Shaping intersubjectivity as narrative identity work in social media

In this article we consider how intersubjectivity in social media can support narrative identity work. We start from the assumption that autobiographical narratives account for a considerable amount of narrative work on identity, in the same way that the narrative practices play a significant role in the realm of human experience. In the context of psycholinguistics, intersubjectivity is examined here from both sociological and psychological angles, that is, narrative is seen to sit at the intersection between indi-viduals, thereby highlighting both the individual in their own social context and the individual as self. Narratives help us not just to communicate meaning but also to shape and articulate ego identity. In this article, we illustrate this negotiation of ego identity with the hermeneutic psycholinguistic analysis of a communication by chat. We show how both individual and group-specific aspects reflect ego identity in intersubjective negotiations on social media.