Identity deception succeeds better amid strangers than friends

Evidence

Warner’s foundational study theorizes publics as constituted by circulation of texts among strangers, with particular attention to queer counter-publics. His method is rhetorical theory in dialogue with political philosophy. Publics and Counterpublics is essential reading for COMM/equity doctoral work on the rhetorical theory of publicness. For platform-era candidates, Warner’s analytic of circulation among strangers offers a powerful frame for analyzing platform-mediated public formation. — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 377 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Industrial urbanization destroyed appearance as a reliable clue to strangers’ identities; Publics form through circulation of texts among strangers rather than shared identity — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 377; The stranger embodies a simultaneous union of closeness and remoteness — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 388 (+3 more)

Related

• Publics form through circulation of texts among strangers rather than shared identity (similarity 0.88)
• Confronting unknown threats makes people fall back on texts. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Social norms make people present stable identities that others can trust #complicates (0.78)
• Publics form through circulation of texts among strangers rather than shared identity #corroborates (0.50) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 377
• Others’ signaled openness governs whether one initiates talk #qualifies (0.50)
• The stranger embodies a simultaneous union of closeness and remoteness #qualifies (0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 388