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According to Costa, and Torres, Digital Identity denotes Presentation and Reputation. Presentation is the way we interact and showcase of our practice, while Reputation is the way people consider us to be. Even if we’re just using the Internet for temporary educational/project purposes, we’ve unknowingly succumbed to the possibility of identity creation (Costa, C. and Torres, R., 2011). Continue reading →

Task – Compare and contrast the benefits/drawbacks of having a single online identity versus multiple personal/professional online identities. There are many digital differences (demographic, psychographic and behavioural factors) influencing the way we choose to express our identity on the web. Our Identity is a combination of our social construction, natural and innate thoughts. Identity can be manipulated to blend in with different groups of people, thereby being ever-changing. Continue reading →

Our online personas we build on the internet are digital breadcrumbs of the same persona (Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, 2017). Almost all activities that are based on using web tool/applications are ways of creating our digital identities, even when they are not on deliberate (Torres and Costa, 2011). Relating to our topic on ‘Digital Residents vs Visitors’, a motive is the driving factor in our decision to have an (or several) online identities. Source: Self-produced, Content by http://www. Continue reading →

The proliferation of the Internet has led us to another problem: online identities. A sizable amount of employers incorporate the candidate’s social media identities into the screening process (Forbes, 2013). There are several ways to manage online identities. One can maintain a single identity or adopt multiple personalities, including public or anonymous ones. Self-produced graphic A singular identity across different networks can present both advantages and disadvantages. Continue reading →

The digital world is moving from an Information Age to an Experience Age, which is shaped by our online interactions and mobile phones (Wadhera, 2016). This image represents the shift in ways people portray their digital profile. Continue reading →

  Before Facebook and Instagram became the major social platforms of this era, there were GTalk and MySpace was used by the majority of the internet users and anonymity was the highlight among the users. Even though the internet has been improved and still is improving, the number of fake accounts is still increasing. According to this article, it is normal to have multiple online identities these days. Continue reading →

1. Introduction Internet is the centrality of our day-to-day lives. Our online identities impact our lives positively and negativity. As individuals we have a number of sites and services that requires an account (username, profile pictures). We all have a spectrum of identities, some we made public, some we kept away for our privacy purposes. Some of us separated work and friends, some of us chose not to. What are these identities and their pros and cons? 2. Continue reading →

“Different sites, different audiences, different purpose, Very simple!” (Lee, 2016). There are many social media allows the people to have the multiple online identities easily, the users can portray different sides of themselves, be it authentic or anonymous. In this post, I will discuss how do I manage my online identities, as well as the advantage and disadvantage of the single and multiple online identities. Continue reading →

Source: Information from MOOC Section 2.6, Picture produced by Agnes. As we all know with multiple e-mail accounts you can sign up for multiple social media accounts. This account could be used to differentiate yourself towards your friends, family or colleagues. But do you really have to do that? Source: Figures from MOOC section 2.6, picture produced by Agnes According to the short discussion on MOOC in Section 2. Continue reading →

Going on the Internet is like attending a masquerade ball – each being could be putting on a mask as a facade, we can pick and choose which aspects we want to share with others. Online Identities refer to how users create distinctive characteristics, personalities and signs to author our presence in the Web. (Angela Thomas)   Self Produced Self Produced Source: https://www.futurelearn. Continue reading →