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1、Identity,CommunityandtheInternetDuncanTimmsCommunityandIdentityItispartofthesymbolicinteractionistcredothataperson’sidentityisderivedfromhis/herrelationswithothersandfromtheimaginationoftheothers’perceptionsandevaluations.AsputbyCharlesCooleyacenturyago:“Inaverylargeandinteresti

2、ngclassofcasesthesocialreferencetakestheformofasomewhatdefiniteimaginationofhowone'sself--thatisanyideaheappropriates--appearsinaparticularmind,andthekindofself-feelingonehasisdeterminedbytheattitudetowardthisattributedtothatothermind.Asocialselfofthissortmightbecalledthereflect

3、edorlookingglassself:"Eachtoeachalooking-glassReflectstheotherthatdothpass."Asweseeourface,figure,anddressintheglass,andareinterestedinthembecausetheyareours,andpleasedorotherwisewiththemaccordingastheydoordonotanswertowhatweshouldlikethemtobe;soinimaginationweperceiveinanother'

4、smindsomethoughtofourappearance,manners,aims,deeds,character,friends,andsoon,andarevariouslyaffectedbyit.Aself-ideaofthissortseemstohavethreeprincipalelement:theimaginationofourappearancetotheotherperson;theimaginationofhisjudgmentofthatappearance,andsomesortofself-feeling,sucha

5、sprideormortification.”From:HumanNatureandtheSocialOrder.NewYork:Scribner’s,1902.Pp179-185Thecreationandmaintenanceofidentityisacommunicativeprocessbasedonacontinuousprocessofinterpersonalcomparisonsandjudgements,reflectingpastexperienceandculturalguidelines.Thereisacloseconnect

6、ionbetweenpersonalidentityandgroupidentity:anacknowledgementofmembershipinacommunityofpeoplelikeoneself.Atthesametime,thenegotiationofbothpersonalandgroupidentityinvolvesdistinctionsfromthosewhoareperceivedtobedifferent.Historicallythefrictionassociatedwithcommunicatingacrosstim

7、eandspacehasbeenhigh.Formostofhumanhistorydailyinteractionwithothershasbeenconfinedtothosesharingtimeandspace.Propinquityandphysicalcommunityhavebeendefiningelementsinthecreationandmaintenanceofidentity.Theanswertothequestion“Whereareyoufrom?”hasprovidedabaseforgroupidentificati

8、onandalabelfordistinguishingmembersofthegroupfr