Identity Problems in the Facebook Era

Download or read book Identity Problems in the Facebook Era written by Daniel Trottier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have new social media altered how individuals present themselves? What dilemmas have they introduced? In the age of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of instant communication, individuals are losing (or relinquishing) control over their personal information! Trottier provides a trenchant analysis of the paradoxes of privacy and the presentation of self in the early 21st century. This book is ideal for courses in Sociology, Media Studies and Communication.