Profound Changes of Social Identity in Internet Society
LIU Shao-Jie
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Center for Studies of Sociological Theory & Method,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872
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Published
2014-09-16
Issue Date
2014-10-13
Abstract
With the development of the Internet in social life,social identity is increasingly going beyond the boundary between individual identity and group identity in Internet communication,becoming social identity in a true sense,with noboundary limits and expansion of liquidityIn accordance with the actual changes in social life and social identity,studies of identity in social psychology and sociology have also undergone a turn from individual identity,group identity to social identityBecause of the development of the Internet,social space presents itself at three levels,accordingly,social identity which is based on the development of the Internet also presents a differentiation in levelsSocial identity in the Internet society mainly exists in the form of social representationThe social representation formed in Internet communication has surpassed limitations of individual representation and collective representation,which has important significance for the realization of social integration Durkheim proposedIn addition,as China has a large population,complex social differentiation,perceptual cultural tradition,democratic centralism polity and other special conditions,social identity takes on special significance in Chinas development and changes