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The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Online Identity

So, it turns out I’m lazy. I’m getting stressed just thinking about having to create and maintain multiple identities online. I definitely couldn’t maintain the multiple identities that Tom suggested to me in his comment (van Dijck, 2013)! But, having discussed with Sam about how future employers might be able to find my social medias, I can see why it may be better to operate anonymous or multiple accounts across my social platforms. Continue reading →

Identifying my Identity

This week I was much happier with the content that I produced. I took on board the comments about having headings on my blog and made them work this week – compared to previous weeks where I think they interrupted the flow of the blog. My main focus of improvement this week was making sure that all of the infographics/multi-media I put on my blog were self-created. While I managed to achieve this, I only used infographics and a power-point presentation. Continue reading →

Identifying my Identity

This week I was much happier with the content that I produced. I took on board the comments about having headings on my blog and made them work this week – compared to previous weeks where I think they interrupted the flow of the blog. My main focus of improvement this week was making sure that all of the infographics/multi-media I put on my blog were self-created. While I managed to achieve this, I only used infographics and a power-point presentation. Continue reading →

Identifying my Identity

This week I was much happier with the content that I produced. I took on board the comments about having headings on my blog and made them work this week – compared to previous weeks where I think they interrupted the flow of the blog. My main focus of improvement this week was making sure that all of the infographics/multi-media I put on my blog were self-created. While I managed to achieve this, I only used infographics and a power-point presentation. Continue reading →

Identifying my Identity

This week I was much happier with the content that I produced. I took on board the comments about having headings on my blog and made them work this week – compared to previous weeks where I think they interrupted the flow of the blog. My main focus of improvement this week was making sure that all of the infographics/multi-media I put on my blog were self-created. While I managed to achieve this, I only used infographics and a power-point presentation. Continue reading →

Identifying my Identity

This week I was much happier with the content that I produced. I took on board the comments about having headings on my blog and made them work this week – compared to previous weeks where I think they interrupted the flow of the blog. My main focus of improvement this week was making sure that all of the infographics/multi-media I put on my blog were self-created. While I managed to achieve this, I only used infographics and a power-point presentation. Continue reading →

Reflection: Business and Personal – one and the same?

It is remarkable to me that we are already nearly at the end of this module (almost as remarkable as the fact we’ve had only two lectures in that time!). I really enjoyed writing about and exploring this topic, as it has lots of practical use for me, as I utilise many social media accounts and channels but have never really thought about why, or how I do so. Reading other people’s posts was great, as I managed to get an understanding beyond just my own research. Continue reading →

Reflection: Business and Personal – one and the same?

It is remarkable to me that we are already nearly at the end of this module (almost as remarkable as the fact we’ve had only two lectures in that time!). I really enjoyed writing about and exploring this topic, as it has lots of practical use for me, as I utilise many social media accounts and channels but have never really thought about why, or how I do so. Reading other people’s posts was great, as I managed to get an understanding beyond just my own research. Continue reading →

Online Identity: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Source: American Nurse Today UPDATE: reflection post available here. We all create different versions of ourselves online, either because we want to hold back from oversharing or because we want to match our image to the platform we’re using.     I choose to adapt what I share online. I created all types of identities, ranging from completely anonymous to mostly authentic. Continue reading →

Online Identity: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Source: American Nurse Today UPDATE: reflection post available here. We all create different versions of ourselves online, either because we want to hold back from oversharing or because we want to match our image to the platform we’re using.     I choose to adapt what I share online. I created all types of identities, ranging from completely anonymous to mostly authentic. Continue reading →

Online Identity: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Source: American Nurse Today We all create different versions of ourselves online, either because we want to hold back from oversharing or because we want to match our image to the platform we’re using.     I choose to adapt what I share online. I created all types of identities, ranging from completely anonymous to mostly authentic. I do this so that I can separate my interests from personal profiles, which has been discussed by many prominent figures (Krotoski, 2012). Continue reading →

Are you having an online identity crisis?

Ever since internet access has been facilitating the formations of our online identities, it’s become difficult to maintain a clear distinction between the personal/private and the public (Preston, 2014). This is evidenced by the increasing amount of individuals losing their jobs due to regrettable posts (Warren, 2011). Continue reading →

Are you having an online identity crisis?

Ever since internet access has been facilitating the formations of our online identities, it’s become difficult to maintain a clear distinction between the personal/private and the public (Preston, 2014). This is evidenced by the increasing amount of individuals losing their jobs due to regrettable posts (Warren, 2011). Continue reading →

Single Vs Multiple Identities

Social media is growing in importance in the recruitment process, data has revealed that 70% of employers actually check out potential employee’s social media profiles . This is easily done with readily available networks such as LinkedIn which functions to help individuals network professionally (Mind Tools, 2018). The topic of single vs multiple online identities is often debated. Continue reading →

Different faces of our personality?

    In an increasingly technological world, social media sites such as Facebook are becoming increasingly important in maintaining a social life and in the workplace. However, this creates the dilemma/choice to depict oneself through a single or multiple identities. Having a singly identity is associated with authenticity and integrity , we’ve seen that the norm for many is multiple accounts/profiles. Continue reading →

How many people are you online?

Digital Identities The concept of digital identity is becoming increasingly important in society (Costa & Torres, 2011). In the past, one’s online identity could be detached from real life, however, in recent times the two have been more interconnected (Krotoski, 2012). Digital identity has become so important that a person’s digital footprint could affect job hunting if employers and recruiters find undesirable content amongst candidates (Jacobs, 2013). Continue reading →

Single online Identity, versus multiple online identities, versus total anonymity

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

Single online Identity, versus multiple online identities, versus total anonymity

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

Single online Identity, versus multiple online identities, versus total anonymity

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

Single online Identity, versus multiple online identities, versus total anonymity

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →