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As agreed by several sociolinguists, storytelling is one of the most effective way in presenting self and constructing the teller’s desirable identities (see Tannen et al. in Family talk: discourse and identity in four American families. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007; Rashid et al. in Int J Appl Linguist Engl Lit 5(4):72–78, 2016). By telling stories, bloggers can construct a whole new world in the consciousness of their readers, to give them the thrill of emotions and some ideas in their attempt to construct the desirable identities. Juli created her blog to tell stories of her past experience and life events, thus, there are elements of storytelling in almost all the blog entries.
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Ab Rashid, R., Mohamad, A. (2019). Storytelling in Blog. In: New Media Narratives and Cultural Influence in Malaysia. SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9985-5_4
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