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The Digital Self: Who Am I in The Cyberworld?

This document discusses online identity and how people present themselves online. It notes that while online identity is connected to a person's true self, people can also create partial identities or personae to represent themselves differently in certain situations. It explores the concepts of selective self-presentation and impression management online, and how people curate what they share to promote positive images. The document also discusses fears of missing out, disinhibition effects, and how gender and sexuality are experienced and performed online. Finally, it provides tips for smart online sharing and setting boundaries for one's digital self.

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The Digital Self: Who Am I in The Cyberworld?

This document discusses online identity and how people present themselves online. It notes that while online identity is connected to a person's true self, people can also create partial identities or personae to represent themselves differently in certain situations. It explores the concepts of selective self-presentation and impression management online, and how people curate what they share to promote positive images. The document also discusses fears of missing out, disinhibition effects, and how gender and sexuality are experienced and performed online. Finally, it provides tips for smart online sharing and setting boundaries for one's digital self.

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Module 11

The Digital Self


Who am I in the Cyberworld?
Introduction
In this modern time a lot of individuals are using the
internet for different reasons, they use it for research,
entertainment, business and specially communication.
And because of the covid- 19 pandemic online learning
is a must this days. On the other hand, some assumes
different identities when interacting in cyberspace,
hence they create another personality. Thus people
create online identity whilst maintaining real identity.
The number of people who are using the internet
continuously increases worldwide. More than a half of
the world’s population uses the internet. Tim Berners-Lee
created the World Wide Web on 1989 and made it
available to the public on April 30, 1993, and during that
time the internet has already become an integral part of
the world’s population. And one of the most active
countries which use the internet is the Philippines.
According to the latest data there are 5.16 billion or 66% mobile user
and 4.57 billion or
59% internet users worldwide. With 49% or 3.81 billion are active on
social media.
In the Philippines, media users reached 73 million in January
2020. And more than half of the world’s population uses a
smartphone.
Online Identity
is an active characteristic and interaction in the internet
which is also connected to your true self, while partial
identity is a subset of characteristic that make up our
identity. On the other hand, persona is the partial
identity we create in order to represent ourselves in any
specific situation.
Selective Self-presentation and
Impression Management
As stated by Goffman(1959) and Leary(1995), self-presentation is the
procedure of controlling on how others are perceived by other
individuals. And this is the tool to inception and development of
relationship. To promote positive images, individuals select information
and carefully cater the information in response to other’s feedback.
Always put in mind that whatever material that is posted online it is
considered “public” no matter what is the “privacy” setting that you
use. Like for example, when celebrities post something in the internet
and change their minds and erase that certain post. The following are
example of posts that created some controversies:
Personal Identity
is the interpersonal level which separate the individual from others with their
own unique ways of expressing themselves, on the other hand social identity
of an individual is his/her conformity or sameness toward the group he is
included to or a member of a certain group.

As Belk explained sharing and posting information about ourselves is not an


old practice but started as human beings were formed. Digital devices make it
easier for us to share about our daily activities. Facebook, Flicker and
Photobuckets replacing our good old-fashion photo albums. Where
Schwarz(2010) stated we have entered the era of extraordinary self-portraiture
due to selfie and groupie pictures we become more driven of self-
beautification.
Fears of missing out
the desire to be always updated and wanted to share something
online because it adds up to their self-esteem and confidence
especially when others appreciate and likes their post.

Disinhibition effect
due to lack of face-to-face encounter and feeling of anonymity and invisibility
others take the freedom and express what they really feel. And because of that they
think that they are more expressive and show their “true self” online compared
to face-to-face interaction.
Gender and Sexuality Online
The word “sex”, “gender” and “sexuality” are always though
as synonymous, although they are distinct with one another
(Marwick, 2013). The differences according to researchers are
from the insight of social functioning of gender.
Sex
e biological state that corresponds to what is called as a “man” and a “woma

Gender
ocial understanding of how sex should be experience and its manifestation towards a
erson’s behavior, personality, preference and capabilities. Individual with
ale sex organ are definitely is expected to be masculine. This is socially ingrained,
ke for example “men” are expected to work and provide for their family and
s for “women” to be able to manage household duties.
Sexuality
the individual expression of his/her own understanding of one’s
desire. And like gender, it is also viewed as binary (homosexual
or heterosexual), in reality, sexuality is often experienced as fluid.

Performing Gender Online


Theorist Judith Butler (1990) conceptualized gender as a performance; she also explain
hat sexuality is a thorough discourse of social processes. She even argued
hat gender is performative, and a process of millions of individual behavior
and acts, instead of something that will just come out naturally to men and women.
Setting Boundaries To Your Online Self:
Smart Sharing
• Is this post/story necessary?
• Will there be a benefit in this post? Is it entertaining, warm-hearted,
teachable – or am just going to make a mistake or just creating some
noise.
• Have we solved the issue? A situation that is still working-on at home,
or sensitive or highly emotional, must not be taken to the public eye.
• Is it appropriate? Does it fit the boundaries of my family’s values?
• Will it be funny after 5, 10 or 15 years? Or will it be better to be
shared to the small group of our family? Or maybe not at all?
Rules to Follow
• Stick to safer sites.
• Guard your password.
• Limit what you share.
• Remember what you put online or post on a site is there forever, even
if you tried to delete it.
• Do not be mean or embarrass other people online.
• Always tell if you see strange or bad behavior online
• Be choosy about your online friends.
• Be patient.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING !!!

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