Resorts Behind the Construction of the Expositional Self on Facebook

The concept of self presentation, as developed by Goffman, has had a decisive influence on the literature about social networking sites. In the current paper, I explore some implications of what Hogan describes as a shift from presentation to exposure of the self, a phenomenon which is specific to the online environment. Drawing from Bourdieu and Baudrillard, I argue that the consumption practices, or more broadly, the lifestyle that the users expose through Facebook are a tool for the objectification and promotion of the self to a specific reference group.