When online, boundaries outline what is accepted and what is not, what one may share and what must be kept to oneself. Authors Liam Bullingham and Ana C. Vasconcelos analyze online identities and interaction practices in 10 different cases of bloggers in the article The Presentation of Self in the Online World’: Goffman and the Study of Online Identities. They introduce the term: masking identity, which refers to non-revealing negative experiences that happen in everyday life. “Fear of negative behavior in interaction [may] be reduced by masking identity, as the act cannot be carried through to the offline person” (Bullingham and Vasconcelos 2013:108). Grief is one of several negative life experiences that are often not shared online. Unfortunately, my husband has lost several persons in his life, including his brother. Such tragic loss is a topic he rarely express through social media. As stated above, he does not like sharing many personal details or emotions. He uses his presentation of cyber-self as a mask. His portrayal of a non-cliché, humorous, and beer-loving male hide his grief and other
When online, boundaries outline what is accepted and what is not, what one may share and what must be kept to oneself. Authors Liam Bullingham and Ana C. Vasconcelos analyze online identities and interaction practices in 10 different cases of bloggers in the article The Presentation of Self in the Online World’: Goffman and the Study of Online Identities. They introduce the term: masking identity, which refers to non-revealing negative experiences that happen in everyday life. “Fear of negative behavior in interaction [may] be reduced by masking identity, as the act cannot be carried through to the offline person” (Bullingham and Vasconcelos 2013:108). Grief is one of several negative life experiences that are often not shared online. Unfortunately, my husband has lost several persons in his life, including his brother. Such tragic loss is a topic he rarely express through social media. As stated above, he does not like sharing many personal details or emotions. He uses his presentation of cyber-self as a mask. His portrayal of a non-cliché, humorous, and beer-loving male hide his grief and other