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Young adults and their digitally extended selves: Assessing the impact of gender
Author(s) -
Nargundkar Rajendra V.,
Nafees Lubna,
Kushal Shweta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2064
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , context (archaeology) , psychology , social media , social psychology , prism , sociology , computer science , world wide web , medicine , paleontology , physics , radiology , optics , biology
This paper explored the concept of the extended self in the context of virtual realities and spaces, and through the prism of gender. It demonstrated the manner in which selves are constructed and presented on social media platforms. Through this enquiry, the study showed that both genders engage in self‐construction in diverse ways, with different impacts in terms of the tools used for self‐presentation. The study can be useful in terms of assessing young adults' behaviors in the virtual arena and analyzing the various ways of extending self.