Self, Self-Presentation, and the Use of Social Applications in Digital Environments

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Author(s): José Carlos Ribeiro (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)and Tarcízio Silva (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rocci Luppicini (University of Ottawa, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2211-1.ch024

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter discusses the use of social applications in the process of the constitution of the self and the production of the self-presentation in digital environments. It examines two modalities: (1) the use of social applications that promote the comparative analysis of actions, speeches, and performance repercussions taken place in the digital environment, and (2) the use of applications and systems that enable the retrieval of the users’ social information in a systematic, sequential, and historical perspective. It also discusses how these applications present users with different methods of monitoring, controlling, visualizing, and planning information that is published not only by individuals themselves but also by the interacting individuals in the social digital environment.

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