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Tom, meet Professional Tom.

Privacy is crucial in a democracy, and shouldn’t be conflated with wrongdoing (Solove, 2007). However, as the adoption of the internet has increased, symbiotically the amount of privacy has decreased. Faced with this problem, individuals have started to separate their once unified identity into separate profiles. For privacy purposes By having multiple profiles one benefits from increased privacy – especially if some of the additional profiles are anonymous. Continue reading →

Who am I? Singles Vs Multiple Identities.

We have the ability to create our own online identities in todays world. Some people chose to have their online identity reflect their offline identity in all ways on all social platforms that they are a part of. Some people have more than one online identity showing different sides of them eg. Personal and Professional. Continue reading →

Multiple Identities?

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

Multiple Identities?

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

Remember when on the Internet nobody knew who you were?

In the past, it was much easier to conceal your true identity on the Internet. A suitable depiction of this comes from a cartoon illustrated by Peter Steiner in 1993. Figure 1. “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” by Peter Steiner (1993) published in The New Yorker. The Debate: A Single Online Identity vs. Multiple Online Identities Figure 2. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Why settle for one when you can have multiple?

In the early years of the internet, it was much easier to hide your online identity. Cartoonist Peter Steiner published an illustration in a 1993 issue of The New Yorker that perfectly depicted the anonymity that came with internet interactions. Peter Steiner’s cartoon illustration (Steiner, 1993) SINGLE IDENTITY Facebook and Google have been large influences in creating a single identity on the web. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Choices and Dangers

A near unlimited access to the internet allows a user a nearly unlimited amount and personalisations of online identities. But how dangerous can one, some, or many online identities be? ‘Dangers of Various Online Identities’ – Image by Pethick, 2018. Continue reading →

Who are you? – Looking at Online Identities

What is in an identity? How we represent ourselves online has for many years been in the public eye – stretching as far back to 1993 when Peter Steiner drew a cartoon depicting a dog using a computer: “On the internet, no-one knows you’re a dog” (Fleishman, 2000). Continue reading →

Single vs multiple online identities?

We might think of the web as a space, a cyberspace whereby different individuals have online personas, which constantly grow; each time we create new accounts, we add to our online identities (Costa and Torre, 2011). But what is our online identity? Click my video below to find out more about online identity! (Created on Biteable, 2018; Costa and Torre, 2011).  As mentioned within my video, we can have single or multiple online identities which determine how and what we use the web for. Continue reading →

Single Identity or Multiple Identities Online?

   This saying, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”, was coined by cartoonist Peter Steiner, who didn’t realise the potential the cartoon had at the time (Fleishman, 2000), but what does it mean? – Essentially, the internet gives you the power to choose your identity and present yourself as one, or as many identities. Continue reading →

The Real Me? – Topic 3

Introduction Online profiling is a popular method to publicly advertise personal characteristics and interests. However, users may have several identities across multiple platforms, rather than one consistent identity (FutureLearn, 2017). Continue reading →

Who Are You Online?

The development of social media sometimes makes it hard to distinguish between your professional and personal life. And the idea of avoiding social media all together nowadays is unrealistic and potentially disadvantageous to an individual. Definitions of professional and personal profiles: Info-graphic created by me giving succinct definitions of professional and personal profiles. Continue reading →

Who Are You Online?

The development of social media sometimes makes it hard to distinguish between your professional and personal life. And the idea of avoiding social media all together nowadays is unrealistic and potentially disadvantageous to an individual. Definitions of professional and personal profiles: Info-graphic created by me giving succinct definitions of professional and personal profiles. Continue reading →

Single Identity vs Multiple Identities – what’s best for you?

Copyright the New Yorker Collection 1993. Peter Steiner From cartoonbank.com. All rights reserved. Since the New Yorker published their now-famous cartoon in 1993 (Fleishman, 2000) the idea that no one knows who you are online has “run and run and run” (Cavna, 2013). Cartoonist Peter Steiner’s take on online identity marked the start of a debate between a single online identity or multiple. Continue reading →

One Person, Two Identities.

Self-Presentation VS Self-Promotion Social media offers us the possibilities to self express, present and promote ourselves. However, to what extent we choose to enhance these dimensions often depends on what our end goal and ambitions our. Dijck (2013) best describes this in analysing the variation of self-expression seen between Facebook and LinkedIn. Dijck (2013 pp.199) explains this difference falls between the two social medias cites interface. Continue reading →

Feedback on Topic 2

Topic 2 went well, with most of you making good improvement. Try not to let the break result in a backwards step! Specifically for topic 2, it was fine to limit yourself to a single literacy, but you needed to acknowledge the others and justify why  you only addressed one. Also, the question asked you to evaluate, which means to make a judgement as to the effectiveness of these methods of assessing reliability based on evidence/research/comparison, not to just describe the methods. Continue reading →

Accessing the MOOC steps (after Easter)

The MOOC is officially closed. You will be offered the chance to gain access by upgrading (at a cost). Do NOT do this. Instead, we have made many (but not all) of the steps available to you. You need to use the step url as contained in the excel file below. learning-network-age-4_links If a step number is not on the list it means that step is unavailable. Let me know if you have any problems. Continue reading →