Abstract This article discusses the intersection of language choice, identity and online political activism in the context of the 2011 Syrian uprising by bringing together the notions of entextualization and chronotopes. The data is drawn from a longitudinal analysis of two Syrian dissidents’ Facebook pages between 2010 and 2012 as part of a study of Syrian dissidents’ digital practices. Through an analysis of their status updates and their friends’ comments, I show how the repertoire of these two Syrian dissidents changed abruptly with the onset of the 2011 uprising. The shift in repertoire underlies the emergence of distinct chronotopic identities, through which both subjects re-positioned themselves vis-à-vis the sociopolitical context: cosmopolitan identities before and dissident identities after the uprising. The article contributes to the study of chronotopic identities by showing how processes of entextualization are chronotopically informed, particularly in a context of socio-political upheaval. Additionally, it sheds further light on the role of technology in social and political change.

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Facebook上的年代记，文本化和叙利亚政治行动主义

摘要本文通过结合语境化和记时的概念，探讨了在2011年叙利亚起义中语言选择，身份和在线政治行动的交集。数据来自对2010年至2012年叙利亚两个持不同政见者的Facebook页面的纵向分析，这是对叙利亚持不同政见者数字化实践研究的一部分。通过分析他们的状态更新和朋友的评论，我展示了这两名叙利亚持不同政见者在2011年起义开始后的剧目是如何突然改变的。剧目的变化是出现独特的历时性身份的基础，通过这两种主题，两个主体相对于社会政治背景重新定位了自己：起义之前的世界性身份和起义之后的异见身份。这篇文章通过显示如何按时间向情境化的信息化（特别是在社会政治动荡的背景下）提供信息，从而为对历时性的研究做出了贡献。此外，它进一步阐明了技术在社会和政治变革中的作用。