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The document discusses how people present themselves online versus their real identities. It defines online identity and compares it to real identity. It also discusses how the internet has influenced expressions of gender and sexuality. It provides guidance on properly demonstrating values and attitudes online, including only sharing necessary information, keeping within family values, and remembering that anything shared could remain online forever. People should think carefully about what they post and be aware of appropriate boundaries.

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Uts Lesson 9

The document discusses how people present themselves online versus their real identities. It defines online identity and compares it to real identity. It also discusses how the internet has influenced expressions of gender and sexuality. It provides guidance on properly demonstrating values and attitudes online, including only sharing necessary information, keeping within family values, and remembering that anything shared could remain online forever. People should think carefully about what they post and be aware of appropriate boundaries.

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Lesson 9-The Digital Self

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:


Define online identity;
Compare real identity versus online identity;
Describe the influence of Internet on sexuality and
gender; and
Discuss the proper way of demonstrating values and
attitudes online.
ABSTRACTION

More than half of the population worldwide now uses


the Internet.
Internet has already become an integral part of everyday
life for most of the world’s population. The Philippines is
among one of the countries with the most active Internet
users.
Online identity is actually the sum of all our
characteristics and our interactions.
Partial identity is a subset of characteristics that make up
our identity.
Persona is the partial identity we create that represents
ourselves in a specific situation.

Selective Self-presentation and Impression Management


Self-presentation is the “process of controlling how one
is perceived by other people.”
To construct positive images, individuals selectively
provide information about them and carefully cater this
information in response to other’s feedback.
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.
We have entered an extraordinary era of self-portraiture.
In older family albums, the photographer was not often
represented in the album, whereas with arm’s-length
photos, they are necessarily included (e.g., selfies and
groupies).
Conversion of private diaries into public revelations of
inner secrets; the lack of privacy in many aspects of social
media make the users more vulnerable.
Sharing the good things, the bad, embarrassing, and
“sinful” things we experience; we also react and
comment on negative experiences of others; empathize
with people; argue with others online.
Blogs and social media are the primary digital fora on
which such confessions occur, but they can also be found
in photo- and video-sharing sites where blunders and
bad moments are also preserved and shared.
We should have a filtering system to whatever
information we share online, as well as to what
information we believe in, which are being shared or
posted by others online.

Gender and Sexuality Online


The terms “sex,” “gender,” and “sexuality” are often
thought of as synonymous. They are actually quite
distinct:
Sex is the biological state that corresponds to what we
might call a “man” or a “woman.” It is often explained as
biological, fixed, and immutable. It is actually socially
constructed.
Gender is the social understanding of how sex should be
experienced and how sex manifests in behavior,
personality, preferences, capabilities, and so forth; as a
socioculturally specific set of norms that are mapped
onto a category of “sex.”
Sexuality is an individual expression and understanding
of desire. While like gender, this is often viewed as binary
(homosexual or heterosexual), in reality, sexuality is
often experienced as fluid.
Performing Gender Online
Judith Butler conceptualized gender as a performance.
Gender was performative, in that it is produced through
millions of individual actions, rather than something that
comes naturally to men and women.
The ability of users to self-consciously adapt and play
with different gender identities would reveal the choices
involved in the production of gender, breaking down
binaries, and encouraging fluidity in sexuality and gender
expression.
Social media has been celebrated for facilitating greater
cultural participation and creativity;
The emergence of a “free culture” where individuals are
empowered to engage in cultural production using raw
materials, ranging from homemade videos to
mainstream television characters to create new culture,
memes, and humor.
While the number of male and female bloggers is roughly
equivalent, they tend to blog about different things;
Although the technologies are the same, the norms and
mores of the people using them differ.
Setting Boundaries to Your Online Self: Smart Sharing
Before posting or sharing anything online, consider
the following:
Is this post/story necessary?
Is there a real benefit to this post? Is it funny, warm-
hearted, teachable—or am I just making noise online
without purpose?
Have we (as a family or parent/child) resolved this issue?
An issue that is still being worked out at home, or one
that is either vulnerable or highly emotional, should not
be made public.
Is it appropriate? Does it stay within the boundaries of
our family values?
Will this seem as funny in 5, 10, or 15 years? Or is this
post better suited for sharing with a small group of family
members? Or maybe not at all?
Rules to Follow
Here are additional guidelines for proper sharing of
information and ethical use of the Internet according to
New (2014):
Stick to safer sites.
Guard your passwords.
Limit what you share.
Remember that anything you put online or post on a site
is there forever, even if you try to delete it.
Do not be mean to or embarrass other people online.
Always tell if you see strange or bad behavior online.
Be choosy about your online friends.
Be patient.
ASSESSMENT

Discuss the developments of the following that created


great impact in our lives. Write 2-3 paragraphs each.

1. Internet-

2. Social Networking Sites (Facebook, Twitter,ets)

3. Blogs/Vlogs-

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