Comparative Analysis of Real and Virtual Self in Teenage Cover Image

Сравнителен анализ на реален и виртуален Аз в тийнейджърска възраст
Comparative Analysis of Real and Virtual Self in Teenage

Author(s): Pavlina Doncheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, School education, Educational Psychology, Psychology of Self
Published by: Тракийски университет
Keywords: real personality; virtual personality; temperament; teenagers

Summary/Abstract: Communication in a modern world tolerates revolution through new digital technologies and is now almost entirely projected into a parallel digital world. Social networks change the trajectory of interpersonal relationships. Looking at human development, a student nowadays spends much longer time in the virtual reality up to the time they become adults. He/She designs his / her personal characteristics by creating his / her parallel, virtual self. Freedom in virtual reality is a prerequisite for a person to present himself as he is or to the extend of social desirability. This research compares and analyzes the real and virtual personality of contemporary teenagers and looks for correlations between them.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 19-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian