Topic 2 2016, Page 7

What is an online identity? It is simply how you would like to be portrayed online. Identity can be formed with your characteristics and interactions, as we interact differently on each website. All these websites will have a different picture of who you are and what you do. These different representations of you are called partial identities, as none of them are the full and true image of who you are. (Internet Society,2011). Continue reading →

Angela Thomas put forth that our identities online is “about a close editing of self… ‘it’s me, but minus the things I don’t like about me’ – those aspects of self chosen to be shared with the public.” (Credit: Dating Humour/Pinterest) Thanks to numerous online platforms that have sprung up for users to engage in social activities, one would find ease in constructing multiple identities that cater to each community they decide to be a part of. Continue reading →

In 2013 alone, Facebook estimated that there were at least 67.65 million ‘fake’ accounts created in a month. (Protalinski, 2014). Notably, this would mean that in a year, at least 52.89 million Facebook accounts are duplicates. The question is, why would somebody want to create more than one online account for an individual? Self-censorship is one of the main reasons why duplicate accounts are created. Continue reading →

[Source: www.popsugar.com] How many of you readers have more than one Facebook account? Perhaps one for work and one for personal? Imagine your current/potential employers saw an embarrassing photo of you getting drunk last night. Would you prefer to keep your professional and personal life separate? The number of internet love scams are on the rise in Singapore, and more than half of the cases happen through Facebook (Channel News Asia, 2016). Continue reading →

The “one” being referred to is your online identity. What is an online identity? Many may have their own opinion but here is one for you from Costa and Torres (2016). “…the way we showcase our practice online, how we participate and interact in shared spaces, i.e., how we present ourselves and which ‘persona’ we assume as part of our presence online.” (Source: cc-wdesign. Continue reading →

  A while ago, when I was installing the music streaming application Spotify, I came across this window:       “SIGN UP WITH FACEBOOK”. The alternative to that as you can see, was to create a separate account which of course I found hectic and so I decided to share the information on my Facebook with Spotify.   A web of “transparency”? The scenario that I described above represents a phenomenon that has been prevailing in the digital world today. Continue reading →

Multiple ‘identities’ is not something unique to the online realm. We display partial identities in ‘real life’ depending on whom we interact with as well (Eg. to co-workers; to family). Our online identity is just one of the partial identities that we have created to represent ourselves in online communities and websites. Continue reading →

Digital technology has influenced the way people interact and communicate information in the society today (Costa, C., & Torrers, R., 2011), where social media platforms allow us to engage with one another (Rosen, L., 2013). Many of us have some sort of online identity, be it for personal reasons, professional associations, social networking and whatnot. Essentially, online identity is the sum of your characteristics and activities  online that differentiates you from others. Continue reading →

  Anonymous Supporters (http://bit.ly/2fuXFNj) Creating an online identity is akin to painting a white mask; the wearer can choose to paint an entirely different identity while remaining anonymous, or an authentic depiction of one’s true self. An online identity is essentially a social identity that one establishes in online communities and websites, as an actively constructed presentation of oneself. (Wikipedia) Various Social Networking Sites (http://bit. Continue reading →

Unlike in real world, where a person’s identity is shown to the public without being able to hide it, in the online web a person can create a different identity or maybe multiple identities for themselves. Continue reading →