{"id":141,"date":"2014-10-25T20:13:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charliemasonblog.wordpress.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2014-10-25T20:13:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T20:13:37","slug":"different-identities-for-different-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2033\/2014\/topic-2-2014\/2014\/10\/different-identities-for-different-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Identities for Different Situations?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As\u00a0soon to be graduates searching for jobs, we are advised to make our online presence expansive. Adding into this mix is that we\u00a0have spent our formative teenage years online in one sense or another and have posts from school and university days<\/a> (DiMicco, 2007, p.384), therefore, we as young adults are likely to have developed and changed in the past 5 years. As such we can say whilst that in itself is a good argument for having multiple identities, it also show that\u00a0we talk about our personas<\/a>\u00a0when discussing identities\u00a0(Warburton, 2010, p.11).<\/p>\n

It’s advised<\/a>\u00a0to have separate Twitter accounts (and thus identities), as private views and opinions are not compatible with job roles and opportunities. Though, it is important to ask why one needs\u00a0multiple identities, which could raise notes of suspicion. Much like airport security, why have that simmering anxiety (it could just be me…)\u00a0when there’s nothing to hide?<\/p>\n

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Kevork Djansezian \/ Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

With Twitter, it is known\u00a0that there is a need to remove doubt from readers minds as to what a tweet or retweet could suggest or endorse, in the form of a disclaimer.<\/p>\n

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Remember RTs not an endorsement.<\/p>\n

— Matthew Goldstein (@MattGoldstein26) October 25, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n