Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly
Self and identity are not only cornerstones of our well-being; they are practically the foundation of our existence. Socially constructed, they cannot develop in isolation. The chapter reports on a study which combined quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the relationship between Inte...
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| author | Dell, Peter Marinova, Dora |
| author2 | Dr Magdalena Rzadkowolska |
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| description | Self and identity are not only cornerstones of our well-being; they are practically the foundation of our existence. Socially constructed, they cannot develop in isolation. The chapter reports on a study which combined quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the relationship between Internet use and identity, particularly age-identity, in older Internet users. It has a theoretical basis in symbolic interactionism ? particularly the theories of Erving Goffman ? and conceptualises identities as roles that are negotiated during social interaction. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-184932017-01-30T12:08:11Z Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly Dell, Peter Marinova, Dora Dr Magdalena Rzadkowolska Ageing Identity Government policy Goffman Information technology Self and identity are not only cornerstones of our well-being; they are practically the foundation of our existence. Socially constructed, they cannot develop in isolation. The chapter reports on a study which combined quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the relationship between Internet use and identity, particularly age-identity, in older Internet users. It has a theoretical basis in symbolic interactionism ? particularly the theories of Erving Goffman ? and conceptualises identities as roles that are negotiated during social interaction. 2008 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18493 Academic publishing houses and professional (Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne) restricted |
| spellingShingle | Ageing Identity Government policy Goffman Information technology Dell, Peter Marinova, Dora Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| title | Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| title_full | Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| title_fullStr | Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| title_short | Acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| title_sort | acting your age: on-line social interaction and the elderly |
| topic | Ageing Identity Government policy Goffman Information technology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18493 |