Situational selves of online identity and rationality in choosing – More examples of the college students’ online identity in China

Bibliographic Data

ID18965636
AuthorsY Qin (0000-0003-2160-0227, Ningbo Dahongying University, corresponding author), John B Lowe (0000-0003-1222-2295, School of Education and English, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China), John Lowe (0000-0002-8468-9276, University of Nottingham Ningbo China)
Year2021
Volume27
Issue4
Pages612-631
Publication date2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture & Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1354067x20976514
OpenAlexW3118656600
LanguageEN
References cited19

The Internet has provided a new context for the exploration of the concept of identity. Different identities were expressed on different online settings, which indicates the feature of ‘situational selves’ of online identities. By comparing the differences among WeChat identity, Weibo identity and offline identity, more examples were introduced not only to explain ‘situational selves’, but also the ‘rationality’ in choosing among different online identities

Aesthetics · China · Epistemology · Geography · Online and offline · Political science · Rationality · Situational ethics · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology