Review of Viviane Serfaty's the Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs

Abstract

This is a review of Viviane Serfaty's landmark study of personal online diaries and personal blogs, with special attention to the micropolitics of self-representation in computer-mediated communication, the transformation of intimacy in the age of Internet, and the American tradition of individuality.

Keywords: Serfaty, Internet, Blogs, Individuality, Intimacy, Diaries, Virtuality, Computer-mediated_communication