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The Digital Self

Through the Looking Glass of Telecopresent Others

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People we interact with influence the way we think of ourselves. According to symbolic interactionism, others serve as a looking glass in which we see ourselves (Cooley [1902] 1964). Our view of who we are emerges from our interactions with others. We present ourselves to others as we interact with them, and we come to know ourselves as others react to us. Just as we find out how we look from the reflections we see in the mirror, we learn who we are by interpreting how others respond to us.

Zuerst erschienen in Symbolic Interaction 28(3) (2005: 387-405). Hier abgedruckt mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors und des Verlags.

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Zhao, S. (2015). The Digital Self. In: Hahn, K., Stempfhuber, M. (eds) Präsenzen 2.0. Medienkulturen im digitalen Zeitalter. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04365-0_11

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