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Individuation in the era of social media
Individuation in the era of social media

Author(s): Byron Gaist
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: social media; self-image; postmodern; individuation; personality integration; depth psychology; internet; FOMO; echo chamber; Facebook; Twitter

Summary/Abstract: How has the virtual reality of social media impacted our self-image? Has increased communication and possibilities for public self-expression brought us closer to ourselves and others? This paper proposes to examine the negotiation of intersectional postmodern social identity via a brief examination of the functions of social media, in the framework of individuation and personality integration. The historical role of tradition and modernity / postmodernity / metamodernity is explored; suggestions are offered for the creative use of social media as an instrument of self-expression, and the future of individuation in the era of social media is discussed from a depth psychological perspective.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 154-163
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English