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In this chapter, I develop a multi-faceted model of inquiry that allows me to explore the socio-cultural implications of Facebook use for the Cusp Generation. In order to understand how this generation present themselves online, I draw on offline identity theory that conceptualizes identity as a performance.
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Korpijaakko, M.L. (2015). Linking Identity Theory, Avatar Attachment Theory, and Hyperreal Considerations to Overconsumption and Self-Fetishization on Facebook. In: Cracking Facebook. Youth, Media and Culture Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-211-0_3
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