Be Who You Want to Be

I found this article to be very interesting because it shed some light on a whole new meaning behind the term "Be Who You Want To Be". In the past I have always thought about the side of this term that pertains to a person's ability to become who they want in life through their actions and effort. I would imagine myself working hard, or in some cases just getting lucky (e.g. winning the lotto, opening a successful business, etc.) in order to find my position in life. This article connects people and their current use of Facebook with George Herbert Mead's perspective of "Me and "I" in regard to our communicative identity.. People are choosing to select their "me" to represent their "I" which is themselves. The article mentions the fact that many people view Facebook as a person's true identity, but this is not really the case because people can alter their image in many ways by choosing what information they want to display for others to view them. There was the example of the wedding pictures which portray a woman as being married, which is viewed upon by our society as something that women feel pressure about. I found this article to be very useful because there is information on a different angle of Facebook and the way we identify ourselves and communicate with others. Communication is a relevant and important aspect of our everyday lives, and Facebook is now a place where many people are making the choice of how they want others to view them as well as how they choose to view others and the media