AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

4.8.4. Repairing VOCAs and future planning ................................................................. 152
4.8.5. Summary .............................................................................................................. 152
4.9. Self-determination ...................................................................................................... 153
4.9.1. Autonomy and authorship ................................................................................... 153
4.9.2. Enhanced privacy ................................................................................................. 154
4.9.3. Summary .............................................................................................................. 155
4.10. Self-Representation .................................................................................................. 156
4.10.1. Information about self ....................................................................................... 156
4.10.2. Conversational equality ..................................................................................... 159
4.10.3. Expressing humour ............................................................................................ 160
4.10.4. Narrative record of activities ............................................................................. 161
4.10.5. Summary ............................................................................................................ 161
4.11. Online social ties ....................................................................................................... 162
4.11.1. Bonding social ties ............................................................................................. 162
4.11.2. Maintaining social ties ....................................................................................... 164
4.11.3. Bridging online social ties .................................................................................. 166
4.11.4. Summary ............................................................................................................ 168
4.12. Memos ...................................................................................................................... 169
4.13. Generating the grounded theory of internet and social media use by young people
who use AAC ...................................................................................................................... 176
4.13.1. Nature of the theory .......................................................................................... 176
4.13.2. Central phenomenon ......................................................................................... 177
4.13.3. Causal conditions ............................................................................................... 177
4.13.4. Limitations for achieving the central phenomenon .......................................... 177
4.13.5. Context ............................................................................................................... 178
4.13.6. Interaction/actions ............................................................................................ 178
4.13.7. Strategies ........................................................................................................... 178
4.13.8. Consequences .................................................................................................... 179
4.13.9. Summary ............................................................................................................ 179
Chapter 5 - Discussion ............................................................................................................ 181
5.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 181
The research objectives: ................................................................................................ 182
5.2 Central phenomenon ................................................................................................... 183
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