Year
2014
Season
Spring
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English (MA)
Department
English
NACO controlled Corporate Body
University of North Florida. Department of English
First Advisor
Dr. Clark Lunberry
Second Advisor
Dr. Nicholas de Villiers
Department Chair
Dr. Brian Striar
College Dean
Dr. Barbara A. Hetrick
Abstract
The primary objective of this analysis is to uncover the tools of Facebook identity construction. Because Facebook users have the ability to control the images and information associated with their profiles, reactionary scholars typically classify Facebook identity as a symptom of cultural narcissism. However, I seek to displace the fixation on the newness of the medium in order to interrogate the possibility of a society that has internalized surveillance. Using Michel Foucault’s theories on panopticism and heterotopia, I examine the role photographs play in the construction of an individual on Facebook, and the ways in which user photographs are positioned into social memory construction.
Suggested Citation
Vigliotti, Jeanette C., "The Double Sighted: Visibility, Identity, and Photographs on Facebook" (2014). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 506.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/506