Research Catalog

Title

Social networking and impression management : self-presentation in the digital age / edited by Carolyn Cunningham.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cunningham, Carolyn, 1973-

Description

ix, 325 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, offers critical inquiry into how identity is constructed, deconstructed, performed, and perceived on social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, and LinkedIn. The presentation of identity is key to success or failure in the Information Age, especially because SNSs are becoming the dominant form of communication among Internet users. The architecture of SNSs provide opportunities to ask questions such as who am I; what matters to me; and, how do I want others to perceive me? Original research studies in this collection utilize both quantitative and qualitative methods to study a range of issues related to identity management on SNSs including authenticity, professional uses of SNSs, LGBTQ identities, and psychological and cultural impacts. Together, the contributors to this volume draw on current research in the field and offer new theoretical frameworks and research methods to further the conversation on impression management and SNSs, making this text essential for both students and scholars of social media."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Impression formation (Psychology)
• Self-presentation
• Social networks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Comparing impression management strategies across social media platforms / Jeffery H. Kuznekoff -- "Looking the part" and "staying true": balancing impression management on Facebook / Judith E. Rosenbaum ... [et al.] -- Face-off : different ways identity is privileged through Facebook / Daniel C. Davis ... [et al.] -- Compressed crystals: a metaphor for mediated identity expression / Bree McEwan and Jennifer J. Mease -- Branding as social discourse : identity construction using online social and professional networking sites / Corey Jay Liberman -- Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter : corporate identity management across social media platforms / Binod Sundararajan and Malavika Sundararajan -- Virtual closets : strategic identity construction and social media / Bruce E. Drushel -- The performative and performance possibilities of social media : Antoine Dodson and The bed intruder / Amber Johnson -- Developing a transgender identity in a virtual community / Sara Green-Hamann and John C. Sherblom -- Face threatening messages and attraction in social networking sites : reconciling strategic self-presentation with negative online perceptions / Nicholas Brody and Jorge Peña -- Psychological benefits and costs : a self-affirmation framework for understanding the effects of Facebook self-presentation / Catalina L. Toma -- What you can really know about someone from their Facebook profile (and where you should look to find out) / Jeffery A. Hall and Natalie Pennington.

ISBN

• 9780739178119 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0739178113 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780739178126 (electronic)
• 0739178121 (electronic)

LCCN

^^2012038971

OCLC

809611919

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library