Presenting the self in social media

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with the representation of self in new and social media such as blogs. The research question is: How do bloggers express the self in multi modal representations? The thesis objects of study are five blogs kept by five women preoccupied with interior decoration and life style projects. The blogs are self representational narratives and personal “push-button” publishing, hosted by the same bloghost (Blogger.com) and the study looks at the affordance of the blogging software.