People, of course, have been electronically styling themselves for as long as there has been a Web to surf. But scholars say the mainstreaming of massive social networking and dating sites — which make it easy to publicly share one’s likes, dislikes, dreams and losses in a modern mutation of the Proust Questionnaire — is prompting more people to “perform” for one another in increasingly sophisticated ways.
Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward heißt der Text in der New York Times, in dem Stephanie Rosenbloom untersucht, wie Menschen ihre Online-Profile steuern. via
