Dylematy tożsamości w społeczeństwie sieciowym : szkic socjologiczny

Abstract

The article deals with a complex issue of identity, and situates it in the context of network society. The author analyses modern identity dilemmas, focuses on its multidimensional character, dissemination, and dynamic transformations identity undergoes. By making references to modern concepts of identity, the author points to a set of determinants of creating the “I”, whereas the activity within the Internet space has been treated as one of the key factors of the identity of modern man. The text unveils the specificity of identities created in the virtual world. Moreover, it discusses the possibilities that the Internet offers in this matter. Anonymity, which the Internet provides, favors experimenting with identity, or the “identity tourism”, whose aim is providing a best possible definition of “I”. The relations between identities online and offline have also been analyzed.