Who Am I

in the
Cyber
World
(Digital
Self)
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 ABSTRACTION
What’s on your mind?
Jolina Joy Battad Bayaca
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 Almost two-thirds of the world’s population now has a mobile phone

 More than half of the worlds web traffic now comes from the mobile
phones
 More than half of all mobile connections around the world are now
“broadband”
 More than one in five of the world’s population shopped online in the
past 30 days
 Global Digital Snapshot
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 Global Digital Snapshot
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 Goffman (1959) and Leary (1995)
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Self-presentation is the “process of controlling how

one is perceived by other people” and is the key to
relationship inception and development. To construct positive
images, individuals selectively provide information about them
carefully cater this information in response to others feedback.
 Belk (2013)
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Sharing ourselves is no longer new and

has been practiced as soon as human beings
were formed. Digital devices help us share
information broadly, more than ever before.
 Mendelson and Papacharissi (2011)
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In websites like Flickr or Photobucket,

the use of arm’s length self photography
indicates a major change.
 Schwarz (2010)
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We have entered an extraordinary era of

self portraiture. Blogs and web pages have
been continuously used for greater self
reflection and self presentation.
 Labreque, Markos, Milne, et al. (2011)
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Researchers and participants become

concerned with actively managing identity and
reputation and to warn against the phenomenon
of “oversharing.”
Van Dijck (2008)
 Van Dijck (2008)

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Van Djick (2008)

Sometimes people become unaware
of the extent of information they share online
and what should not.

Van Djick (2008)

Furthermore, it provides a more
complete narration of self and gives people
an idealized view of how they would like to
be remembered by others.
Gershon (2010)
 Gershon (2010)

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Gershon (2010)
Many teenagers, as well as
some adults, share even intimate
details with their partners like their
passwords.
Gershon (2010)
This could be an ultimate act of
intimacy and trust or the ultimate
expression of paranoia and distrust
with the partner.
Fear of Missing out
 Fear of Missing Out

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Fear of Missing out

The lack of privacy in many
aspects of social media makes the
users more vulnerable, leading to
compulsively checking newsfeeds and
continually adding tweets and postings
in order to appear active and
interesting.
Source: Ridley 2012; Suler 2004
Disinhibition Effect
 Disinhibition Effect

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Disinhibition Effect
One of the reasons for so much
sharing and self disclosure online is so-called
“disinhibition effect”
Source: Ridley 2012; Suler 2004

Disinhibition Effect
The resulting disinhibition causes
people believe that they are able to express
their “true self” better online than they ever
could in face to face contexts
Source: Taylor 2002
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Disinhibition Effect
However, it does not mean that
there is a fixed “true self.” The self is
still a work in progress.
Source: (Morris et. Al. 2010)
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Strange love
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o We share the bad, embarassing, and “sinful” things
we experienced
o We React and comment on negative experiences of
others
o We emphatize
o We Argue online
o Relationships may be made stronger or broken
o Blogs and social media is where confessions occur
o Photo and video sharing sites where blunders and
bad moments are preserved and shared
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Foucault
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Confession, along with contemplation,

self-examination, learning, reading, and
writing self critical letters to friends are part of
“technologies of the self”
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Gender- social understanding of how sex should be

experienced and how sex manifests in behavior,
personality, preferences and so forth

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media and popular culture. It is thaught
by families, schools, peer groups, and
nation states.

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expression and understanding of
desire.

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