Seen and not heard? Text messaging and digital sociality

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  • Lee Thompson
  • Julie Cupples
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translations Vu et pas entendu? La télémessagerie et la socialitédigitale Les téléphones cellulaires ont suscité, notammentchez les jeunes, diverses conceptions dystopiennes.On soutient entres autres que ces appareils con-tribuent au non-respect des règles orthographiqueset grammaticales, réduisent leur capacité de seconcentrer sur leurs devoirs scolaires, encouragentl’intimidation par le biais de messages textes,provoquent les cancers du cerveau et renforcent ladestruction des relations directes. La messagerieinstantanée est, malgré ces préoccupations, le moyende télécommunication le plus populaire entre lesjeunes de la Nouvelle-Zélande. En partant de lathéorie de l’acteur-réseau et d’une recherche quali-tative menée auprès d’adolescents néo-zélandais,nous nous proposons d’étudier comment les adoles-cents, les téléphones cellulaires, les rapports socio-spatiaux et les discours existent à l’intérieur d’unréseau hybride et interdépendant que nous avonsnommé la socialité digitale. Ce réseau semble faciliterplutôt que détruire les contacts de proximité. Lafusion de la machine et de l’être humain, tel uncyborg, engendre des mécanismes nouveauxet complexes de l’espace et du social qui donnent àpenser que les effets préjudiciables des technologiessans fil sur les jeunes sont moins importants,contrairement à ce que plusieurs ont soutenu. Ilserait nécessaire alors de repenser les approches deprévention proposées pour l’utilisation de cettetechnologie. Mots-clefs: communication, téléphonie mobile,télémessagerie, adolescents, spatialités sociales,théorie acteur-réseau. ¿Visto y no oı́do?: El envı́o de mensajes SMS y lasocialidad digital Hay varios entendimientos distópicos sobre losteléfonos móviles, especialmente en lo que se refierea los jóvenes. Se ha sugerido que los móvilescontribuyen a la mala ortografı́a y gramática, hacenperder la concentración en el colegio, facilitan laintimidación por texto, causan cáncer de celebro yfomentan la destrucción de relaciones cara a cara. Apesar de estas preocupaciones, el envı́o de mensajesSMS es con mucho la forma de comunicación móvilmás popular entre los jóvenes de Nueva Zelanda.Haciendo uso de la teorı́a de redes de actores einvestigación cualitativa llevado a cabo conadolescentes de Nueva Zelanda, exploramos cómolos adolescentes, los teléfonos móviles, las rela-Text messaging and digital sociality 107

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تاریخ انتشار 2008