Huang Jiao, Kumar Sameer, Hu Chuan
School of Information Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China.
Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 23;12:696552. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.696552. eCollection 2021.
The tremendous development of the Internet enables people to present themselves freely. Some people may reconstruct their identity on the Internet to build an online identity that is partly or even completely different from their real identity in the offline world. Given that research on online identity reconstruction is fragmented, it is important to evaluate the current state of the literature. In this paper, a review of literature related to online identity reconstruction was conducted. This study summarized the theoretical and methodological preferences of relevant research. In addition, it elaborated why and how people engage in online identity reconstruction. The predictors and effects of online identity reconstruction were also discussed. The results of this study provided an overview of the thematic patterns of existing research. This review also identified current research gaps and recommended possible directions for future studies.
互联网的迅猛发展使人们能够自由地展现自己。有些人可能会在互联网上重塑自己的身份，构建一个与他们在现实世界中的真实身份部分甚至完全不同的网络身份。鉴于对网络身份重塑的研究较为零散，评估当前的文献状况很重要。本文对与网络身份重塑相关的文献进行了综述。这项研究总结了相关研究的理论和方法偏好。此外，它阐述了人们进行网络身份重塑的原因和方式。还讨论了网络身份重塑的预测因素和影响。这项研究的结果提供了现有研究主题模式的概述。这篇综述还指出了当前研究的差距，并为未来研究推荐了可能的方向。
