Postmodernism

• Polemus

  People play an active role in developing their identity, shopping at the "supermarket of styles". The development of social media has increased the amount of ideas that people see and can adopt as a part of their identity.
• Foucault

  Surveillance society- People fear that their activity is being monitored and this makes them more likely to obey the law.
• Hart

  By posting to social media, we are actively constructing our identity. People use social media to create connections with other people who have similar interests.
• Bjorklund

  Facebook is a new form of autobiography that we write and re-write everyday.
• Elliot

  Pessimistic about the fragmentation of identity which has occurred due to social media. Notes that having an online and an offline identity can be very challenging for young people.
• Case

  Young people have in effect two adolescents. Social media can act as an audit trail where past mistakes are used against you.