Online personalities, they are as expendable and changeable as the daily changing of clothes. People are able to create multiple personalities and identities on the internet. But what goes into this creation? And why do people do it? That is the precisely the topic of the two articles that I have found and read on the internet. I will be comparing them to find what they have in common and how they are different. The two articles are called "The Role of Fantasy in the Construction of the On-line Other: a selection of interviews and participant observations from cyberspace." by Robin B. Hamman, and "Gender Swapping on the Internet" by Amy Bruckman. Both essays are similar, but they also have some differences. Some examples of what there is to compare are subject, how they approached the subject, and the overall object of each essay.…
