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This chapter revisits the previous chapters, showing how each life stage and life orientation reframes social context and subjectivity, revealing different meanings that are associated with the everyday use of digital technologies. Analysis of the literature shows how important digital spaces have become in providing opportunities for people to move beyond the social and psychological restrictions of their immediate lives. The key dilemmas for maintaining digital selves are considered in terms of: a) how much should we invest in our digital selves? and b) what counts as real life? Finally, suggestions are made for how a more complete version of Cyberpsychology might be developed that acknowledges the everyday significance of people’s digital selves.
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Harley, D., Morgan, J., Frith, H. (2018). Reflections on a Digital Life. In: Cyberpsychology as Everyday Digital Experience across the Lifespan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59200-2_10
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