Socialisering bland ungdomar på Facebook : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om identitet och socialiseringen bland ungdomar på Facebook

Sammanfattning: This study has analyzed how the youth in Sweden between the ages of 16-20 socialize and describe themselves on social media as compared to the reality, and more specifically on Facebook as a social media platform. The purpose is to examine the construction of the identity that is built online by these young people as compared to the one shown in reality. To examine this and find result, this study has been using a qualitative interview study as a method. Furthermore, this study examines three questions; how do young people experience their communication on Facebook? How and what kind of identities are created on Facebook as a source of social media by these young people? In what way is the identity of the youth on Facebook different to the one in reality? The study has taken support and inspiration from the theories of attention society by Gillberg (2014) and modernity and social identity by Giddens (1991).   The result shows that the main purpose of the use of social media by the studied youth is for communication and self construction of identity. The main message that the youth want to portray is that they live an ideal life (which shows to not be the case at all times).