DIGITA

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SELF
 LEARNING OBJECTIVE
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a.Discuss about online identity and your “self” in cyberspace

and user id;
b.Expound selective self-presentation and impression
management;
c.Evaluate the impact of online interactions on the self; and
d.Establish boundaries of the online self; private vs. public,
personal vs. social identity online.
Is there a big difference
between the self online
& the real self?
 DIGITAL SELF

• It is the persona you use when you are

online.
• A mask that we put on to engage the
technological world.
 DIGITAL SELF
The term “online identity” implies that
there is a distinction between how people
present themselves online and how they
do offline.
 DIGITAL
SELF

We are living in a digital age and other than face

to face interaction, we have interactions
involving technology-cellular phones, computers
and other gadgets. Thus, we build our Digital
Self.
 In 2021, 82.3 million
people used their mobile
phones in the Philippines.
By 2025, it is estimated
that mobile phon users in
the country would reach
almost 90 million.
The average daily time spent using
the internet among the surveyed
respondents in the Philippines was
approximately 10.6 hours
according to Datareportal.

In addition, the surveyed

respondents spent approximately
4.15 hours on social media.
 Online identity & Self in
Cyberspace
Your online identity is not the same as your
real-world identity because the characteristics
you represent online differ from the
characteristics you represent in the physical
world.
 Online identity & Self in
Cyberspace
Every website you interact with has its
own idea of your identity because each
one you visit sees you and your
characteristics differently.
“Social media, like social-networking sites, blogs & online personals
require users to self-consciously create virtual depictions of
themselves. One way of understanding such self-representation is the
information & materials people choose to show others on a Facebook
profile or Twitter. But identity is also expressed through interacting
with others, whether over instant messenger or email. Since there are
fewer identity cuse available online than face to face, every piece of
digital information a person provides, from typing speed to nickname
& email address, can and is used to make inferences about them.” –
Marvick, 2013
 How do you build your ONLINE
IDENTITY?
Every website that you interact with will collect its
own version of who you are, based on the
information that you shared. Thus, it is up to you
how you will represent yourself as closely as who
you are and what you do in real life or selectively, to
create a representation far from your real life.
ARE YOU LIVING AN
INSTA LIE?
Social Media VS. Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EFHbruKEmw
 Selective Self-Presentation & Impression
Management
These are characteristics showing behaviors
designed to convey an image about
ourselves to other people & to influence the
perception of other people of this image.
 Selective Self-Presentation & Impression
Management
We can select only what we want to present &
impress to others, what we view beneficial to our
personality, especially when we create a digital
self. We carefully choose representation or
expression of one’s real world to the online
world.
IMPACT OF ONLINE INTERACTION ON THE
SELF
When interacting with other people, we
automatically make inferences about them
without even being consciously aware of it. We
cannot help but ponder what they are thinking
about, what their facial expressions mean, what
their intentions are, and so on.
IMPACT OF ONLINE INTERACTION ON THE
SELF

Interaction with human partners requires more

emotional involvement and thus more cognitive
effort than interacting through a computer.
IMPACT OF ONLINE INTERACTION ON THE
SELF

Online interaction do not require cognitive or

emotional involvement, making our interaction with
it much easier.
 Is it true that
Facebook
provides
opportunities for
increased identity
development?
 Research suggests that young users increased self-
esteem & general well being following instances of
positive feedback on social networking sites. Relatedly,
results from a 2009 survey of college students indicated
that the heaviest Facebook users were almost satisfied
with their lives & exhibited greater social & political
engagement.
POSITIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
POSITIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Online interactions enable us to self-censor to a
greater extent & manage our online identities
more strategically which provides greater
opportunity to misrepresent ourselves.
 POSITIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA

 Social media sites inform and empower

individuals to change themselves & their
communities.
POSITIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Extensive online engagement is correlated with
personality & brain disorders like poor social
skills & other emotional distress like depression,
anxiety & loneliness
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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