Conor Schaefer asked if pre-Internet, there had been multiple roles, so that people would show different personas on FB and MyS, etc. The concept of "role set" was developed by sociologists in the 1950s for the notion of multiple roles. Key scholars were Robert Merton and Neal Gross, both eminent, and both onetime students of Talcott Parsons. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman For fun -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender these days _______________________________________________________________________