protects the authors from the common pressure of need to maintain those identities. Thus anonymous forums perform integrative, adaptive, and protective functions. Two of them are shared by most digital platforms, while the last one is more or less unique to imageboards. Also the list of functions is not complete, as further research will probably reveal more of them.
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Інтернет, анонімні форуми, культурно-соціальні функції, стаття, Internet, anonymous forums, socio-cultural functions
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Задирака Костянтин Іванович. Культурно-соціальні функції анонімних форумів / Задирака К. І. // Магістеріум. Культурологія. - 2017. - Вип. 68. - С. 22-26.