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Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity.In today's digital world, there are many social media sites that are being introduced frequently. Over the years, I created accounts in all these social media sites and thus, lead to multiple identities. Everyone has different sides on them on different social networking sites. The most obvious one would be the professional and social. Continue reading →

Source: Giphy This post primarily focuses on online personas, arguing if there’s a need to have multiple online identities to determine professionalism for work against online identity for school, home and friends. An online persona is how the world perceives you on the web. Continue reading →

Identity is a complete set of characteristics that define you.  Consist of partial identity, profile, and persona that’s referred by identifiers. Internet usage as a space evolve over the year. From passive approach, where we use internet to gain information to interactive approach, where we collaborate. Move forward, now it is Human Computer Interaction era where it used for social networking and peer participation. Continue reading →

Source: catctaylor.wordpress.com The cartoon above shows that anybody can self represent themselves on the internet, because personal information can be fabricated. This leads me to the topic of the day, Online Identity. So you may ask, what exactly is Online Identity? Online Identity is information about individual in the internet, it is the sum of your characteristics and interactions. A person’s online identity can be different from the person’s real-world identity. Continue reading →

First and foremost, what is an online identity? It’s the way you ‘market’ yourself in the internet world by providing details of yourself to the public. Websites also do their own identifying by taking into account the links we click or the stuff we bought to generate their perception of our characteristics. Continue reading →

In this time period where our lives are largely tied to online interactions, digital identity has become an issue. Should we maintain anonymity online or ensure authenticity? And whichever one we choose, can we enforce that? And for either of the two camps, depending how you choose to look at it… Is it really all bad? Or are there two sides to the coin? Our online identity is crafted through a period of time, through repeated use of the internet. Continue reading →

Question: Discuss the arguments for and against having more than one online identity. One of the more pressing reasons why an individual would make the decision to have more than one online identity is to separate their social and professional digital lives. Many would prefer to draw the line between these two identities. Continue reading →

The proliferation of social media technology has driven the digital space towards an emergence of new landscape. Beyond a consumer-targeted space, we see the opportunities for individuals to create online identities and socialize behind their computers. One may also create multiple identities such as using fake or anonymous names. And these multiple identities exist online as an individual’s persona even if an individual goes offline. Continue reading →

The online identity represents you, through a collective of characteristics and interactions formed with your digital footprints. (Picture Source: Simply Zesty, 2012) Online identities, the plural, arise when a level of secrecy is wanted. It gives you full control of the information you disclose, where you can be different personas on different platforms. (Krotoski, 2012) With many social platforms available today, it is easy to create multiple identities. Continue reading →

(Credits: Google) What are your identities online and What’s so great about having more than one?  Your identities are your first impressions to others. Pros for having Online Identities It is possible for one to have multiple identities online. Be it on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Linkedin. It all depends on the individual itself. Having an identity online allows the online community to know who you are and where you’re from. Continue reading →