Introduction This paper examines how social media platforms shape and influence personal identity construction. Using my own experiences with Facebook and Instagram as a case study, I will analyze how I’ve curated different social media identities across platforms in response to changing social circles and personal relationships. Drawing upon the work of Erving Goffman and… Read more

About me My name is Stephen, a thirty-eight year old, content creator, entrepreneur, and men’s mental health and life coach. I have an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business, and I’m a British and an Australian national, living and working oversees in Saudi Arabia. I was born in London, England, and, when I was… Read more

A statement by Marwick (2013, p. 356), said that “research in ‘symbolic interaction’ shows that we present ourselves slightly differently to different people. Identity is flexible and changeable, and people are highly skilled in varying their self-presentation appropriately. Identity is thus socially constructed in tandem with the people around us.”   When looking at my… Read more

Introduction This paper examines how social media platforms shape and influence personal identity construction. Using my own experiences with Facebook and Instagram as a case study, I will analyze how I’ve curated different social media identities across platforms in response to changing social circles and personal relationships. Drawing upon the work of Erving Goffman and… Read more

About me My name is Stephen, a thirty-eight year old, content creator, entrepreneur, and men’s mental health and life coach. I have an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business, and I’m a British and an Australian national, living and working oversees in Saudi Arabia. I was born in London, England, and, when I was… Read more

A statement by Marwick (2013, p. 356), said that “research in ‘symbolic interaction’ shows that we present ourselves slightly differently to different people. Identity is flexible and changeable, and people are highly skilled in varying their self-presentation appropriately. Identity is thus socially constructed in tandem with the people around us.”   When looking at my… Read more

Introduction This paper examines how social media platforms shape and influence personal identity construction. Using my own experiences with Facebook and Instagram as a case study, I will analyze how I’ve curated different social media identities across platforms in response to changing social circles and personal relationships. Drawing upon the work of Erving Goffman and… Read more

About me My name is Stephen, a thirty-eight year old, content creator, entrepreneur, and men’s mental health and life coach. I have an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business, and I’m a British and an Australian national, living and working oversees in Saudi Arabia. I was born in London, England, and, when I was… Read more

A statement by Marwick (2013, p. 356), said that “research in ‘symbolic interaction’ shows that we present ourselves slightly differently to different people. Identity is flexible and changeable, and people are highly skilled in varying their self-presentation appropriately. Identity is thus socially constructed in tandem with the people around us.”   When looking at my… Read more