Facebook Identity Formation: Observing the Dramaturgical Evolution of 'Self'
| atmire.migration.oldid | 1543 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bakardjieva, Maria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Krivan, Sabrina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-30T19:42:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-12T08:00:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-09-30 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores the relationship between online Facebook identities in relation to face-to-face, or offline, identities present in the social world. A two-month observational study of Facebook participant’s profiles was conducted to determine how online identity was formed and what connection the offline world has to the Facebook platform. Typologies and persona categories were developed to explain how users navigate the online world and engage with techniques of self-presentation to produce a favourable impression. The main findings that developed out of the study were three-fold: 1) Online interaction on Facebook is rooted in the offline, in that content from the offline informs Facebook interactions and physical profile features; 2) Strategies of self-presentation occur online – as they do offline – but online presentation is performed through typology and persona qualities; online user behaviour is exhibited through ‘type’ definition, and development and management of identity is performed through self-presentation techniques to ensure consistency of persona characteristics; and 3) Facebook is an digital archive of online identities that are continuously performed and validated by our network of online and offline contacts. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Krivan, S. (2013). Facebook Identity Formation: Observing the Dramaturgical Evolution of 'Self' (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26138 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26138 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1061 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Mass Communications | |
| dc.subject.classification | en_US | |
| dc.subject.classification | Identity | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Dramaturgy | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Symbolic Interactionism | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Online | en_US |
| dc.title | Facebook Identity Formation: Observing the Dramaturgical Evolution of 'Self' | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Communications Studies | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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