Crafting Your Image For Your 1,000 Friends On Facebook Or MySpace

"People can use these sites to explore who they are by posting particular images, pictures or text,"

"You can manifest your ideal self. You can manifest who you want to be and then try to grow into that.

"We're always engaging in self-presentation; we're always trying to put our best foot forward

Social networking sites take this to a whole new level. You can change what you look like, you can Photoshop your face, you can select only the pictures that show you in a perfect lighting. These websites intensify the ability to present yourself in a positive light and explore different aspects of your personality and how you present yourself

People put up something that they would like to become — not completely different from who they are

the more it gets reflected off of others, the more it may be integrated into their sense of self

People are living life online

Social networking sites are a tool for self-development.