A review of the research on the identity issues on Facebook

Abstract

As a social network site on which more than one billion users who active every day on average, millions of social interactions happen every day on Facebook. More research has emerged to assess Facebook's influences in daily life. This study focuses on the identity issues on Facebook. The aim is to examine the conclusion from the previous review written by Wilson Gosling and Graham (2012). It also aims to conclude the new findings from the research conducted between 2012 and 2018 to develop the existing theory on online identity.
The study applies the combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The systematic literature review was employed, and 67 journal articles were selected. This study also utilizes a univariate analysis to show the results.
This study concludes that the original conclusion of identity presentation on Facebook still works today. The new finding is that there are more studies focused on identity construction and identity management on Facebook, concerning the identity of the minority groups. Future research could focus on one specific area like identity management and follow the trend of integration and globalization.