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A fragmented, or distributed self is a term used to describe a self spread across many social, physiological, and physical channels. One aspect of a person may be present in one place, and another aspect elsewhere. One's roles on each site may differ depending on the shape of the site. One may be professional on a networking site and informal on another. | Sociologist Erving Goffman's ''Presentation of Self in Everyday Life'' points out that each person has different personas based on the situation and company they are in.<ref>Goffman, Erving. 1956. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.</ref> In the same way, digital space affords the individual multiple identities and containers for different parts of the self or social roles. A fragmented, or distributed self is a term used to describe a self spread across many social, physiological, and physical channels. One aspect of a person may be present in one place, and another aspect elsewhere. One's roles on each site may differ depending on the shape of the site. One may be professional on a networking site and informal on another. Taken together, one's distributed persona represents different aspects of the self for different parties. | ||
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Definition
Sociologist Erving Goffman's Presentation of Self in Everyday Life points out that each person has different personas based on the situation and company they are in.[1] In the same way, digital space affords the individual multiple identities and containers for different parts of the self or social roles. A fragmented, or distributed self is a term used to describe a self spread across many social, physiological, and physical channels. One aspect of a person may be present in one place, and another aspect elsewhere. One's roles on each site may differ depending on the shape of the site. One may be professional on a networking site and informal on another. Taken together, one's distributed persona represents different aspects of the self for different parties.
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- ↑ Goffman, Erving. 1956. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
