{"id":186,"date":"2015-02-22T17:22:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliviahandyside.wordpress.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2015-02-22T17:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T17:22:45","slug":"topic-2-online-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2008-2015\/2015\/02\/22\/topic-2-online-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic 2: Online Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick Google of my name shows the usual links to Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin etc, all of which I\u2019ve knowingly placed information into in order to build a profile. But there is also information that I\u2019ve never placed on the internet; you can see that I passed my Grade 1 Ballet exam when I was in Year 2, not exactly scandalous and it won\u2019t stop me from getting a job but it just shows that we have little control of what is written about us online. Regardless of whether we want to have an online identity, by the time we\u2019re at University, the chances are we inadvertently already have one. A further Google search of \u201cFor and Against having an Online Identity\u201d produces results almost exclusively claiming having an online identity can lead to you falling victim to Identity theft; our habit of over sharing personal information on Social Media can leave us exposed to identity and bank fraud (Smith, 2014). We could argue that having more than one online identity could actually protect us.<\/p>\n

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This graphic is based on the ideas found on internetsociety.org. It shows how our individual identities on the web are combined to create what is known about our Identity on the Internet. I think that this show how hard it is to have a credible identity when we attempt to have more than one; the circles wouldn\u2019t overlap in the same way. As Aleks Krotoski points out in his article, \u201cthe main value now lies within creating a platform that provides confidence that a person is who they say they are\u201d (Krotoski, 2012).<\/p>\n

Something that wasn\u2019t raised by my readings was what the motivation was for having more than one identity? I use my online identity to communicate with friends, follow beauty blogs and aimlessly browse Amazon, I find it hard to comprehend why you would have the need to do this outside of your actual identity. In Japan there are sites such as 4Chan where you are totally anonymous to other users (Krotoski, 2012). However, with cookies, IP addresses etc, can you ever truly be anonymous online?<\/p>\n

Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently announced that in the not so distant future \u201cevery young person.. will be entitled automatically to change his or her name on reaching adulthood in order to disown youthful hijinks stored on their friends social media sites\u201d (Jenkins, 2010). This presents the idea of \u2018Reputation Bankruptcy\u2019 (Zittrain, 2010). If you gain Reputation Bankruptcy, the good as well as the bad would be removed; what does it mean for society if we can effectively remove our past from the Internet?<\/p>\n

437 Words.<\/p>\n

Reference List:
\nhttp:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/online-identity-overview#overlay-context=<\/a> Accessed: 19\/02\/2015<\/p>\n

Jenkins Jr, Holman W, 14\/08\/2010. \u201cGoogle and the search to the future\u201d, The Wall Street Journal. http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052748704901104575423294099527212<\/a> Accessed: 19\/02\/2015<\/p>\n

Krotoski, Aleks, 19\/04\/2012. \u201cOnline Identity: is authenticity or anonymity more important?, The Guardian. http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2012\/apr\/19\/online-identity-authenticity-anonymity<\/a> Accessed: 19\/02\/2015<\/p>\n

Smith, Anthony, 24\/10\/2014. \u201cFive ways to protect yourself against online identity theft\u201d. The Huffington Post. http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/anthony-smith\/5-ways-to-protect-yoursel_1_b_6040872.html<\/a> Accessed:19\/02\/2015<\/p>\n

Zittrain, Jonathon, 07\/09\/2010. \u201cReputation Bankruptcy\u201d, The future of the Internet and how to stop it. http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/futureoftheinternet\/2010\/09\/07\/reputation-bankruptcy\/<\/a> Accessed: 19\/02\/2015<\/p>\n

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