Finding your crowd on Facebook:
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People all over the world require for themselves a space
where they can form their own identity and express their identity with others.
The concepts of place, space and identity are strongly
linked in the minds of many people, both on the Internet and in the physical
spaces of the world that the individual can inhabit. Through their presence in various spaces, an can construct their own narrative but can also have it constructed for them by others.
Facebook has quickly become the site that almost everyone
has a presence on; the networks that can be established through Facebook allow
people to connect to others who share their interests and retain such
connections, both old and new, well into the future.
People use Facebook as a
space to form their own identity online – both among the people they know and
groups that share the individual’s interests. Joining groups on Facebook
allows an individual to present a different version of themselves to different
networks of people. “Narratives symbolically construct
identity in online spaces.” (Luyn,
A.V. 2015).
“Virtual self-narratives
are a kind of networked
narrative that takes place in an online space.” (Luyn, A.V. 2015). The self-narratives that people attempt to construct for
themselves in an online, virtual space such as Facebook can be a source of
empowerment for some but are often open to abuses of power by the individual or
others. “In a virtual space,
you are not the only person constructing your identity”. (Luyn, A.V. 2015).
References:
Artistic Facebook Representation. (2010). Retrieved from https://firstcallmagazine.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/a-facebook-identity/
Luyn, A.V. (2015). BA1002: Our Space: Networks and Narrative and the Meaning of Place, week 3 notes [PowerPoint Slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au
Luyn, A.V. (2015). BA1002: Our Space: Networks and Narrative and the Meaning of Place, week 3 notes [PowerPoint Slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au
Estoisia, R. Pithia, N. Rodriquez, C. Yu. T. Boellstorff. T. D. (2009, March 19). Identity construction and Self-Representation on Facebook
I agree in as such as creating your own identity online, and identifying with groups specific to your own interests but the viewpoints of the other people in those groups may conflict with your own and they tend to vilify you if you express any opinion that goes against theirs or even blocking you from the groups and if someone you know is also a member can restrict your freedom of expression and can tell your other friends anything you say that they might not like, leading to real life consequences in your social circle, showing the power that these online media sites can have.
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Turkle, S. (1995). Life on the Screen: Identity in the age of the internet. New York: Simon & Schuster.