All the World Wide Web’s a Stage: Teenage Girls’ Self-Presentation and Identities Formation Through Status Updates
Masters Thesis
Pozzi, Megan. 2014. All the World Wide Web’s a Stage: Teenage Girls’ Self-Presentation and Identities Formation Through Status Updates. Masters Thesis Master of Education (Research). Queensland University of Technology.
Title | All the World Wide Web’s a Stage: Teenage Girls’ Self-Presentation and Identities Formation Through Status Updates |
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Type | Masters Thesis |
Authors | Pozzi, Megan |
Supervisor | |
1. First | Gordon Tait |
2. Second | Professor Jo Lampert |
3. Third | Sarah Davey Chesters |
Institution of Origin | Queensland University of Technology |
Qualification Name | Master of Education (Research) |
Number of Pages | 206 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Queensland University of Technology |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) | https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69333/ |
Abstract | This study investigates grade eight girls’ use of status updates on Facebook in order to create identities online. Using sociologist Erving Goffman’s theory of self-presentation as a framework, Jones and Pittman’s subsequent strategies of self-presentation are used to discover the ways in which teenage girls use status updates in order to create identities online and manage audience impressions. Using a mixed methods design, the results showed that, while existing self-presentation strategies persist, social networking has created new means of self-presentation. This study adds to a growing pool of research regarding teens’ engagement with social networking websites to form identities. |
Keywords | Facebook; Self-presentation; Identity; Teenagers; Girls |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390203. Sociology of education |
470102. Communication technology and digital media studies | |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
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