Why I Joined Facebook and Still Regret It

This article argues for a particular understanding of identity and sociality in social media. While there is considerable insightful research about the sociality and subjectivity produced in social media, it is also important to see that such identity and sociality is about creating and maintaining...

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Main Author: Tim Jordan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-04-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115578682
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Summary:This article argues for a particular understanding of identity and sociality in social media. While there is considerable insightful research about the sociality and subjectivity produced in social media, it is also important to see that such identity and sociality is about creating and maintaining public-private boundaries online that can be different to those divisions of public and private that are lived offline.
ISSN:2056-3051