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Gonibeed, Aparna. "Exploring the self-presentations of Indian IT professionals on social media." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16881.
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Self-presentations are goal-directed acts designed by individuals to convey particular images of their selves and thereby influence how they are perceived and treated by various audiences (Goffman, 1959). Recent literature suggests that individuals are increasingly interacting with their workplace colleagues on personal networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. In such overlapping interactions, individuals often move swiftly and in an asymmetric fashion between physical-virtual settings and personal-professional life. Presumably, diverse self-presentations across physical-virtual settings and personal-professional life may create conflicts or tensions. Drawing on 31 semi-structured interviews, this thesis explores the self-presentations of Indian IT professionals on social media. Overall, the analysis suggests that in most cases, respondents enacted diverse self-presentations across physical-virtual settings and personal-professional life. In such cases, they expressed concerns that overlapping audiences may view their self-presentations on social media out-of-context and inevitably misconstrue their professional image. From a theoretical perspective, the thesis illustrates that individuals who exercise region behavior experience cognitive discomfort when they enact self-presentations on social media as overlapping self-presentations are inevitable. From a practical perspective, empirical evidence suggests that employees take their interactions on social media seriously and thus dispute managers arguments that interacting on social media is merely a time-pass.
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Brown, Adriane J. "Distinctly Digital: Subjectivity and Recognition in Teenage Girls' Online Self-Presentations." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306518667.
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Penpek, Stephanie, Morgan Treaster, Fuschia Sirois, and Jameson Hirsch. "Self-Continuity and Depression in Cancer: Does Coping Help to Explain the Association?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2020/presentations/48.
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In the United States, approximately two million new cancer diagnoses will emerge in 2020, and more than 16 million persons are cancer survivors. Poor mental health is a significant concern among individuals with current or remitted cancer. Approximately 15%-25% of persons in the cancer population experience depression, perhaps attributable to the physical burden of illness and recovery (e.g., treatment side effects), and threat of mortality. Risk for distress may vary relative to the cohesiveness of one’s sense of self across time. Self-continuity, or perceived congruence of how one views their past, current, and future self (e.g., personality; values) may be disrupted by the illness experience but, when present, may promote psychosocial adjustment throughout the illness trajectory. Specifically, stable self-concept may promote engagement in adaptive coping mechanisms (e.g., problem-solving; seeking support), whereas self-discontinuity may deleteriously impact coping (e.g., interpersonal dysfunction; emotion dysregulation). In turn, it is well-established that effective coping is linked to less psychological distress. However, the role of self-continuity in this process has not been previously examined in the context of chronic illness.
At the bivariate level, we hypothesized that self-continuity would be positively associated with adaptive coping and negatively related to depressive symptoms, with opposite patterns of correlations for self-discontinuity. At the multivariate level, we hypothesized that adaptive coping would mediate the associations between self-perception type and depressive symptoms; self-continuity would be associated with adaptive coping and, sequentially, to fewer depressive symptoms. Conversely, self-discontinuity would be linked to poorer coping and, in turn, to more depressive symptoms.
Our U.S. national sample of persons with current or remitted cancer was recruited online (N=235). Most were female (n=152; 64.4%) and White (n=216; 91.5%). Participants completed self-reported measures including the Self-Continuity Scale and Multidimensional Health Profile-Psychological (coping and depression subscales). Bivariate correlations and mediation analyses, per Hayes (2013), were conducted, covarying age, sex, and ethnicity.
At the bivariate level, all variables were significantly (pt=-2.6289, SE=.3389, pt=-1.4125, SE=.3124, p=.159, CI [-1.0579, .1755]), indicating mediation. Coping was also a significant mediator of the relation between self-discontinuity and depressive symptoms; the total effect was significant (t=5.15, SE=.3098, p=.000, CI [.9849, 2.208]), and the direct effect reduced in significance when coping was added to the model (t=3.5539, SE=.2997, p
In our sample of persons with or recovering from cancer, self-continuity was associated with better coping and, in turn, to fewer depressive symptoms. Conversely, self-discontinuity was linked to poorer coping and consequent depression. To stabilize temporal self-perception, intervention strategies such as cognitive defusion (e.g., “leaves on a stream” mindfulness) or distress tolerance skills (e.g., sensory grounding) may promote acceptance of uncontrollable situations or inner experiences that threaten self-concept. Encouraging self-continuity (e.g., via nostalgia journaling) and adaptive coping (e.g., problem solving, relaxation may have beneficial effects on mental health throughout the diagnosis, treatment and survivorship phases of the cancer experience.
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Lesley, Abigail, Karee Diem, and Marcy Hite. "Assessing self-efficacy in families of children with hearing concerns through an audiological early intervention training." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2021/presentations/22.
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Assessing self-efficacy in families of children with hearing concerns through an audiological early intervention training.
Abigail Lesley, B.S., Karee Diem, B.S., and Marcy Hite, Au.D., Ph.D., Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
For children with hearing loss, spoken language outcomes are best when children have optimal auditory access through the consistent use of appropriately fitted hearing devices and are exposed to a rich linguistic environment. Parents can play a large role in facilitating their children’s use of hearing devices and supporting their language development. The purpose of this study was to improve of parent self-efficacy, increase family knowledge on language outcomes, and increase consistent use of amplification by providing an educational workshop to families with children identified with hearing loss and/or hearing concerns. The hypothesis of this study was to see an enhancement of self-efficacy skills within parent participants to empower and grow confidence in their ability to optimize their child’s amplification use and linguistic exposure. Participants were educated on the impact of hearing loss and/or hearing concerns on language development, importance of language exposure, use and care of amplification for families that utilize hearing technology, and empowerment to establish consistent device use. Assessment of self-efficacy skills in parents were measured through a pre- and post-survey distributed to participants. Survey and study were modeled after Ambrose et al., 2020 using the Scale of Parent Involvement and Self-Efficacy-Revised (SPISE-R). It queries parents about their child’s hearing device use and their perceptions of their own beliefs, knowledge, confidence, and actions pertaining to supporting their child’s auditory access and spoken language development. Ambrose et al., 2020 found the SPISE-R to be a promising tool for use in early intervention to better understand parents’ strengths and needs pertaining to supporting their young child’s auditory access and spoken language development. A total of nine parents were in attendance of the educational workshop conducted with only three participants completing both the pre- and post-survey. An analysis using a paired samples t-test revealed no statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-survey across all categories assessed within the SPISE-R apart from one question within the ‘Confidence’ category. Parents were found to have a significantly worse score between pre- and post-survey responses in the ‘Confidence’ category for the following question “If applicable, Put and keep my child’s hearing device(s) on him/her”. The overall mean significantly decreased between the pre- and post-survey, indicating less confidence with this skill. It should be noted, limited parent responses impacted the statistical analysis performed. Although the overall findings were not statistically significant, moving forward, data findings will be used to appropriately adjust the audiological early intervention training to improve self-efficacy skills of parents.
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Wolff, Megan, Kelly Daniel, Julia Najm, and Diana PhD Morelen. "Taking Care of the Caregivers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2021/presentations/32.
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The present study examined the impact of COVID-related stress on the mental health and professional burnout in the infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) workforce and to examine reflective supervision and consultation (RSC) as a possible protective factor that buffers against the detrimental impact of COVID-related stress. Participants included 123 adults (n = 121 female, modal age range 30-39 years) in the TN IECMH workforce (mean years of experience = 13.6 years) surveyed in June/July 2020. Sector representation was quite varied (home-visiting, childcare, child welfare, early intervention). Results indicated that 46% of the sample had depression symptoms (18% in the moderate-severe range) and 75% of the sample had anxiety symptoms (33% in the moderate-severe range). Higher COVID stress was associated with higher internalizing symptoms and burnout levels and this relationship was mediated by self-care behaviors, such that the more COVID stress one reported, the fewer self-care behaviors they engaged in, and the higher the risk for internalizing symptoms and burnout. Finally, the pathway from COVID stress to self-care behaviors was moderated by RSC such that IECMH professionals who received 1 year or more of RSC were buffered against the detrimental impact of COVID stress on lowering self-care behaviors whereas this protective effect of RSC was not present for individuals with less than 1 year (or no experience of) RSC.
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Oke, Adekunle, Esther Adeniran, Christian Nwabueze, and Nathan Hale. "Association between Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Total Office Visits among Medicare Beneficiaries with self-reported High Blood Pressure." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2021/presentations/30.
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High blood pressure (BP) is the most significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease and a major contributor to chronic disease burden in the United States. Chronic conditions are the most common reason for office-based physician visits among adults, accounting for 37% of all visits. Home BP monitoring when combined with clinical support may help engagement with care and improve condition control. This study examines the extent to which home BP measurement is associated with total office visits among Medicare beneficiaries with self-reported high BP and the influence by other related factors.
The 2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) was used in the study. The study population consists of Medicare beneficiaries (n=4,456) with self-reported high BP who had at least one total office visit in the year. Total office visits served as the outcome and were dichotomized to low (1-5 visits) and high (greater than 5 visits), while self-reported home BP measurement was the primary independent variable. Andersen’s conceptual framework was used to establish the co-variates [Predisposing factors: age, gender, race, education; Enabling factors: insurance plan (Medicare Advantage, MA), income, patients’ satisfaction (a. quality, b. information); Individual needs: smoking, BMI; Environment: region]. Bivariate analysis using a chi-square test for independence, unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression was conducted using SAS v 9.4.
Of the study population, 57.9% reported measuring blood pressure at home. Approximately 95.6% and 94.2% of beneficiaries were satisfied with the quality of care received and information about their symptoms respectively. Bivariate analysis showed a significant relationship between total office visits and home BP measurement (p<0.05). Unadjusted logistic regression results noted that those who reported home BP measurement had increased odds of high total office visits [uOR: 1.17 (1.02-1.33)]. This relationship was slightly increased in the adjusted analysis when accounting for other factors of interest [aOR:1.22 (1.06- 1.40)]. Those aged 65-74 years had reduced odds [aOR: 0.77 (0.61 -0.98)], females had increased odds [aOR: 1.38 (1.19 – 1.61)], and those with higher education had increased odds [aOR: 1.41 (1.14 -1.75)] of high total office visits. Those not enrolled in MA [aOR: 3.37 (2.31- 4.90)] and those who earn $25,000 or more [aOR: 1.23 (1.04 -1.45)] had increased odds of high total office visits. Those who have never smoked [aOR: 0.81 (0.69-0.94)] and those from the non-metro region [aOR: 0.65 (0.56-0.76)] had reduced odds of high total office visits.
We conclude that those who engage in home BP monitoring are more likely to have a high number of total office visits. The use of home BP monitoring could reflect the severity of high BP suggesting the need for regular follow-up and frequent use of services. Further studies that explore this association are recommended.
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Parker, Ronald L. "Performing Self through Social Media: How African American Males (Re) Construct Their Identities, Self-Presentations, and Relationships Offline and Online." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1440390563.
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Vendemia, Megan Ashley. "Clarifying the Relationships Between the Self, Selfie, and Self-Objectification: The Effects of Engaging in Photo Modification and Receiving Positive Feedback on Women's Photographic Self-Presentations Online." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555063304715201.
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Esmeier, Chelsea Marie. "Impact of Female Adolescents’ Motivations for Managing Online Photographic Self-Presentations on Their Social and Psychological Wellbeing." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1554114196609514.
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Aspling, Fredrik. "The private and the public in online presentations of the self: A critical development of Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-59867.
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Erving Goffman is an important sociologist whose dramaturgical perspective on social interaction and presentation of the self is a classic within sociology. However, social interaction and presentations of the self occurs increasingly more online. Goffman’s perspective is, unfortunately, limited to face-to-face interaction. The aim of this study is to discuss how far Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective can take us in a discussion on the private and the public in online presentations of the self in Facebook and personal blogs. The aim is specified with the following research questions: What are the possible constrains and possibilities? What happens to the central concepts in the model? How can the model be critically developed to online presentations of the self? The discussion connects to the distinction between the private and the public, as it implicitly is presented in Goffman’s model. The discussion draws on empirical material consisting of reflections of ten individuals on their social practices on Facebook and personal blogs. As all respondents use both applications, it opens up for a comparison between how they present themselves in each forum. All respondents presented themselves differently on Facebook compared to their personal blogs. Goffman’s model works better on self-presentations on Facebook than on personal blogs, which are contradictive to the model. Facebook is about staging a successful character. Conversely, the idea with the personal blog was to stage the front stage as a backstage. Performances on the personal blog constitute an inverted model where the intimate is sublimated and ritualized. Additionally, impression management follows an altered logic of selective opening of the backstage. However, the performances are just as, if not even more, theatrical and dramaturgical as performances in Goffman’s model. Moreover, social situations on Facebook and personal blogs are dissimilar to face-to-face situations. Both settings can be seen as an abstract sociability rather than a concrete sociability. There is no immediate co-presence between the interactants which has the consequence of creating an uncertainty of in front of whom the performance actually is held, which in addition makes the social situation diffuse, scattered and harder to define.
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Kazemi, Ali School of Modern Language Studies UNSW. "A systematic study of self-repairs in second language classroom presentations: with some reference to social variables and language proficiency." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Modern Language Studies, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/24298.
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Self-repairs have been the subject of investigation in a number of research areas, notably psycholinguistics and conversation analysis. This study has aimed at the examination of self-repairs in second language classroom presentations. Specifically, it has sought to gain insight into self-repairs in naturally occurring talk and to explicate the possible relationships between the variables of age, sex, and educational background and self-repair behaviour of L2 speakers as well as the possible link between self-repair and proficiency. Accomplishing these required a scrutiny of individual self-repairs and their classification. However, the classifications which have traditionally been used in the psycholinguistic approach suffer from a number of shortcomings, as they are usually based on the analysis of surface forms of self-repairs. Because of the subjectivity involved in this process, there has been considerable variation in terms of classes of self-repairs and also the decision as to where a given self-repair belongs. An in-depth analysis of self-repair data revealed that self-repairs do cluster into categories. This analysis also yielded a set of features which are relevant to the study of self-repairs. In addition to showing that the established categories are mutually exclusive, comparison of major categories of self-repairs according to these features, which characterise the trajectory of self-repairs, resulted in the explication of a number of regularities in the way L2 speakers carry out self-repairs. Having established a data-driven classification of repairs, an attempt was made to see whether learner variables of age, sex and educational background have any significant effect on self-repairs. It turned out that none of these variables have a significant effect on self-repairs. In addition, it became clear that while beginning, intermediate, and advanced L2 speakers have been shown to demonstrate significant proficiency-related differences, these differences fade away when they come from the same proficiency level.
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Bernhardsson, Josefin. "Normalitetens gränser : En fokusgruppstudie om alkoholkultur(er), genus- och åldersskapande." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-106262.
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During the last decades, scholars have discussed the changes of Swedish alcohol culture. Among other things, it has been suggested that parallel with increased consumption levels men’s and women’s drinking is becoming more similar. In connection with this discussion, the purpose of this thesis is to examine Swedish alcohol culture(s) by analysing the meanings that focus groups from different generations ascribe to drinking in relation to different life periods: childhood, adolescence and adulthood. More specifically, it aims to analyse how the interviewees specify and negotiate normative boundaries and self-presentations in relation to norms and discourses of gender and age. An essential part of the analysis is to examine differences within gender and age-groups, as well as the similarities between them. The findings suggest that even though drinking patterns are changing in terms of quantity and choice of beverage, meanings, motives and norms seem to be rather stable – especially in regard to gender. Overall, a distinction is being made between men and women: Femininity is constructed in terms of control, responsibility and caring, and masculinity in terms of fearlessness, breaking of boundaries, and loss of control. Men’s and women’s drinking are also accounted for in different ways. While men’s drinking behaviours are excused with arguments about biology and hormones, women’s (anticipated) responsibility is explained with their connection to motherhood. However; these norms vary in strength and are expressed in different ways, depending on the drinking norms of different life-periods; mainly moderate in childhood and adulthood, and mainly orientated to binge-drinking in adolescence. With regard to positive meanings ascribed to drinking, similarities between age and gender groups are also generally greater than the differences between them. Thus, gendered differences are mainly constructed in relation to behaviours that are perceived as risky or problematic.
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Irvine, Lesley. "Let's talk about public speaking anxiety: Supporting and scaffolding sustainable speaking practices while at university and beyond." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201344/1/Lesley_Irvine_Thesis.pdf.
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Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA) is an enduring challenge in education and employment. This professional doctorate investigated PSA in higher education via two connected projects. Project 1 utilised an instrumental case study to explore how PSA was recognised and experienced in an undergraduate university oral communication unit. Applying critical reflective practice, this study concluded that PSA is complex, prevalent, individual and unstable. Leveraging this understanding, Project 2 presents a new support framework and offers practical guidance for both educators and students. This framework promotes self-regulation, self-efficacy and self-reflection to develop sustainable speaking practices while at university and beyond.
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Frood, Elizabeth. "Self-presentation in Ramessid Egypt." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2a5f2c4c-ac92-45f9-b7d7-e17df6eb6dfa.
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Elite self-presentation through the biographical genre is a defining element of ancient Egyptian high culture from the Old Kingdom until the Roman period. My thesis centres on the biographical texts produced during the Ramessid period (c. 1280-1070 BCE), a time of significant change in elite domains of representation. Since biography has not been seen as a significant genre of this period, these texts, which are inscribed on statues, stelae, temple walls, and in tombs, have not been gathered together or studied as a corpus. Yet they are a key to exploring the diverse and highly individual ways in which a self could be fashioned and presented. I take a holistic approach to the interpretation of these texts, in order to examine the ways in which they were incorporated into their spatial and visual settings and could extend beyond them. My introduction sets out my aims and the broader anthropological framework which I apply to the Egyptian sources. The following four chapters are case-studies. Chapters two to four are organised according to site (Thebes and el-Mashayikh, Karnak, and Abydos), comparing strategies of self-presentation in tomb and temple contexts. The fourth is thematically oriented, and looks at the image and role of the king in non-royal biographies. In the final chapter, I draw together the results of my individual case-studies, discussing their common textual themes, the interplays of traditional and innovative motifs within them, as well as the implications of their diverse monumental contexts. I hope to demonstrate that the holistic approach I apply is relevant for the study of monumental discourse in other periods in Egyptian history and has the potential to locate the Egyptian material within broader frameworks for the study of premodern societies.
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Kim, JongHan. "Investigation of self-presentation among low self-monitors." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1726.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.Thesis research directed by: Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Kuznekoff, Jeffrey H. "The Online Presentation of Self: Re-examining Goffman's Presentation of Self Across Contemporary CMC Contexts." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1335883419.
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Qiu, Xiao. "Self-esteem, motivation, and self-enhancement presentation on WeChat." Scholar Commons, 2018. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7221.
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The purpose of the present study was to analyze whether self-esteem stability moderated the association between self-esteem level and the forms of self-enhancement strategies. Previous research has found that self-esteem level can predict the forms of self-enhancement, whereas the advances in the conceptualization of self-esteem recommend that the self-esteem stability is another essential variable in terms of analyzing the relationship between self-esteem and self-enhancement. Depending on the relevant researches on use and gratification theory, which indicate that people use social media for self-enhancement and fulfilling their inner needs. This research focused on examining the forms of individual’s self-enhance on WeChat Circle of Friends (COF) and how it influenced by the interaction between self-esteem level and self-esteem stability by analyzing 305 participants in China. The results of the study show that both self-esteem level and stability was positively correlated with direct self-enhancement, but negatively correlated with indirect self-enhancement. Furthermore, the findings also show that self-esteem stability moderated the association between self-esteem level and direct self-enhancement such that individuals with stable high self-esteem reported higher levels of frequency in direct self-enhancement. However, the findings also revealed the self-esteem stability failed to moderate the association between self-esteem level and indirect self-enhancement presentation. These results suggest that self-esteem level and self-esteem stability will interact to impact the forms of self-enhancement. The importance of considering both stability and level of self-esteem in analyses of self-enhancement presentation on social media is discussed.
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Hermann, Anthony D. "Strategic self-presentation and self-esteem : compensatory self-enhancement and compensatory self-protection." Connect to resource, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1261053351.
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Lovász, Bukvová Helena. "Scientists' self-presentation on the Internet." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-87592.
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The doctoral thesis studied the behaviour of scientists on Internet profiles. The scientific community is founded on communication. The advance of research, the evaluation of research results, the reputation of individual scientists - all rest on constant interaction among the community members. The Internet, as a flexible channel for world-wide communication, has a considerable potential for the scientific community. Besides often discussed consequences for scientific publishing, the Internet also offers new opportunities for self-presentation of scientists. In this thesis, the online presence of scientists was studied with a 'positive lens', concentrating on how the Internet can be used to enhance scientists' individual self-presentation.
The doctoral thesis consists of five essays: an overview and four essays documenting separate research projects. The research was founded on the radical constructivist understanding of reality. It was classified as connected to three areas: research on science communication, research on digital identity, and research on generation of online content. Viewing the existing literature in these areas, three focal points were identified, which informed and guided the formulation of research aims and the implementation of research projects: focus on Internet self-presentation, assumption of strategic importance, and need for a holistic view. The aims of the thesis were (A) to develop a holistic understanding of scientists' Internet presence, (B) to study behavioural patterns on scientists' Internet profiles, and (C) to develop an instrument to support the development and management of scientists' Internet self-presentation. Based on these aims, four research projects were carried out. Each project pursued own research questions or objectives using suitable methods, yet all contributed to the overall aims of the thesis. Thus the thesis presents conceptual, empirical, and applied findings resulting from a multi-method approach and contributing both to research on Internet self-presentation as well as to practice in the management of online presence.
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Olsen, Harper Anita. "Aboriginal self-interpretation in heritage presentation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0004/MQ43319.pdf.
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Olsen, Harper Anita Carleton University Dissertation Canadian Studies. "Aboriginal self-interpretation in heritage presentation." Ottawa, 1999.
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Fereday, Megan Marie. "Online Mormon Self-Presentation: Content Analysis of Mormon.org and LDSSingles.com Profiles." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5499.
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This study aimed to examine online Mormon self-presentation, specifically in the context of Mormon.org and LDSSingles.com (LDSSO). To examine the different styles of self-presentation used in Mormon.org and LDSSO profiles, this study drew upon self-presentation theory (Goffman, 1959; Jones, 1990; Jones & Pittman, 1982) and analyzed profiles according to Dominick's (1990) definitions of Jones and Pittman's (1982) five self-presentation strategies. In addition, this study examined the relationship between a profile poster's sex and the self-presentation strategies exhibited in his or her Mormon.org or LDSSO profile. Content analysis of 100 (50 male and 50 female) Mormon.org and 100 (50 male and 50 female) LDSSO profiles revealed ingratiation (LDSSO) and self-promotion (Mormon.org) as the leading self-presentation strategies in the profile sample. Additionally, this study found that exemplification was the second most prevalent self-presentation strategy in both Mormon.org and LDSSO profiles. These results indicate that online Mormon profilers want to be perceived as moral, devout, and admirable, not only likeable and competent and that Mormon profilers may tailor their self-presentation strategies to accomplish social goals. No statistically significant difference was found between a profile poster's sex and the individual or predominant self-presentation strategies, suggesting that Mormon conversion and values may influence Mormon discussion, interpersonal interaction, and ultimately, one's self-presentation.
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FRIAS, MARCIA VIEIRA. "TELLING STORIES: SELF-PRESENTATION IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11709@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROEste trabalho propõe contribuir para a compreensão da cena política brasileira contemporânea e, para tanto, articula Análise da Narrativa de viés sócio-interacional com discurso político visando oferecer uma visão do lingüista sobre o fenômeno da popularidade do presidente Lula. O corpus da análise são narrativas pessoais encaixadas em seis discursos pronunciados pelo presidente entre abril de 2006 e março de 2007. Baseada de modo flexível no modelo de narrativa laboviano e na noção de história de vida de Linde, e recorrendo ainda às noções de enquadre, conforme Bateson e Goffman, e de alinhamento, de Goffman, a análise dos dados identifica as várias identidades que o presidente Lula constrói naquelas narrativas: de migrante nordestino, de operário, de líder sindical, de pai, de presidente. Ao mostrar como essas identidades são narrativamente construídas, a análise ressalta as qualidades de caráter e nuances de sentido projetadas e indica, em relação aos variados públicos dos discursos do presidente, como esses sentidos e identidades podem promover a obtenção de alinhamentos e funcionar como pré-condição para o atingimento do objetivo básico de persuasão que define o discurso político.
This work is intended as a contribution to the understanding of the contemporary Brazilian political scene: it integrates Socio-interactional Narrative Analysis with political discourse aiming to offer a linguist`s perspective on president Lula`s continued popularity. Personal stories embedded in six speeches delivered by the president between April 2006 and March 2007 form the corpus of this analysis. Freely based on Labov`s narrative model and on Linde´s notion of life story, and also resorting to the notion of frame as per Bateson and Goffman, and to Goffman`s footing, the analysis identifies several self- presentations constructed and displayed by president Lula through those personal stories: Northeastern migrant, blue collar worker, union leader, father and president. By showing how these identities are narratively constructed, the analysis emphasizes projected character traits and singularities of meaning and indicates, in relation to the different audiences of the president´s speeches, how these meanings and identities can obtain alignments and function as a pre-condition for achieving persuasion, the basic objective of political discourse in general.
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Mitchell, Hannah. "The self-presentation of the triumviral aristocracy." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11384.
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This thesis analyses the self-presentation of the Roman aristocracy during the triumviral period. Aristocratic self-fashioning has been of great interest to scholars studying both the republic and empire; this study focuses on the transitional period of the civil war and political settlement. The key features of the approach adopted in this thesis are that it focuses on the individuality of the aristocrats, rather than political groupings, and considers their self-presentation as an aspect of the creation of political culture, not merely a response to it. This thesis brings together the evidence for self-presentation in three media: building, speech, and writing. Chapter one establishes the foundation for these studies by reconstructing the careers of two aristocrats, C. Asinius Pollio and L. Munatius Plancus, and analysing the priorities they, and the rest of the triumviral aristocrats, pursued in their careers. Chapter two analyses the corpus of monumental building by the triumviral aristocrats, chiefly those who held triumphs, and demonstrates the way in which they used these structures to advertise their military achievements and their generosity to the Roman people. Chapters three and four argue that the triumviral aristocrats had more opportunities for oratory than has traditionally been alleged, and that they exploited these to pursue their political goals. The talented orators competed with their peers and predecessors in order to establish their fame within the tradition of Latin oratory. Chapter five analyses the outpouring of autobiographical writing after the civil wars, as a means by which the aristocrats sought to promote themselves and justify their careers and actions in the civil wars. The major goal of the triumviral aristocrats in their careers and their self-presentation was to establish and protect their dignitas (reputation or standing). Through the examination of the three media we see the various ways they exploited office, honours, and skill to advertise themselves as traditional republican high-achievers.
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Barnes, Emma. "Fashioning a natural self-guides to self-presentation in Victorian England." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271912.
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Cairns, Kenneth B. "Repression, self-presentation and action identification: Audience effects on self-deception." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060104460.
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Rosenberg, Jenny. "Online impression management personality traits and concern for secondary goals as predictors of self-presentation tactics on Facebook /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1259197291.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 17, 2010). Advisor: Nichole Egbert. Keywords: self-presentation; impression management; Facebook; self-monitoring; Machiavellianism; affinity-seeking; social networking; self-presentation tactics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-115).
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Branscome, David M. "Textual rivals self-presentation in Herodotus' "Histories" (Greece) /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3185391.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2005.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-08, Section: A, page: 2919. Adviser: Matthew R. Christ. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 5, 2006).
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Tuscherer, Taylor R. "Image Is Everything: Self-Presentation Following Social Exclusion." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1354562810.
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Guy, Amy. "The presentation of self on a decentralised Web." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29537.
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Self presentation is evolving; with digital technologies, with the Web and personal publishing, and then with mainstream adoption of online social media. Where are we going next? One possibility is towards a world where we log and own vast amounts of data about ourselves. We choose to share - or not - the data as part of our identity, and in interactions with others; it contributes to our day-to-day personhood or sense of self. I imagine a world where the individual is empowered by their digital traces (not imprisoned), but this is a complex world. This thesis examines the many factors at play when we present ourselves through Web technologies. I optimistically look to a future where control over our digital identities are not in the hands of centralised actors, but our own, and both survey and contribute to the ongoing technical work which strives to make this a reality. Decentralisation changes things in unexpected ways. In the context of the bigger picture of our online selves, building on what we already know about self-presentation from decades of Social Science research, I examine what might change as we move towards decentralisation; how people could be affected, and what the possibilities are for a positive change. Finally I explore one possible way of self-presentation on a decentralised social Web through lightweight controls which allow an audience to set their expectations in order for the subject to meet them appropriately. I seek to acknowledge the multifaceted, complicated, messy, socially-shaped nature of the self in a way that makes sense to software developers. Technology may always fall short when dealing with humanness, but the framework outlined in this thesis can provide a foundation for more easily considering all of the factors surrounding individual self-presentation in order to build future systems which empower participants.
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Gustrén, Cia. "Självpresentationernas logiker : en tematisk studie av gymnasieskolors identitetsskapande på webben." Licentiate thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-155739.
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The aim of this licentiate thesis is to examine the means of self-presentation on the websites of 18 upper secondary schools in Sweden. This empirical material may be referred to as a kind of marketing since they render a highly idealized image of schools. To some extent they exaggerate what school is about, as a way for schools to promote themselves as well as to maintain their hold on the market. Self-presentations thus play an important role in the struggle to attract prospective students and keep these enrolled. The fact that self-presentations refer to schools and not companies in general—although several schools certainly strive to define themselves as such—indicates that self-presentations are not like any other marketing practice. They can also be read as a kind of imaginative documents. In this capacity, self-presentations do not only express what school is or may be interpreted as, but foremost how it envisions itself in the future. The material underlying the study consists of a selection of excerpts that were collected from the schools' webpages at different points of time during the years 2011/2012 and 2016/2017. This allowed me to study both continuities and change in the way schools are presented online. In this study, schools' self-presentations are analyzed thematically in combination with Jason Glynos and David Howarth's so called logics approach, which has been developed out of poststructuralist discourse theory and its ontological assumptions. A logic may be understood in this case as a rule or pattern governing the way a phenomenon like school is constituted. As a research strategy, logics have helped me explore, step by step, the conditions of possibility as well as impossibility of identity-formation processes. I mainly deal with four logics that comprise the overarching principles that structure what it means to be a school: business adaptation, academization, individualization and social responsibility. The empirical study thus consisted in setting out the social, political and fantasmatic aspects of these logics—which consequently served to thematically analyze the contemporary identity-formation on schools' websites. Social aspects have been a descriptive tool to study what characterizes school as presented in the empirical material, whereas political and fantasmatic aspects refer to analytical and critical perspectives. The aim has been to illuminate not only the way schools' identities are organized but also how and why this happens – in other words, what logics do to the identity-formation of schools. Importantly, the logics in question are interrelated and work together at the same time as they 'struggle' over the significance of being a school. As I argue, the identity-formation of upper secondary schools can hence be perceived as crisscrossed by competing and complementary logics that all make certain claims as to what a school is supposed to be (or not). The main task of a traditional Swedish school has been to foster democratic members of society. The findings of my study, however, question such a general understanding. In my empirical material a self-referential meaning of school rather emerges with the purpose to produce good employees; that is, a competent work-force willing to submit to the norms and values of the corporate sector. Subsequently, the boundaries between school and the surrounding world are also increasingly loosened, as business is brought into the classroom and made a premise of learning and development in accordance with the needs and interests of the labor market. However, this replacement of a traditional school is only partial. Since schools are equally dependent on the societal tradition to appear as legitimate and credible alternatives on the educational arena they cannot wholeheartedly commit themselves to a corporate identity. Hence, self-presentations often indicate a struggle to be different enough to stand out from the host of other schools, but also to be similar enough to be considered a 'proper' school. This licentiate thesis has in common with previous studies that statements about qualification and employability measures have indeed increased. A corresponding decline of statements about active citizenship and critical thinking could not be detected – but then again, educational-political aspects confirm that a traditional school may be understood as a background against which an alternative school is formed. This is a conclusion which is consistent with the findings of previous studies on school and education policy.
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Collins, David Russell, and David Collins2@mh org au. "Narcissism and self-enhancement: Self-presentation, affect, and the moderating role of contingencies of self-worth." La Trobe University. School of Psychological Science, 2006. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20070503.165614.
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Narcissists typically present themselves in self-enhancing ways to gain validation (through positive social appraisals) of grandiose, yet uncertain self-views. Using e-mail, Studies 1 and 2 investigated several intra- and interpersonal variables that may influence narcissists� self-presentational behaviour. University students rated themselves on self domains requiring either external validation (e.g., attractiveness) or internal validation (e.g., morality), after being randomly assigned to be either accountable or non-accountable to an evaluative audience for their self-ratings (Study 1), to present their self-ratings to either a single or multiple person evaluative audience (Study 2), and to expect to present their self-ratings to either a high or low status evaluative audience (Studies 1 and 2). Results suggested that when degree of external self-worth contingency (Crocker & Wolfe, 2001) was high, narcissists were insensitive to strategic self-presentational requirements, presenting themselves in a typically self-enhancing manner on external domains when accountable and when presenting to a multiple person audience. Non-narcissists showed more contextual sensitivity when degree of external self-worth contingency was high, and were more modest when these social contextual variables were present. Participants in Study 3 were given bogus positive or negative personality feedback on either their moral virtue or competitive spirit. Narcissists reported greater anger after receiving negative feedback, while also responding to negative feedback with inflated self-presentations. A key finding was that the combination of a high degree of self-worth contingency and negative feedback resulted in increases in self-reported depression and drops in state self-esteem in narcissists. Results suggest that narcissists are chronically vigilant for self-enhancement opportunities, but may be insensitive to social constraints and norms in their efforts to construct their grandiose identities. Narcissists are especially vigilant for self-enhancement opportunities on contingent domains, yet when negative feedback is received in these domains where self-worth is staked, depression and lowered self-esteem may result.
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Choi, Eun-Jung. "Salient role-identity, attitude, and self-presentation: Self-monitoring and situation as moderators." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185498.
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The concept of self-presentation plays a critical role in much sociological and psychological theorizing about human behavior. Although a number of experimental studies of self-presentation have been conducted, until recently theorizing about self-presentation has not been translated into testable hypotheses. This paper attempts to fill this void with an empirical examination of self-presentation as it applies to religious verbal self-presentation related to salient religious role-identity and religious attitude. This research on self-presentation was guided by two major theories: structural symbolic interactionism and trait psychology. The data, obtained from a sample of undergraduates to a questionnaire, provide an examination of the relationship between salient role-identity, attitude, and self-presentation taking into account individual differences in self-monitoring and situation. Two causal models were estimated with weighted least square (WLS) method using the program LISREL 7. The most important findings are that salient role-identity is more strongly associated with self-presentation for high self-monitors than for low self-monitors in both formal and informal situations; attitude is more strongly associated with self-presentation for low self-monitors than for high self-monitors in both types of situations; and situation and self-monitoring interact, so that the stronger association between attitude and self-presentation occurs for low self-monitors in formal situations, and the stronger association between salient role-identity and self-presentation exists for high self-monitors in informal situations. Implications and limitations of the findings are discussed.
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FitzRoy, Sarah Barbara Sibell. "Self-presentation and the inhibition of prejudice in children." Thesis, University of Kent, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.508319.
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Heyes, Joanna Elizabeth. "Improving psychological adjustment to amputation through strategic self-presentation." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396191.
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Meredith, A. D. "The presentation of self in Massively Multiplayer Online games." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2014. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/240/.
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This thesis examined the presentation of self in Massively Multiplayer Online games, to investigate how players create and maintain versions of self in these environments. Key research questions concerned the motivation for engaging in these behaviours, the impact of such activities on their offline lives and for those that did not engage in the active presentation of self, why they did not do this. There were three studies in the thesis, employing a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The first study consisted of interviews (n=29), analysed using Grounded theory, and the second an online focus group (n=13 participants) explored using thematic analysis. These results were combined to create a theoretical model for the presentation of self in MMOs. Based on these concept statements a third study (n=408) was created, using an online questionnaire design. Results indicated that a five factor model was the most satisfactory means of explaining the presentation of self in MMOs – with Presentation of the Existing Self, Social Interaction, Gaming Aesthetics, Presenting Different Sides of the Self, and Emotional Impact as the salient factors. Virtual environments are rapidly emerging as a core element of human socialising, as evidenced by the growth of the games industry and the expansion of social networking sites in the last ten years. MMOs represent just one type of virtual environment but also some of the most exciting, since they allow the presentation of multiple versions of self in a fantastical social environment. The thesis adds to the literature through its examination of the presentation of self, in illustrating how and why playe3rs experience and represent their offline self in MMOs. This has not been achieved in any other previously published work and is an original contribution to the literature.
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Yuan, Chengan. "Preference in Asynchronous Presentation of Stimuli." The University of Waikato, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2795.
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A self-control procedure that involved a later onset of a stimulus signalling a small reinforcer within the waiting time for a larger reinforcer was investigated to determine a point of shifting preference and a discounting function as the delay varied. The results from Experiment 1 to Experiment 3 showed exclusive impulsive choices regardless of the delay. In order to examine if the results were due to the procedure and the parameters, or the species used, Experiment 4 attempted to obtain shifts in preference using simultaneous onset of stimuli with the same species. The results demonstrated no changes in preference but an increase in proportion of self-control choices was shown. Due to the limited information from the replicated studies, the accounts for the results could not be concluded. The explanations derived from choice models seemed most plausible, but limitations of the choice models were discussed.
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Connelly, Louise. "Aspects of the self : an analysis of self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self within selected Buddhist blogs." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6279.
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At the heart of this dissertation is an examination of self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self within three Buddhist blogs: The Buddhist Blog, The American Buddhist and ThinkBuddha.org. Based upon this original research, my thesis contributes to ongoing discussions relating to the self online and to the emerging field of media, religion and culture. A number of other scholars have already investigated how the internet has provided a new platform in which to engage with online religious communities, participate in rituals and develop religious identity. Up to this point, however, the place of Buddhism online has been largely overlooked or limited to purely descriptive analysis. As I argue in chapter one, this thesis provides a more developed examination of Buddhism on the internet. In chapters two and three, I demonstrate how my analysis and definition of three aspects of the self, namely self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self, within selected Buddhist blogs (online diaries) provides an innovative contribution to the developing area of study related to new media and religion. In chapter four, I consider my four central research questions and the interdisciplinary approach used which draws from the fields of anthropology, visual cultural studies, media studies, as well as Buddhist studies. In chapter five I present the Buddhist interpretative framework used for the analysis of the experiential self. This focuses on the conceptual issues of the self in early Buddhism as well as the Buddhist Theravada Abhidhamma framework for the analysis of the self (anatta), the components of the self (khandhas) and the senses and sense spheres (ayatanas and dhatus). Through the three ethnographic case studies (chapters six, seven and eight) I demonstrate how the genre of life writing (blogs) is used as a medium for self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self, thus emphasising the experiential aspect of human existence online. In the conclusion (chapter nine), I consider the continuities and discontinuities between the three blogs, and in doing so I illustrate how the detailed examination of Buddhist blogs provides an insight into different aspects of popular culture, of Buddhism on the internet and how new media is being used in the twenty first century.
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Samuda, Samantha Louise. "Relationship between self-presentational styles, social threat and motivation for self injury." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397210.
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Watling, Dawn Marie. "Assertive and defensive self-presentational tactics in children." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399821.
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Lyons, Agnieszka. "Self-presentation and self-positioning in text-messages : embedded multimodality, deixis, and reference frame." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2014. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8566.
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Texting has often been treated as verbally minimalist, notionally transactional, and, consequently, expressively impaired due to its text-only (mono-modal) character. Despite this, even with the development of new modes of electronically mediated communication (EMC) which made available a wide range of rich (multi-modal) communicative possibilities, texting has maintained its well-established position. This thesis approaches texting as communicatively rich and explores its expressive possibilities in the context of establishing texters’ deictic centres and representing aspects of physicality. Based on the analysis of nearly two thousand text-messages written by British and Polish native speakers and subsequent semi-formal interviews with the senders, I argue that senders position themselves discursively at one of four locations: their own physical deictic centre, the deictic centre of their communicative partner, a mutually agreed space distinct from either of their deictic centres, or a joint (virtual) communicative location with the recipient. I recognise the existence of social location and negative location, as well as location expressed through actions and motion. Additionally, I establish that physicality and body are represented through a variety of enacted (rather than described) sensory information, including auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic. Through the employment of these discursive tools, which follow certain presentation rules, texters create their alterae personae through which actions are performed in virtual space. I argue that text-messages should not be treated as monomodal, but as characterised by embedded multimodality, a term which I introduce. Methodologically, I draw on interactional sociolinguistics (e.g., Gumperz 1982; Tannen semantics (e.g., Lyons 1977; Talmy 1985; Fauconnier 1985), text-grammar (Nunberg 1990), mediated discourse analysis (e.g., Scollon and Levine 2004), and multimodal discourse analysis (e.g., Norris 2004). This interdisciplinary study advances current knowledge about discursive self-positioning and self-presentation in EMC, and provides insights about texting as a mode of communication that offers wide expressive possibilities despite its physical restrictions. As well as adding to theoretical discussion about motion verbs and performativity, the study contributes to research on deixis, physicality, and place, the expression of which is manifested in text-messages. 1989), performativity and speech act theory (e.g., Austin 1962; Searle 1975, 1979).
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Morosini, Jonathan. "Digital presentation av fysiskt träningsresultat." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-48839.
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Uppsatsens syfte är att konstruera riktlinjer för en användarprofilering som motiverar till fysiskt träningsutövande, samt uppmuntra användarprofiler till att förmedla sanningsenlig träningsresultatet inom ett digitalt socialt nätverk inriktat på fysisk träning. Studien undersöker även utövares inställning till att dela med sig av sina träningsresultat. Målet är att ta fram specifika, konkreta och praktiska faktorer som skall kunna appliceras i verkliga digitala nätverk. En kvalitativ studie genomfördes genom intervjuer och observationer av en testgrupp på åtta personer med varierande träningskunskaper och bakgrund. Studien resulterade i två olika kategorier a) motivation till dokumentationstjänst i digitalt nätverk och b) användarprofilering. Resultatet visar att det intressanta i ett sådant nätverk är träningsresultatet och utvecklingskurvan. Nätverkets medlemmar är både sändare och mottagare och för att få tillgång till andra personers resultat måste man vara beredd på att visa sina egna resultat. Samtliga testpersoner tycks vara villiga till att dela med sig av sina resultat i större eller mindre utsträckning. Att dela med sig träningsresultat är en sekundär prioritering, det väsentliga är det personliga dokumenterandet av träningsresultatet. För att nätverket skall fungera i längden bör en profil dessutom vara sanningsenlig och tillförlitlig, ha kommentarer som kan hjälpa andra att bestämma träningsövningar och hjälpa en själv att ha kontroll på träningspassen samt möjlighet till normerade resultat som gör det mindre personligt och jämförbart med andra utövare.This study examines digital motivation and user profiling to construct a set of guidelines that motivates users to engage in physical exercise, in a way that also encourage them to share workout documentation, training results and give recommendations in a digital network. It also examines people's thoughts at sharing the personal training results to others. This investigation is done in relation to an assignment where the client is involved in the development of an upcoming service which offers online documentation of physical workouts, mainly towards CrossFit. The qualitative study involved a test group of eight people with varied training knowledge and background. The study resulted in two different categories: a) motivation for documentation services in a digital network, and b) user profiling in a digital network within a training context. The conclusion shows that the significant part of this service is the individuals exercise result, visualized by a development curve in a way that makes it possible to compare your progress to others. Members of the network are both transmitter and receiver, meaning that in order to gain access to other people's results, one must be prepared to show its own results. All participants were willing to share their results to some extent. For the network to operate in the long run, user profiles must be truthful and reliable. Being able to make comments may be helpful to determine the exercise efficiency and suitability for oneself, but also for viewers seeking inspiration and suggestions on exercises. A normalized presentation of results is suggested, making the results less personal and comparable with other practitioners.
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Harrad, Rachel. "Self evaluation variables and social media." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621486.
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People are motivated to self evaluate and undertake this in their interactions with others. Interactions with others are increasingly taking place online, including via social networking websites, which can contain several differences to face to face interaction. This thesis examined how specific self-evaluation factors (self-esteem, social comparison tendency and self-concept clarity) affect various behaviours on and psychological outcomes of engaging with social media sites, including Facebook. Self-esteem predicted positive mood during Facebook use, whilst one’s relationship with the site (i.e. how emotionally connected to the site one is – or ‘Facebook intensity’) predicted engagement with activities interpreted as indicative of a ‘fear-of-missing-out’ (e.g. finding out what friends were up to). High scorers in performance and appearance self-esteem reported a positive mood shift after profile editing whilst low scoring counterparts reported the reverse. Those who compared to others frequently experienced a negative mood shift after viewing the Facebook newsfeed possibly reflecting the cognitive effort associated with social comparison. Self-esteem predicted use of positive emotions in status updates whilst number of Facebook friends was negatively predicted by self-concept clarity and positively by social comparison tendency. Participants textually described both their actual and ideal self enabling consideration of the implications for self-presentation attempts in certain online environments. Low self-esteem individuals decreased their use of anxious language when idealising the self whilst those with low self-concept clarity increased their use of positive emotions. The discrepant word count between actual and ideal selves suggested that the actual self appeared more easily articulated, most 4 pronounced amongst those who infrequently compared themselves to others. When others rated these self descriptions it appeared high scorers in self-esteem and self-concept clarity and those who compared frequently to others were generally most positively received. It appears that whilst those with unclear self-concepts and low self-esteem can present a more positive and less anxious idealised self than actual self, the overall thesis findings appear to support the rich-get-richer hypothesis (Valkenburg, Schouten, & Peter, 2005) with high scorers on these self-evaluation factors garnering the most benefits from social media. Whilst those who compare frequently may be adversely impacted by viewing the Facebook newsfeed, idealisation of self attributes appears to benefit these individuals in terms of positivity of impressions formed by others. Findings suggest that social media engagement may hold advantages and disadvantages for users dependent on the type of activity engaged with and the individual differences variables of the user.
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Austen, Gillian. "The literary career of George Gascoigne : studies in self-presentation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5b53ad11-58c3-4ce9-a3eb-e46e35b237e4.
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My thesis seeks to offer a reinterpretation of George Gascoigne's literary career by interrogating the means by which he manipulated his self-presentation in print. The Introduction defines the context for this study by outlining the received version of his career, that of the prodigal who underwent a moral reformation in 1575 and wrote only moralistic works thereafter. I question Gascoigne's inclusion with the Drab poets by suggesting that his more courtly personae co-existed with his predominant selfpresentation as repentant prodigal. The subsequent discussion falls into a broadly chronological structure. Chapter I surveys the range of self-presentations and authorial voices in the early works and concludes with a discussion of Gascoigne's first publication, the anonymous A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573), in which they were presented as the work of several authors. Chapter II examines Gascoigne's publications in 1575, conventionally considered the turning point in his career, with the Posies and the Glasse of Government, his Prodigal Son play. These are set against his anonymous publication of the Noble Arte in June and his performances before the Queen at Kenilworth in July. Gascoigne gave his presentation manuscript ofHemetes to Elizabeth as a New Year gift in 1576. Chapter III examines all of Gascoigne's literary activity in that year, as he continued to develop a portfolio of moralistic titles but also published his account of the Princely Pleasures, continuing the series of anonymous courtly publications. Late in the year, Gascoigne travelled to Paris and then Antwerp, and on his return published an anonymous account of the sacking of that city, the Spoyle of Antwerpe. Chapter IV discusses Gascoigne's New Year gifts in 1577, the year of his death. These are a second presentation manuscript for Elizabeth, the Grief of Joye, and a presentation letter to Sir Nicholas Bacon.
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Venter, Doreen Yvonne. "Personality traits and self-presentation on Facebook: a systematic review." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/13272.
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The influence of the Internet and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) on the ways in which individuals with different personality traits present themselves, has been brought into question increasingly as modern life requires more and more of an enmeshment with technology in everyday life. The presentation of the self on Facebook has been the focus of recent research, delivering results that vary and sometimes contradict common ideas of the effects of individuals’ interaction via technology, especially in terms of how personality traits, as determined by the Five-factor model, impact self-presentation. A systematic review of the available literature was conducted, in order to bring about a consolidated description of the literature on the impact of personality traits on Facebook self-presentation. From 37 studies, the review found the motivation for Facebook use to be a mediating factor in the relationship between personality traits. Each personality trait in the Five-factor model impacts upon Facebook use, self-generated content, other-generated content, and the nature of the individual’s self-disclosure in varied ways. Due to visible cues on users’ profiles, some personality traits can be accurately detected by observers. The complexity and interrelatedness of variables involved in this relationship is highlighted by the findings of this review.
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Jackson, Andrew. "Goethe and the nobility as characterisation and presentation of self." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6964/.
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Goethe had a complex and evolving relationship with the nobility, for reasons which can in part be inferred from his biography. This thesis, however, is primarily concerned with examination of relevant texts, and is largely confined to the years before the journey to Italy in 1786. The first three chapters cover the period before his arrival in Weimar. This is followed by an account of the relevant works from the first Weimar decade (1775-1786), with some biographical detail. The main weight has fallen on Wilhelm Meisters theatralische Sendung, a text which is still sometimes undervalued, and has a rather limited bibliography. It is naturally a more direct reflection of his social attitudes than the three major plays associated with the decade, which however have been given separate, more cursory treatments in the three final chapters. General themes include the emergence of Goethe from immature, or at least inherited, stereotypes of the nobility, first towards an attempted alliance between it and the ‘Genie’ of the Sturm und Drang, and then to a more detailed critique made possible by personal experience. The final phase (final, that is, within the limited time frame) was the formation and development of an internal ideal of nobility with an increasingly tenuous relationship with social and political reality. Goethe’s picture of nobility as performance and presentation of self is considered, and its links, for the non-noble author, with theatre and theatrical role performance. Other recurring themes include court manners and their value, both inherently and as an analogue of the heightening which for Goethe was essential to art, court life as a paradigm of social life in general, and the related subject of flight from society.
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Habke, Amy Marie. "The manifestations of perfectionistic self-presentation in a clinical sample." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25065.pdf.
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Brunet, Jennifer. "Self-presentation among breast cancer survivors:implications for physical activity behaviour." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106243.
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This research program involved three studies. Study one was a qualitative study, grounded in constructivist epistemology, in which semi-structured interviews with 11 breast cancer survivors were conducted to better understand women's perceptual, attitudinal/cognitive, affective, and behavioural experiences with their changed physique following treatment for breast cancer. Appearance was important to these women. They had negative perceptions of their changed physique and this evoked primarily negative emotions. These women engaged in appearance management strategies to camouflage the unwanted side effects of cancer treatments and used diet and physical activity to try to alter their physique. Study two involved the completion of a self-administered questionnaire package. The objectives were to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Self-Presentation in Exercise Questionnaire (SPEQ), examine the cross-sectional relationships between self-presentation processes and physical activity behaviour among breast cancer survivors, and determine if social cognitive constructs moderate these relationships. The SPEQ was best represented as a two-factor oblique model with impression motivation and impression construction factors. Impression motivation related to breast cancer survivors' physical activity behaviour, and self-presentation efficacy and outcome value moderated this relationship. Study three involved the completion of a self-administered questionnaire package three times over the span of six months. The objectives were to describe naturally occurring changes in breast cancer survivors' self-presentation processes and physical activity over a period of six-months, evaluate the associations between cancer-specific factors and self-presentation processes, and physical activity behaviour, and disentangle the within- and between-person effects of impression motivation and impression construction on physical activity behaviour. In general, self-presentation processes remained stable over time, whereas physical activity levels changed over time. Women who had received radiotherapy reported lower levels of impression motivation and impression construction, whereas women who had received chemotherapy reported higher levels of impression motivation. Last, self-presentation processes had both within- and between-person effects on physical activity behaviour. Collectively, this program of research provides evidence that researchers and health care providers who work with women should be cognizant of the impact that the physical changes following breast cancer may have on them and help them develop positive attitudes toward their bodies. It also provides insight into the relationships between self-presentation processes and physical activity behaviour, and identified potential moderators that are essential to helping understand these associations. These findings can be used to provide researchers with information that will assist in the development of theoretically and empirically based interventions aimed at increasing physical activity levels in this population.Ce programme de recherche a été conçu en trois études. La première était une étude qualitative, fondée sur le courant constructiviste de l'épistémologie, au cours de laquelle des entretiens semi-structurés ont été réalisés auprès de 11 survivantes du cancer du sein pour mieux comprendre les expériences perceptives, attitudinales/cognitives, affectives et comportementales en ce qui a trait aux changements physiques qui ont suivi les traitements pour le cancer du sein. L'apparence était importante pour les survivantes du cancer du sein de l'étude. Elles ont manifesté des perceptions négatives à propos des changements de leur corps et ceci a suscité essentiellement des émotions négatives. Ces femmes ont eu recours à une gestion de stratégies pour préserver leur apparence afin de camoufler les effets secondaires indésirables subvenus à la suite des traitements pour le cancer et elles ont tenté de modifier leur physique en suivant des diètes et en pratiquant de l'activité physique. L'étude deux consistait à remplir une série de questionnaires autoadministrés. Les objectifs étaient d'évaluer des propriétés psychométriques du Self-Presentation in Exercise Questionnaire (SPEQ), d'examiner les relations transversales entre les processus de présentation de soi et la pratique d'activités physiques chez les survivantes du cancer du sein, et de vérifier si les variables sociocognitives ont un effet modérateur sur ces relations. Le SPEQ était bien représenté en tant que modèle à deux facteurs obliques qui mesurent le processus par lequel les personnes contrôlent les impressions que les autres ont à leur égard. L'intérêt que les survivantes du cancer du sein portaient à la façon dont les autres les percevaient et les évaluaient était en lien avec leur pratique d'activités physiques. De plus, la perception d'efficacité et la valorisation de la présentation de soi ont modéré cette relation. La troisième étude consistait à remplir un ensemble de questionnaires autoadministrés à trois reprises au cours d'une période de six mois. Les objectifs étaient de décrire les changements naturels des processus de présentation de soi et la pratique d'activités physiques chez des survivantes du cancer du sein lors d'une période de six mois, d'évaluer les associations entre les facteurs liés au cancer, les processus de présentation de soi et la pratique d'activités physiques, et de discerner les relations des processus de présentation de soi, aux niveaux personnel et interpersonnel, en lien avec l'activité physique. En général, au cours du temps, les processus de présentation de soi sont demeurés stables alors que les niveaux d'activité physique ont changé. Les femmes qui ont reçu de la radiothérapie ont déclaré des niveaux d'intérêts plus bas à la façon dont les autres les perçoivent et elles ont utilisé moins de stratégies pour se présenter aux autres de façon positive. En revanche, les femmes qui ont reçu de la chimiothérapie ont utilisé davantage de stratégies. Finalement, les processus de présentation de soi ont montré à la fois des effets, tant au niveau personnel qu'interpersonnel, sur la pratique d'activités physiques. En conclusion, dans l'ensemble, ce projet de recherche démontre que les chercheurs et les professionnels de la santé qui travaillent auprès des femmes devraient connaitre l'impact que les changements physiques après un cancer du sein peuvent avoir sur celles-ci et ils devraient les aider à développer des attitudes positives envers leur corps. Aussi, ce projet de recherche donne un aperçu des relations entre les processus de présentation de soi et la pratique d'activités physiques et il détermine les modérateurs potentiels qui sont essentiels pour aider à la compréhension de ces associations. Ces résultats peuvent être utilisés pour renseigner et guider les chercheurs à concevoir des interventions théoriques et empiriques dans le but d'augmenter les niveaux d'activité physique chez cette population.
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