Impact On Identity : Age

Question 1

GARDNER & DAVIS

Answer 1

Young people are the most frequent users of social media & they take a lot of care over how they present themselves online.

1) young people construct a socially desirable & polished or ‘glammed up’ self online where they exaggerate socially attractive aspects of their personality.
2) adopt a range of identities because they want to represent themselves in different ways on different sites.
3) GOFFMAN - identity performance.

Question 2

KATZ ET AL

Answer 2

Mobile phones status symbol & fashion statement shaping identity.

Question 3

TURKLE

Answer 3

Young people are mentally ‘tethered’ to their digital devices constantly needing to track and check their connections
— weakened ability to develop an autonomous sense of self

Question 4

CASE

Answer 4

2 adolescents (one offline one online) - challenging 
— new media makes it harder to remove youthful mistakes as every interaction is visible.

Question 5

DOWD

Answer 5

Digital divide between young and old can make it harder for them to understand each other as so much youth culture is linked to new technology
— elderly = ‘strangers in own land’

Question 6

BERRY

Answer 6

37% households above state pension age had internet access compared to 79% of younger households.

Question 7

DAMANT & KNAPP

Answer 7

Digital generation divide — loneliness