Tag: #identity

Communities and Social Media

Exploring the construction of identity in health and wellness Instagram influcers

Claudia Holmes19 Comments

Instagram has allowed people to construct their identity in ways to send their target audience desired messages. For some people this is just sharing images of their lives with family and friends to show they are happy and out living life. For other, their identity and self-presentation is carefully constructed to be marketable. Health and wellness influencers wield a great deal of power online by promoting a healthy lifestyle to their online communities through their online self-presentation. However, Read more […]

Online Networks and Social Change

Online Networks: The Transformation of Our Identity and Understanding of Activism

Casey Errington24 Comments

By Casey Errington I argue that the nature of our communications has been changed and refashioned in our networks due to online technologies, altering the ways in which people engage with one another in networks, how the generate relationships, the roles of media production and the power dynamics between activism and politics. I will locate this argument in the scope of global society, as the topics of activism and fandoms are not bound to one specific geographic location. I will illustrate Read more […]

Indigenous Communities, Online Diaspora and Social Media

Aboriginal Australian Communities seek to bolster their culture and identity through Facebook.

Avneesh Kaushal Peedoly65 Comments

Peedoly_ConferencepaperDownload Abstract Aboriginal Australian have prominently adopted the Facebook platform which came out with new features to connect more users with their communities. This paper focuses on how Facebook functions as a defensive media mechanism against Aboriginal discrimination in Australia. It explores the shift of cultural practices from physical to online due to existing barriers, the tools that individuals in the Aboriginal communities are using to gain followers in Read more […]

Identity and Online Advocacy

Unrealistic Body Image and Facial Appearance on Social Media

Vejetaa Beeharry45 Comments

Conference Paper PDF FullDownload Abstract This paper is about how social media is promoting unrealistic body image and facial appearance on its platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. A person’s identity on social media is radically different from their personal identity outside the virtual community. In this case, unrealistic body and facial appearance are promoted on social media platforms through the virtual identity of the user and not the personal one. Unrealistic body image Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Christian Young Adults on Facebook

Amber Gomez-Jackson18 Comments

Amber’s Conference Paper PDFDownload Abstract: This essay will investigate how Facebook has given Christian Young Adults aged between 18-26 years old, a space to express and re-define their identity as well as how it has been evolving across the social media platform to embrace the idea of a “third place” for these youth. This is shown by looking into how the young adults find their identity and why do they need to have an online identity. This is done Read more […]