When will my reflection show,who I am, inside?

A huge advantage of single digital identity framework could support transactions across a range of industries, from healthcare to e-commerce as per my comment on Gary’s post. However, are you convinced to having just one single identity?

In a digital world full of virtual personas, authenticity is quickly becoming an endangered quality. – Steve Tobak, 2016

Being fake online is easier than being real because you are able to project your own expectations and desires without any worry of being judged. Unfortunately, they’re jumping on the “fake it ‘til you make it” hype parade en masse.

I do agree with Darren, when he mentioned that during communication with different people, different tones and self censorship was used and if this happens in real life, it could too for online. The photo of me hanging at a club does not need to be the subject of the conversation I am having with my mom.

Here’s how the same content is shared over different social sites.

Source: AddThis

Reading through Siewmin’s post, she shared that creating multiple profiles might not be necessary as Facebook privacy settings allow user to decide which audience could see your post. This is interesting to know because despite that, people are still not convinced that having personal and professional account linked together is a good choice. For example, Chicago-based writer Jerry Brennan has three Facebook profiles – one as himself, one for his pen name and another alias used for research based. According to Experian Research, a typical person in the UK has an estimated total of 26 online accounts (2017).

Our research has shown that people across the generations have very different attitudes towards the way they navigate the internet and manage their online accounts, or online IDs – Nick Mothershaw

Can we still believe who we are online? Maybe my online friend Lucas, is not Lucas after all. This is an interesting video done by Ditch The Label about social media lie versus reality.

Source: Ditch The Label

After three topics, I have learnt much more about digital literacy and I can now safely present my digital profile – before and after:

Infographics created by me.

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Here’s a song that sums up today’s topic:

 

Comments:

Siewmin’s Post

Gary’s Post

Sources:

AddThis (addthis). (2017). Pinterest. Retrieved from https://www.pinterest.com/addthis/

Are You Living an Insta Lie? Social Media Vs. Reality. (2017). YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EFHbruKEmw

Eler, A. (2012). Why People Have Fake Facebook Profiles – ReadWrite. ReadWrite. Retrieved from https://readwrite.com/2012/01/23/why_people_have_fake_facebook_profiles/

darlieontheweb, V. (2017). The more the merrier?. Darren Chua. Retrieved from https://darlieontheweb.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/the-more-the-merrier/

Tobak, S, (2016) If You Want to Be a Real Leader, Quit Being Fake. Fortune. Retrieved from http://fortune.com/2016/04/29/quit-being-fake/

UK’s online identity habits revealed: Have we reached peak password?. (2017). Experian plc. Retrieved from https://www.experianplc.com/media/news/2017/uk-s-online-identity-habits-revealed-have-we-reached-peak-password/

#Mang2049 Introductory Post – Digital Visitor or Resident?

Digital behaviours can be split into two different types – Visitor or Resident. Digital visitor is someone who does not commit in engagement with others and does not view the Internet as a social space whereas a digital resident is committed in engaging with others and view Internet as a social space (White and Le Cornu, 2011). 

“We are all visitors and residents,” according to Formatjé (2016).

To elaborate on how are we visitors and residents, I have created a version of my digital behaviour map as follow with reference to White theories. Personal surfing and social media takes up personal section while academically-related platforms are part of institutional section. Platforms such as web surfing on Google, YouTube Live and Facebook communities crossover as they can be both personal and institutional.

My self-test that I have done prior to this posting has also shown digital visitor and resident behaviour. I describe myself as a passive digital user who engages in more visitor behaviour than resident behaviour. 

Despite having an active social media profiles such as Facebook, I do not engage in “liking or commenting” on people’s posts, hence, contradicting to a resident’s behaviour. My objective to surf social media is to gain new updates on my friends’ life and the latest happenings. I used the Internet most of the time to look up for things that I am interested in without the intention of committing in prolonged engagement.

Hopefully by the end of this module, I would be able to improve on my digital literacy and be a better Internet user.

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Cheers,

Jocelyn.

Sources:

Formatjé, N. (2016). Digital visitor or digital resident, how do you browse?. [online] Uoc.edu. Available at: http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/news/actualitat/2016/086-visitant-resident-digital.html

White, D., & Cornu, A. (2011). Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday, 16(9). Retrieved from http://firstmonday.org/article/view/3171/3049.

White, D. (2013). Visitors and Residents Mapping Activity. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EyH-JZWtoI&feature=youtu.be