Media Psychology Review Journal for Media Psychology
Simulated Identities: Social Media and the Reconciliation of the Real and Ideal
Gizem Kiziltunali, Ph.D. Independent Researcher Abstract: In many online profiles, identities of individuals are not what they actually are, but they are a simulation of what beings, in fact, wish they were. This theoretical analysis proposes that social media generates ideal identities that feed from what actual identities lack in real life. In this regard, the paper asserts that identity construction in social media deconstructs the grand narrative of a single identity an individual has in the actual/physical world. Creating multi-dimensions of a single identity, social media endows beings with endless representation possibilities as to whom they aspire to become. ...
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