Ciberespaço e a formação do self: exposição de adolescentes no Facebook

Abstract

As a result of technological advances in recent years, face-to-face communication has given way to cyberspace due to the growing adherence to virtual social networks, with Facebook being the most popular social network in the world. In this context of expanding digital culture, it becomes relevant to analyze the implications emerging from the practices that occur in cyberspace. The aim of this article is to analyze the exposure of adolescents on Facebook and its implications for the formation of the self in this age group. A search in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Psychology Electronic Periodicals (PePSIC) and Virtual Health Library Psychology Brazil (BVS Psi) databases was carried out, followed by two analyses: the first on the bibliometric data of the selected articles and the second on the results generated by the Iramuteq software from the creation of the text corpus formed by the results and conclusions of the articles of this review. The results were presented in 3 dimensions: 1) formation of the self among adolescent users in Facebook; 2) risks related to exposure in Facebook and 3) adolescents in the cyberspace field. The conclusion suggests that the possible implications of adolescent exposure in cyberspace are processes circulated by many variables, with more or less connection that impact the self from elements such as: economy of interpersonal investment, prolonged time in cyberspace, new possibilities of interaction, participation and creation of identification models through groups, excess of information and content.