AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

is the challenge for creating personal narratives about life experiences on VOCAs as
they tend to be stored as monologues or in chunked sequences (Reddington & Coles-
Kemp, 2011), are time consuming to prepare and need to be constantly altered to
mark the progress of time (e.g. yesterday, last week, last year).
4.11. Online social ties
4.11.1. Bonding social ties
Participants reported keeping in touch with parents, siblings, other family members,
friends from old schools and colleges, old teachers and personal staff, and also people
within settings they saw on a daily basis. Online social media is interpreted as
enriching social ties and affording participants the opportunity to share more with
those they are in contact with. One of the key advantages expressed for using the
internet and online social media was to “talk to other people”.
Amanda: So what do you like most about Facebook, what’s the reason for
using it?
Ben: “For talk to people”
[not consecutive]
Amanda: do you feel it’s really been a valuable thing that’s in your life
Ben: ‘yes’ (nods head vigorously)
[not consecutive]
Amanda: has it made you feel happy that there are other ways that you can
communicate with your friends and things
Ben: ‘yes’ (nods head vigorously)
Amanda: Xavier you were saying you can do everything on your
communication aid, is that right, so what can you do
Xavier:“Internet, mobile and talk”
[not consecutive]
Xavier:“it me in contact with everybody”
[not consecutive]
Amanda: okay and what do you find most valuable about Facebook
Xavier: (laughs) “talk a moment and take a nosy”
Moira: “it helps to talk everyone”
Amanda: what do you think is most valuable about Facebook to you. You
know, what do really like about it
Keith: “I can talk to people on it”
Olivia: “to talk to everyone”
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