Identity Shift: Where Identity Meets Technology in the Networked-Community Age

Part 1: The 3-P Model of Identity 1

Chapter 1: Presentation: The Mirror Image 3

Chapter 2: Protection: Exposing the Blind Spots 13

Chapter 3: Preference: The (Un)Conscious Filter of (In)Finite Choice 25

Chapter 4: Trust: Meeting at the Crossroads of Identity 37

Part 2: The Universal Laws 49

Chapter 5: The Law of Learned Helplessness: Failure Is the Only Option 51

Chapter 6: The Law of Illusion: Lie to Me 63

Chapter 7: The Law of Recall: Taking It from the Top 75

Chapter 8: Rationalization: Finding Harmony in the Discord 87

Part 3: Identity Through the Life Stages 99

Chapter 9: Teenage Growing Pains 101

Chapter 10: Emerging Adulthood: In Search of the Ideal 113

Chapter 11: The "Meet" Market 125

Chapter 12: The Parent Puzzle 139

Chapter 13: The Midlife Rebirth 153

Epilogue: Who Are We Becoming? 163

Appendix: Through the Lens of Research 173

Citations189

Index201