Digital consumption and the extended self

Theorising digital personhood: a dramaturgical approach

“…As previously outlined, these categories are more usefully divided into SM categories where avatars and pseudonyms are deployed versus those where users present a form of authentic self. Regarding the latter, this paper contributes theoretically to Goffman's (1959) presentation of the self as well as Belk's (2013Belk's ( , 2014 extended digital self, through establishing that digital users operating as their authentic selves have temporal as well as contemporaneous multiple selves. The dominant understanding of different SM platforms as bounded (boyd & Ellison, 2008;Bullingham & Vasconcelos, 2013) is challenged by our findings.…”

“…Indeed, the literature discusses SNS as a way of connecting with known and unknown others (Sheldon, 2008;Special & Li-Barber, 2012), therefore enforcing differences in sharing behaviour when users are aware of their audience (Vasalou, Joinson, & Courvoisier, 2010), and variations concerning the presentation of the self and identity development (Marder, Joinson, Shankar, and Houghton, 2016;Schau & Gilly, 2003;Zhao, Grasmuck, & Martin, 2008). Arguably, the challenge of segregating multiple personas is becoming increasingly difficult in a digital age (Belk, 2013(Belk, , 2014. Marwick and boyd (2011a), in their study on the motivations behind 'tweeting', focus on the increasing difficulty of maintaining multiple digital identities to suit different audiences.…”

“…Solove, 2007) or an undesired digital self (e.g. Belk, 2013Belk, , 2014, ultimately placing the user in a liminoid state. As a consequence, Manick and Peter T. regarded the films as vehicles to present a more 'ideal' and unified self, which was the case for the majority of the subjects.…”

The antecedents of cyberloafing: A case study in an Iranian copper industry

“…Many scholars have noted in recent years that the physical self is progressively giving place to extended digital selves (Belk, 2014;Elwell, 2014) and that organizational activities need to acknowledge and adapt to the new digital employee base. Employees' digital selves and cyber activities have redefined organizational standards, criteria and obligations (Zoghbi-Manrique-de-Lara, 2011).…”

Culture Impact on Consumers Decision: The Fashionable Adoption Influence on Social Stigmatization and Role of Perceived Innovation

“…This particular process of isolation and social distance related to stigma is contradictory to the notion of stigma as part of the status process itself, according to status characteristics theory. Stigma prevents the individual from having typical social interactions and their involvement is seen as awkward in social relations [20]. Stigmatized people are often avoided during social interactions and they experience greater social distance from others, resulting in feelings of isolation.…”