Abstract

BASILE, Diego  and  LINNE, Joaquín. Adolescentes y redes sociales online: El photo sharing como motor de la sociabilidad. Cuad. Cent. Estud. Diseñ. Comun., Ensayos [online]. 2015, n.54, pp.17-27. ISSN 1853-3523.

Teenagers have expanded the practices of the photographic culture: what used to be a solemn practice to fix in the family memory some series of lifetime rites, has been transformed into a recreational and daily practice to share with peers. This practice, which is based on the production and publication of images to stimulate sociability in online social networks has been powered by a series of technological and socio- cultural changes that have occurred in parallel to the development of the Internet 2.0 : 1 ) adolescents who have access to a computer with Internet and a digital camera can use a repertoire of tools for creating and manipulating images with low difficulty level that a few years ago was non-existent ; 2) online social networks give the circulation of images a prominent place ; 3) sociability from photo sharing has become the leading online activity of most teenagers. Considering these changes, this article explores from observations and interviews, the various ways in which teenagers use digital photography as a central component of their everyday sociability.

Keywords : Adolescents; Digital photography; Online social networks.

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