Digital identity - Language identity - Digital communication environment

Abstract

The digital or virtual identity is part of identity (personal, group, national et.c). The author demonstrates how the communication in the cyberspace, the IT language effects on the different layers of the identity and the language identity. The language usage in the cyberspace is part of the identity. Some important elements of this: multilingualism, interactivity, multimediality, information technology, self-representation, social media and the abuses in the social media, language usage of the videogames.