A Pragmatic Analysis of Face or Public Self-image:

This book denominated ¿A Pragmatic Analysis of Face or Public Self- Image: A Case of Nigerian Users of Facebook¿ is an investigation into the concept of face or public self-image precisely on a Nigerian online platform, Rant Headquarters, and some celebrity posts in what has been subsumed as the construction of social identity on social media platforms. Using Brown and Levinson¿s (1957) Politeness Theory, findings reveal that people take actions, by posting private or intimate issues mostly about themselves that threaten their own face or public self-image regardless of whether or not the posts are designated ¿anonymous¿. And this singular action can threaten both their positive and negative face; also, the bulk of the data collected and analyzed show that marriage and intimate relationship issues which are supposed to be private or confidential now find their way into public domain more than any other issue; and one proposition, this book admits, appears to take the lead in this regard: ¿that today people are more concerned about having answers or solutions to their problems or perceived problems than they are about protecting their face or public self-image¿ on the social media.