Identity Representation on Facebook
The data analyzed in this section shows that Facebook is used as a forum not only for communicating and connecting with people but also as a place where one is being listened to. Here the interesting aspect that comes to light is that online social networking websites work as ‘micro blogging’ tools which help people express themselves in a variety of ways. So this self expression helps define that virtual forum like Facebook through their participatory and interactive culture are an extension of real life identities. The different examples that have been shared and analyzed beforehand show that people are using the status updates for self expression: to let people in their network know about themselves. ‘The personalization, or cultural process of individualization, suggests that digital culture
…is powerfully linked to forms of self-identity, self- expression and self-display