This article discusses the psychological research which shows how people participate in social media affects their interactions with others. Moreover passive displays such as which photos they choice for their profiles can tell a lot about the 'real' person behind the keyboard.

In discussing personas and Facebook it was noted, "Social networking sites create relationships of access. A friendship on Facebook is not as much about intimacy as about giving others a role in your identity "performances." This article examines the place virtual identities have in social media

A study which examines how the MMORPG game World of Warcraft can create a sense of tribalism amongst its players. The study asks if some people spend a large amount of their time online in the persona of a cyberbully, is there a time which their online persona and can bleed into their real world interactions?

Article noting that our online personalities may not be so different from our offline personalities after all. Moreover how we interact online can be predictive of how we view ourselves, as opposed to being a construct of social media.

This article examines the ways people use social media to project themselves to world and in many way, recreate themselves as they wish they could be. Also examined is the blurring between public and private lives and how the very definition of privacy has been changed.

This research paper seeks to relationship between social media and expressions of empathy. Focused primary on Facebook users, the study wanted to determine the amount of a person's positive outlook and the likelihood they would spend time on Facebook, interacting with other people.

This white paper examines the effect of social media as it outpaces society's ability to creates rules of behavior, designed to moderate how people interact with social media and each other.