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Faceted identity, faceted lives: social and technical issues with being yourself online

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Shelly D. Farnham,

Elizabeth F. ChurchillAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW '11: Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1958824.1958880

Published: 19 March 2011 Publication History

Abstract

This paper explores key issues people experience managing personal boundaries within and across social technologies. We look in particular at email and online social networks. We offer a theoretical framework for understanding the errors in assumptions about the singularity of identity that are currently inscribed into the sharing models of social technology systems. Through a questionnaire study we examine how people facet their identities and their lives, and how these facets are expressed through use of email and Facebook. We found family was an extremely important context for sharing online, and that email was still a preferred form of communication for private sharing across facets of life. Single, working men had the highest level of incompatible facets, and a higher level of facet incompatibility was correlated with increased email usage and worry about sharing in the context of social networks.

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Faceted identity, faceted lives: social and technical issues with being yourself online
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Internet communications tools
        Email

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