UNDSLF DIGITAL SELF

ONLINE IDENTITY

Who you pretend to be online (gaming avatar, Instagram Profile).

REAL IDENTITY

Who you are offline (school, family).

FOMO(FEAR OF MISSING OUT)

Posting to feel included. People would like to remain updated and they keep on sharing themselves online because it adds a sense of confidence at their end especially if others like and share their post.

THE DISINHIBITION EFFECT

the lack of face-to-face gaze-meeting, together with feelings of anonymity and invisibility, gives people the freedom for self disclosure but can also “flame” others and may cause conflict sometimes.

PERSONAL IDENTITY

What make you unique (hobbies).

SOCIAL IDENTITY

Groups you belong to (Kpop fan, gamer)

SELECTIVE SELF PRESENTATION

People post only the “good stuff” to look cool.

PARTIAL IDENTITY

Sharing only parts of yourself (only posting gym pics or beach pics).

 Representing identity in specific situations

PERSONA

A role you play online (funny tiktoker, or sad boi)

Foucault

Which philosopher discussed "technologies of the self" related to online confessions?

Goffman

who introduced the concept of "Impression Management.

DIGITAL DEVICES

help us share information broadly, now than ever before.

BELK

he explained that sharing ourselves is no longer new and has been practiced as soon as human being formed.

SCHWARZ

he mentioned, we have entered an extraordinary era of self portraiture. Blogs and web pages have been continually used for greater self-reflection and self-presentation facebook and other social media application are now a key part of self-presentation for one sixth of humanity.F

FOUCAULT

according to him confessing our secret truths feels freeing, even as it binds us in a guilt-motivated self-governance born of a long history.