Identiteet internetis

Hea artikkel sotsiaalvõrgustikest ja identiteedist internetis:
Andy Oram: "What sociologist Erving Goffman could tell us about social networking and Internet identity"

"Our conscious presentations of self are often meant to be scaffolding, which can be taken down once it has performed its purpose. For instance, we put up a front in a job interview or our first date with a potential partner, knowing that we can gradually relax the front if the initial contact is successful and leads to commitment. But on the Internet, our front is being presented to the entire world for all time, and therefore can never be relaxed. We also have to worry, even more than real-life performers, over the essential question of whether we can sustain our performance."