Until ghosting do them apart: The production of subjectivity in discourses about virtual love

Authors

  • Francisco Vieira da Silva Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Maria do Socorro Maia Fernandes Barbosa Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

Abstract

Considering the most varied discourses, currently constructed about romantic relationships that emerge by means of electronic devices, particularly flirting applications, the present text aims, from the analysis of some discursive materialities that circulated in digital media, to investigate the production of subjectivity in discourses about virtual love. For this purpose, we analyzed three media discursive materialities (two reports and a section of a magazine column). Methodologically, the present study follows a descriptive-interpretative bias, with a qualitative approach. The analysis, based on the theoretical perspective of Michel Foucault, demonstrated that, given the specificities of each studied materiality, there is the constant subjectivity production of the digital technologies user with regard specifically to the mutations in the construction of virtual love as a discourse object.

Keywords: discourse, subjectivity, virtual love.

Author Biographies

Francisco Vieira da Silva, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Doutorando em Linguística pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

Maria do Socorro Maia Fernandes Barbosa, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

Professora Doutora dao Curso de Letras da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN)

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Published

2016-08-01

How to Cite

Silva, F. V. da, & Barbosa, M. do S. M. F. (2016). Until ghosting do them apart: The production of subjectivity in discourses about virtual love. Calidoscópio, 14(2), 265–275. Retrieved from https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/cld.2016.142.09

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2016): May/August

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