"I Tweet, Therefore I Am" Summary

In "I Tweet, Therefore I Am", Peggy Orenstein argues that it is hard to draw the line between person and persona, as well as public and private life. Orenstein says that people post details about their life on social media in hopes that people will view there life how the writer would like to be. As we post updates about our day, Orenstein believes that the line between what is private and what is public becomes blurred, and we don't really consider what we are saying or to who we are saying it to. She also argues that when we post things on social media, we shape ourselves, and change our identity to match the audience we are reaching out to. She believes that even when we are trying to be ourselves, our "psychology becomes a performance" (Paragraph 6). She thinks it is important to define the line between personal life and private life, as well as who we really are as opposed to who we make ourselves out to be on social media.