Article Review Race, Gender, And Self Presentation

Lama Darji RUID: 146000789 Scholarly Article Review – Race, Gender, and Self-Presentation in Teen Profile Photographs Kapidzic, S., Herring, S. C. (2015). Race, gender, and self-presentation in teen profile photographs. New Media Society, 17(6), 958-976. doi:10.1177/1461444813520301 Introduction: This study analyzes how teens represent themselves through their profile pictures on a popular non-anonymous chat site. Ever since the rise of â€Å"computer-mediated communication†, people have been looking for ways to present their persona online. Recently, internet users have been using pictures of themselves to represent who they are. The choice of photographs is under the control of the user and it is intended to enhance user’s positive self-presentation, along with other aspects of impression management. The authors put a great amount of emphasis on race/ethnicity and gender and how it may shape online behaviors in different ways and to different extents. 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