Friday, August 12, 2016
Meta-identity...All the World's a Stage...
The effectiveness of newly reconstructed personas...self shifts... may be tested on two stages...the "real world" and the World Wide Web (via social media). As Shakespeare said..."All the world's a stage". In the 21st century this is actually the case.
One result of this self shifting, whether as a result of intentional Cinemorphic reality handling or accidentally through the obsessive use of social media, is the falling away of the ordinary psychological process of identification with a particular persona...inventory of "this is me". What replaces it is what I am calling "Meta-identity"...i.e. identifying with and embracing the process of ever changing "selves" rather than identifying with just one "me".
Several articles which relate to this either directly or tangentially may be found through the following links:
https://prezi.com/esyd90erfu4n/the-impact-of-social-media-on-identity-construction/
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/blog/self-selfie-identity-age-social-media
http://www.utne.com/science-and-technology/discover-your-meta-identity-twitterfy-yourself.aspx