Pa? sociala na?tverkssidor tilla?ts anva?ndarna att presentera sig sja?lva. Sociala medier ger anva?ndarna mo?jlighet att styra och kontrollera sin presentation pa? ett annat vis a?n hur presentationen kan styras i ansikte-mot-ansikte situationer. De sociala medierna tenderar dock att rikta sig till en bredare publik i ja?mfo?relse med den interpersonella situationen.

This study investigates how tagging is being used in a new way when members of a Swedish dating site get to tag themselves in an act of self-presentation with the aim of meeting new people. In the study seven members of the dating site Mazily were interviewed about their self-presentation, tagging and identity formation there. The questions concerned how they formed their own tags, but also how they interpret and use other members' tags in their search for a potential partner.I have been using queer theories for this study, in order to find out what kind of norms and structures that lie behind and affect the members' behaviour on the website. My study finds that the interviewed members to a high degree reflect about both their own and other members tagging and self-presentations. Although they spend quite some time trying to analyse other people on the website they have a great sense of understanding that a person may give two very different impressions on the site and offline.

Studenter har ofta som ma?l att fa? ett arbete efter avslutade studier och med ho?g konkurrens pa? arbetsmarknaden skulle personal branding, personligt varuma?rkesbyggande, i sociala medier kunna vara ett bra hja?lpmedel fo?r att fa? ett arbete. Men hur ma?nga utnyttjar egentligen detta? Uppsatsens syfte a?r att belysa denna kombination. Fra?gesta?llningen handlar om hur studenter inom olika yrkesomra?den upplever och hanterar presentationen av sig sja?lva i sociala medier.