SOCIABILITY AND MATERIAL CULTURE ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BELÉM METROPOLITAN AREA

Abstract

This research investigates the construction of the identity among young people living in the city of Belém and the metropolitan area, regarding the influence of the internet social networks. The study involves theoretical reflections and fieldwork based analysis of categories of sociability and material culture for the internet social networks, discussing how these technologies influence as they will interact with the subjects, thereby influencing in their subjectivities, social interactions and, consequently, in the construction of their identities.Keywords: Internet social networks, sociability, material culture, identity, internet