Topic 2- Reflective Summary
Before proceeding onto my research of online identities and privacy, I wasn’t sure of what the actual pros and cons were. The only thing I could think of were childish scandals of fake Facebook profiles which were the hot topic during secondary school. During the time, a friend of mine unknowingly had another Facebook account. Could you imagine! Nonetheless, upon research I realised that there is a larger scope on the topic of online identities and can be taken at many different angles. I was aware of this mostly when reading my colleagues’ posts. In my post, I mostly referenced online identities by means of personal profiles versus professional profiles (Facebook, LinkedIn) and their impacts, however after reading Andrew Ghiacy’s post, I learnt more interesting takes on online identities. I learnt that through E-commerce, we practically create an identity for ourselves. I now have many more identities than I knew of i.e. Asos, EBay etc. Nonetheless, after outlining personal versus professional profiles, we could perhaps refer to this additional online identity as a leisure profile. Anyone agree?
My goal for future blog posts mentioned in my Topic 1- Reflective Summary was to aim to branch out on my research. I feel as though I did achieve this through learning about online identities and the pros and cons associated. Although I gained an understanding on how I interact and present myself online I do I wish I touched upon more social cons i.e. cyberbullying, as this is something that I’m sure many people have experienced. An article published last year states that ‘Cyberbullying is on a rise’- which I could have explored further. I will therefore aim to find research on current or even previous news to help me with arguments for future posts. Other than that, this was a very interesting topic!
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References
BBC News – Cyberbullying ‘on rise’ – ChildLine. 2015. BBC News – Cyberbullying ‘on rise’ – ChildLine. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25639839. [Accessed 25 February 2015].
