A Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites Edited by: Zizi Papacharissi A Networked Self examines self presentation and social connection in the digital age. This collection brings together new theory and research on online social networks by leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. Topics addressed include self presentation, behavioral norms, patterns and routines, social impact, privacy, class/gender/race divides, taste cultures online, uses of social networking sites within organizations, activism, civic engagement and political impact. Zizi Papacharissi is Professor and Head of the Communication Department at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is author of A Private Sphere: Democracy in the Digital Age and editor of Journalism and Citizenship: New Agendas, also published by Routledge.