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Identity in the digital society: a never-ending story.

  Do we all need to create multiple online identities? Since the growing number of incidents like Justine Sacco’s tweet and the data breach scandal from Cambridge Analytica, it was no surprise to see many posts favoured the use of multiple/anonymous online identities.  Additionally, it was interesting to see many of us took different approaches to analyse single and multiple online identities (as shown in the graph below). Continue reading →

Identity in the digital society: a never-ending story.

  Do we all need to create multiple online identities? Since the growing number of incidents like Justine Sacco’s tweet and the data breach scandal from Cambridge Analytica, it was no surprise to see many posts favoured the use of multiple/anonymous online identities.  Additionally, it was interesting to see many of us took different approaches to analyse single and multiple online identities (as shown in the graph below). Continue reading →

Identity in the digital society: a never-ending story.

  Do we all need to create multiple online identities? Since the growing number of incidents like Justine Sacco’s tweet and the data breach scandal from Cambridge Analytica, it was no surprise to see many posts favoured the use of multiple/anonymous online identities.  Additionally, it was interesting to see many of us took different approaches to analyse single and multiple online identities (as shown in the graph below). Continue reading →

Topic 3: Reflection

Throughout the last few days, my understanding of online identities has largely deepened, owing to interactions with both colleagues’ own posts and comments within my own. Comments on my Post Challenging questions posed on my online identities post led to interesting additional research. The table below summarises each comment, in addition to how they shaped my own comprehension. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Reflection

Throughout the last few days, my understanding of online identities has largely deepened, owing to interactions with both colleagues’ own posts and comments within my own. Comments on my Post Challenging questions posed on my online identities post led to interesting additional research. The table below summarises each comment, in addition to how they shaped my own comprehension. Continue reading →

Reflecting on My Online Identity

Initially, I had not known the different ways we can separate our personal and professions lives, but this week’s topic has allowed me to understand what identity I portray online, why this is, and how this aids my employability (BBC, 2013). Continue reading →

Reflecting on My Online Identity

Initially, I had not known the different ways we can separate our personal and professions lives, but this week’s topic has allowed me to understand what identity I portray online, why this is, and how this aids my employability (BBC, 2013). Continue reading →

Reflecting on My Online Identity

Initially, I had not known the different ways we can separate our personal and professions lives, but this week’s topic has allowed me to understand what identity I portray online, why this is, and how this aids my employability (BBC, 2013). Continue reading →

Reflecting on our online identities

This week, I found it difficult to add to the discussion of online identities, because many others have also commented in this specific topic. The MOOC got me started however and I produced a chart to explain the benefits and disadvantages of having multiple or single identities online. I remembered Mark Weal saying in first year, “on the internet no one knows you’re a dog”, and this led me to do some Googling and found that funny video. Continue reading →

Reflection – Online Identities

When writing about this topic the focus was about the differences between single and multiple identities, however after reading more into it and reading the comments made on my post I found there was more of a debate on the concept of anonymous accounts.  Sam‘s comment on my blog questioned the idea of whether the dark web had more drawbacks than benefits while Joanna also commented on the problem of anonymity. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Online Identities

Overall Reflection After reading my peers blogs, I noted that I had not actually considered how I manage my identity online. I would argue that I am for the most part quite transparent and singular as my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are all linked and easily accessible. However, I have a smaller network on snapchat. Professionally, I have a linked in account that only a few of ‘friends’ are a part of my network. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Online Identities

Overall Reflection After reading my peers blogs, I noted that I had not actually considered how I manage my identity online. I would argue that I am for the most part quite transparent and singular as my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are all linked and easily accessible. However, I have a smaller network on snapchat. Professionally, I have a linked in account that only a few of ‘friends’ are a part of my network. Continue reading →

Reflecting on Online Identities

Overall Reflection After reading my peers blogs, I noted that I had not actually considered how I manage my identity online. I would argue that I am for the most part quite transparent and singular as my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are all linked and easily accessible. However, I have a smaller network on snapchat. Professionally, I have a linked in account that only a few of ‘friends’ are a part of my network. Continue reading →

Be safe online – reflection

Speaking on social media in 2010, CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg stated: “I’m trying to make the world a more open place” (Vargas, 2010). Despite Zuckerberg’s light-hearted comments, social networks, such as Facebook, have the potential to perpetuate negative social effects on people due to the open nature of the platform. Continue reading →

One reflection, multiple identites

Reflection on Topic 3: Through discussing with Emily I became more aware of how easy identity theft is online. We spoke about how we have been victim to someone stealing our personal photos and using them to be someone else on social media. Continue reading →

Considering Online Identities

Digging more into the concept of online identities through discussions in this topic has been insightful. Previously, I had strong preconceived notions of the most appropriate way to represent yourself through an online identity – a significant preference for adopting multiple identities to represent myself accordingly to disparate groups of people. There are a myriad of advantages to doing so as detailed in a wide range of sources: (Smarty, 2009), (Rowledge, 2018). Continue reading →

Reflecting on the power of multiple identities.

There are a wide range of advantages and drawbacks of having single and multiple online identities as discussed within my previous post. However, since reflecting upon the topic and reading a range of blogs, as shown within my Piktochart, I believe that I overlooked some of the advantages of having multiple online identities. Continue reading →

Reflecting on the power of multiple identities.

There are a wide range of advantages and drawbacks of having single and multiple online identities as discussed within my previous post. However, since reflecting upon the topic and reading a range of blogs, as shown within my Piktochart, I believe that I overlooked some of the advantages of having multiple online identities. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Reflection

Stephanie and I discussed how multiple and anonymous identities can lead to users gaining a sense of ‘invincibility’ online. On sites such as reddit users go by an anonymous username and hence any of their actions cannot be traced to their real identity. Stephanie noted that reddit has a lot more abusive behaviour than other social media platforms, and this is due to the bravery the users gain from anonymity. Continue reading →

Online Identities – Reflection

Stephanie and I discussed how multiple and anonymous identities can lead to users gaining a sense of ‘invincibility’ online. On sites such as reddit users go by an anonymous username and hence any of their actions cannot be traced to their real identity. Stephanie noted that reddit has a lot more abusive behaviour than other social media platforms, and this is due to the bravery the users gain from anonymity. Continue reading →