The Role of Facebook in Identity Formation

Since the inception of their online identity, their familiar blue logo was seen from the back of the screen, and their domain names grew exponentially as new profiles entered the online world. Especially the introduction of this online identity on Facebook caused social change about how we use our media to find ourselves and understand society. The formation of online identity has been studied fairly intensively, and with the success of popular social networking site Facebook, researchers are studying identity and related self psychology.

The formation of identity is operated as the subject that I experienced by searching to find myself. This is evident in the ratio of achieving identity to role confusion. In this survey, we found that there are three ways that use of the Internet affects identity. Increasing risk, strengthening communication when building personal opinions, and the impact on future role plans. Student Internet use in this study affected the dimension of identity achievement and made it possible to bear risks in carrying out CMC with strangers. For some people, this experience made it possible to support their perception. Students with a more decent status say the same experience seems to be a little threatening. For example (S8)

This research shows that there are three main perspectives on the interpretation of identity and identity formation. The first is the theory of social identity, the founder regards group members as the driving force for identity formation. The following theory is the identity theory, the role assigned to an individual is considered to be the main energy source for identity formation. The last theory states the importance of personal value in explaining the process of identity and identity formation (personal identity theory). In this article I will explain three of them separately and finally emphasize the need to integrate these theories.

Many development theories contain aspects of identity formation. Two theories stand out on this topic: the theory of psychosocial development of Erik Erikson (in particular "confusion of identity and role" stage in his theory) and the theory of James Marcia's status. Ericsson's idea is that in each person's life, they experience different crises and conflicts. Each confrontation occurs at a particular stage in life and must be resolved successfully before proceeding to the next stage. The specific stage associated with identity formation occurs during adolescence, known as "confusion of identity and role".