Becoming oneself online: narrative self-constitution and the internet.
This paper explores how self-identity can be impacted upon by the use of digital and social media. In particular, drawing on a narrative account of selfhood, it argues that some forms of activity and interaction on the internet can support the capacity to be oneself, and foster transformative proces...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 181; no. 9; pp. 2405 - 2428 |
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