After reading the entirety of the journal I had a lot of interesting questions that pertain to more of the modern technology such as twitter and Facebook. Twitter and Facebook are very similar in what can be posted and what can be seen. When I see a friends social media I can tell the difference between the person I know from hanging out to the person that is seen on the internet. The online self really tries to produce an image of themselves on the internet that they wish a certain audience to view. For my client, I wonder who that audience is, and what is it that they want them to see about him. Does he want to remain as true to himself as he can, or does he want to pick and choose which attribute he wished to display to help him with certain career paths in the future? Hoffman uses the word mask to demonstrate individuals who create a different person online. Does my client wish to completely change his image online?
After it is decided what my client wishes to display online, what does he want it to look like. With both the social media I mentioned above, they use quite a bit of picture of the individual. That is another topic that is discussed, do you post pictures of yourself, or of an avatar. Do you want to remain as close to anonymous as possible, or let the whole world see you as you are? Once you decide which, an individual has to live up to that image and maintain the social media. People always behave slightly different online so I believe it would be a good thing to try and figure out which trait my client wishes to conceal and reveal.
Interview questions:
- do you want to put your ideal self online or your true self?
- what do you want to conceal online about your offline self (split identities)?
- do you want to start you Facebook back up?
- be active on social media…
- who is your target audience.. friends or employers?
- Do you want to remain as close to anonymous as possible, or let the whole world see you as you are?
- Top favorite things that you enjoy or aspirations but don’t display on social media
- offline vs online (recursive)
Help Received: ‘The presentation of self in the online world’ : Goffman and the study of online identities
October 5, 2015 at 2:33 pm
This is a great post, Rebecca! You engage with the reading and make connections to your experiences and back to the project! I’d love to see more posts like this! Great work!