USA Africa Dialogue Series - Liking and "Unliking" in Facebook Navigational Language

'A liker is normally liked; an "unliker" is not, except maybe by another "unliker." A liker by liking indirectly performs an illocutionary act of praising the person who posts, and sometimes backs this up with a verbal praising and thanking. By liking, one presents a desirable image of self; in other words, one identifies and solidarizes with the other, which is why it is risky to go about liking just any Facebook status update or item shared! What one likes testifies for and against one! Same for what one "unlikes." '

Read the full essay, 'Liking and "Unliking" in Facebook Navigational Language' at:
http://x-pensiverrors.blogspot.com/2012/05/liking-and-unliking-in-facebook.html/

-- Obododimma.

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*Obododimma Oha*
http://udude.wordpress.com/

(*Associate Professor of Cultural Semiotics & Stylistics*)
Dept. of English
University of Ibadan
Nigeria

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*Fellow*, Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies
University of Ibadan

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