The Online Authenticity Paradox: What Being “Authentic” on Social Media Means, and Barriers to Achieving It
dc.contributor.author | Haimson, Oliver L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Tianxiao | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Ben Zefeng | |
dc.contributor.author | Corvite, Shanley | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-22T14:46:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-22T14:46:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the ACM Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI) 5, CSCW2, Article 423 (October 2021), 18 pages | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2573-0142 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/169586 | en |
dc.description.abstract | People often strive to present themselves authentically on social media, but this may not be possible for everyone. To understand how people view online authenticity, how it relates to social media sharing behaviors, and whether it is achievable, we interviewed 28 social media users who had recently experienced major life transitions. We found that to many participants, online authenticity required presenting a consistent, positive, and “true” self across online and offline contexts. Though most stated that they considered online authenticity achievable, their social media self-disclosure behaviors around life transitions revealed what we call the online authenticity paradox: people strive to achieve online authenticity, yet because doing so requires sharing negative experiences on social media, online authenticity is often unreachable, or is possible only at great personal cost – especially for those with marginalized identities and difficult life experiences. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | ACM | en_US |
dc.subject | online authenticity | en_US |
dc.subject | social media | en_US |
dc.subject | self-disclosure | en_US |
dc.subject | online sharing behaviors | en_US |
dc.subject | life transitions | en_US |
dc.title | The Online Authenticity Paradox: What Being “Authentic” on Social Media Means, and Barriers to Achieving It | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Information Science | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/169586/1/V5cscw423-haimsonA.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/2631 | |
dc.identifier.source | Proceedings of the ACM Human Computer Interaction (PACM HCI) | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-6552-4540 | en_US |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of V5cscw423-haimsonA.pdf : Main article | |
dc.description.depositor | SELF | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Haimson, Oliver; 0000-0001-6552-4540 | en_US |
dc.working.doi | 10.7302/2631 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Information, School of (SI) |
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