Hello All, My advisors and I are conducting research on the identity management of online community members. I find some posts in this list very interesting and relevant. For example, last week or so, somebody posted a discussion regarding how people pick their nicknames online. We are studying various ways people manage (or negotiate) their identities and present themselves as who they are in the cyberspace. We are not able to find too much academic research in this area besides old works from Goffman and some social psychologists. So I think maybe I can post here and see if some colleagues have similar interests and/or can give some advice. Also, we developed an online survey for our study. If interested, anyone is welcome to fill it out while we conducting a pilot test. Here is a link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=6415601545 Sorry to bother those who are not interested. Thank you! _____________________ Jessie Meng Ma, PhD Candidate DIT, R.H.Smith School of Business University of Maryland, College Park.