Self-Presentation on Social Media

This article discusses the importance of social media for self-presentation. For this purpose, how social media use affects the self and self-presentation is discussed based on the concept of "self-presentation" proposed by Goffman. Many people around the world have been using social networkin sites lately to stay in touch with online and social media friends, discover new "friends" and share user-generated content such as photos, videos, news and shopping. The use of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram has increased in recent years. In addition, social media applications that offer opportunities such as entertainment, games, information acquisition, music, video and photo sharing have increased the interest in them. Therefore, self-presentation is one of the most important reasons why people use social media. Self-presentation, a key concept in an individual's identity development, now extends beyond face-to-face interactions to social networking sites. Users have tried to get positive feedback on self-presentation by constantly sharing various photos, places and videos on social media.