Cross-Cultural Comparison of Adolescents' Online Self-Presentation Strategies: Turkey and the United States

Nevfel Boz, Yalda T. Uhls and Patricia M. Greenfield
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Nevfel Boz: Children's Digital Media Center @ Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA & Department of Media and Communication, Social Science University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Yalda T. Uhls: Children's Digital Media Center @ Los Angeles, Common Sense Media & Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
Patricia M. Greenfield: Children's Digital Media Center @ Los Angeles & Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: Studying how social network site (SNS) users from different countries present themselves is crucial for inquiring into the dynamics of culture and youth. This study of 100 adolescents age 14-18 (Mage= 15.90, SD = .1.48) was designed to determine whether cultural differences between adolescents in the U.S. and Turkey would manifest themselves in their online self-presentation strategies on Facebook. Snowball sampling was used to reach U.S. and Turkish adolescents (50 participants from each country) who were using Facebook. The study provides novel insights into how adolescents from each country, in relation to its specific cultural framework, display certain kinds of self-presentation strategies. By coding Facebook profiles of adolescents, the authors found that the sharpest cross-cultural contrast was found in the frequency of the self-promotion strategy, which was more frequent in the United States. There was also a significant difference in use of exemplification strategy between the two countries; it was more widely used in Turkey. The high level of the ingratiation strategy in both countries may reflect the importance of “likes” in the Internet culture. There was also a significant cross-national difference in the ingratiation strategy, which U.S. teens used more. Finally, the authors also found a low level of use of the intimidation and supplication strategies in both countries. The study highlights the importance of self-exploration in constructing identities that conform to desirable cultural roles.

Date: 2016
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