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The present study investigates identity construction on Facebook, a newly emerged nonymous online environment. Based on content analysis of 63 Facebook accounts, we find that the identities produced in this nonymous environment differ from those constructed in the anonymous online environments previously reported. Facebook users predominantly claim their identities implicitly rather than explicitly; they "show rather than tell" and stress group and consumer identities over personally narrated ones. The characteristics of such identities are described and the implications of this finding are discussed.

Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored relationships Early research on online self-presentation mostly focused on identity constructions in anonymous online environments. Such studies found that individuals tended to engage in role-play games and anti-normative behaviors in the online world.

Google Images. This picture is really funny and a representation of online dating

After I wrote this column about Facebook I found I had extra bonus thoughts so I decided to put at least a few of them here. When Gawker Media announced that all employees we were required to have Facebook profiles, in 2007, some of my coworkers were decidedly un-thrilled at this encroachment on their private lives.

This piece of work explains reasons why people act so differently online compared to in person.

It is inherent in human nature to express oneself in order to forge a personal identity. The medium has only recently taken a complete shift into new territories, the online identity. An online identity is anything and everything we want it to be. Facebook has become a phenomenon, reaching millions of people all over the world. It has also become our generation's form of personal expression. Through it we can create a profile of ourselves that we wish to share with others. We are allowed to see our own profiles and therefore our own identities from the third person perspective. This different perspective is imperative to how Facebook has changed our identities.

This is a great site for my research about identity online and how identity is always going through construction or being changed to obtain positive feedback from peers.

Who am I? How does our development of online identities affect our development of offline identities?

The founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet "memes" it has launched, and the incident in which its users managed a very public, precision hack of a mainstream media website. The talk raises questions about the power -- and price -- of anonymity.

We all know that teen bullying - both online and offline - has devastating consequences.

This describes that students use what they learn from popular media to help build their online identity.

Interesting TED talk about the limits of an open web due to filtering tools.

From the article: "Dozens of scholarly studies have popped up in recent years with evidence of how video games can strengthen social bonds online and off - or fulfill the same societal roles as religion, meditation and psychotherapy."

This article is about how anonymity effects people in online video games, and video game forums. It mostly focuses on the negative effects.

This video shows college students giving a presentation on Facebook identity. They talk about how our identity on online social sites such as Facebook can affect our employment opportunities.

YouTube is a social website where the sport of trolling has thrived due to limited technical support, but some users are now striking back by filing lawsuits to have the identity of their harassers made public.