Cerra, Allison.

Identity shift : where identity meets technology in the networked-community age / Allison Cerra, Christina James. - Indianapolis, IN : John Wiley & Sons, 2012. - 214 p.

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Prologue: Who are you? -- The 3-P model of identity. Presentation : the mirror image ; Protection : exposing the blind spots ; Preference : the (un)conscious filter of (in)finite choice ; Trust : meeting at the crossroads of identity -- The universal laws. The law of learned helplessness : failure is the only option ; The law of illusion : lie to me ; The law of recall : taking it from the top ; Rationalization : finding harmony in the discord -- Identity through the life stages. Teenage growing pains ; Emerging adulthood : in search of the ideal ; The "meet" market ; The parent puzzle ; The midlife rebirth -- Epilogue: Who are we becoming? -- Appendix: Through the lens of research.

YT2025 M10

9781118181133 1118181131 9781118227213 1118227212 9781118228982 1118228987 9781118228814 1118228812


Technology--Social aspects--United States.
Identity (Psychology) and mass media--United States.
Information society--United States.

T14.5 / C417 I 2012