From posts to bonds: uncovering adolescents’ friendship on facebook through language use
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2025
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Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
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Social media, such as Facebook, is used not only as a communication toolbut also as a space to maintain friendships and expand friend networks, particularly among adolescents.In response to this phenomenon, the current study investigates friendship dynamics among teenagers by analyzing the language usedin their Facebook posts. To accomplish the objective of the study, a corpus analysis was employed to identify patterns of friendshipexpression. Data were collected using a Facebook feature called Virtual Advertising Operations (VAO), resulting in 1,243posts related to the theme of relationships. Among these, the most prominent sub-theme was bonding and bridging withfriendshipas the primarytopic. Toanalyzethe data, we used categorization and the detection of textual information.The study underscores Facebook's importance as a key platform where youthbuild and strengthen friendships. Examining how they use language highlights themes like loyalty, emotional sharing, and social connection that shape their interactions on the platform. These insights emphasize that adolescents use Facebook not just to communicate but to actively shape and express their social relationships.Thestudy alsodiscussesimplicationsfor language educationfrom social media contentto cultivate students’ pragmatic competence and to provide meaningful and real-world communication practice.Future studies are encouraged to explore other modes of digital interaction,such as images and multimedia.
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Adolescent, Bond, Friendship, Language Use, Social Media, зв’язок, дружба, мовна практика, соціальні мережі, молодь
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From posts to bonds: uncovering adolescents’ friendship on facebook through language use / Sri Wahyuni, Pratomo Widodo, Erna Andriyanti, Hishamudin Isam, Asnawi Asnawi, Noni Andriyani // Advanced education. – 2025. – Iss. 26. – P. 45-58. – Bibliogr.: 62 ref.