Self-Presentation on Social Networking Sites

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the interaction of Tunisian youth in virtual spaces so as to understand the motivations of change on level virtual the virtual self-presentation. In order to develop this question, our research is based on Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach. In this perspective, an exploratory research has been conducted to better define the proposed problematic. This examination has been carried out following qualitative steps based on the analysis of the data collected through relevant interviews. The results bring to the three types of motivation that drive teenagers to introduce themselves differently when they are logged on a virtual space.