'The presentation of self in the online world': Goffman and the study of online identities

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-112

  Bullingham, Liam ^a   Vasconcelos, Ana C ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constructivist case studies; Erving Goffman; online identity; online interaction

Indexed keywords

BLOGGERS; BLOGGING; CONSTRUCTIVIST CASE STUDIES; ERVING GOFFMAN; OFFLINE; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; ONLINE IDENTITY; ONLINE INTERACTION; SECOND LIFE;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84873115723     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551512470051     Document Type: Article

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