An exploration of identity re-creation in the context of internet dating
By Jennifer Yurchisin, Kittichai Watchravesringkan, D. Mccabe. 2005
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This research explored the identity re-creation process as it occurs via the consumption of Internet dating services. Informants were interviewed about how they use their posted dating profiles to explore aspects of their own identities and about the perceived impact that online and offline feedback to these profiles have upon their identities. Informants' responses indicated that individuals can re-create their identities through the use of Internet dating services. Furthermore, online and offline validation of the identities presented in dating profiles seem to have an impact on individuals' beliefs about themselves and their behavior in both online and offline environments.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies
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Citations in the corpus
- Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored relationships (2008, background): “A few studies have recently been conducted to examine identity construction in Internet dating (Ellison et al., 2006; Gibbs et al., 2006; Yurchisin et al., 2005) which constitutes a unique nonymous online environment.”
- First Comes Love, Then Comes Google: An Investigation of Uncertainty Reduction Strategies and Self-Disclosure in Online Dating (2011, background): “…to disclose information about themselves that can be objectively verified (e.g., current physical appearance) or subjectively confirmed through friends or family (Yurchisin, Watchravesringkan, & McCabe, 2005) in order to reduce the uncertainty of the target and prompt reciprocal self-disclosure.”
- Loneliness, social support, and preference for online social interaction: the mediating effects of identity experimentation online among children and adolescents (2011, background): “The Internet allows adolescents to grasp their identity more easily and intensively; thus, the freedom to experiment with self-expression is attractive to them (Blinka & Smahel, 2009 ; Yurchisin, Watchravesringkan, & McCabe, 2005 ).”