CHAPTER 6: Digital Self

Question 1

It is the aspect of the self that is expressed or shared with others through online interactions on the internet, specifically in social networking sites.

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DIGITAL SELF

Question 2

refers to the exposure in public of what one feels privately.

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SINCERITY

Question 3

is one who takes action based on some internal standards and takes responsibility for this freely chosen action.

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Authentic person

Question 4

websites and applications that make it easier to create and share information, ideas, and interests.

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Social Media

Question 5

It allows people to create other forms of self-expression via virtual communities and networks.

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DIGITAL SELF

Question 6

refers to an individual’s attempts, both conscious and unconscious, to control how he projects himself in social interactions.

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Self-presentation

Question 7

Is a behavior intended to create, modify, or maintain an impression of ourselves in the minds of others

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Self-presentation

Question 8

maintained that college studentsview cell phones, instant messaging and theInternet as “extensions of themselves

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Jones (2007)

Question 9

Involves the use of the internet to connectusers with their friends, family andacquaintances.

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SOCIAL NETWORKING

Question 11

the attempt to control or influence any other people’s perceptions.

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Impression management

Question 12

SURROUNDING ONESELF TO PROTECT OR PROMOTE ONESELF’s IMAGE.

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ASSOCIATION

Question 13

EXCESSIVELY COMPLIMENTING SOMEONE OR ACKNOWLEDGING THEM FOR DOING THEIR JOB CORRECTLY.

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FLATTERY/ACCLAIM

Question 14

EXAGGERATING ONE’S STRNGTH OR CHARACTERISTICS TO CAUSE SOMEONE ELSE TO THINK HIGHLY OF THEM .

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Self-promotion

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INFLUENCING OTHER’S PERCEPTION BY COMPLIMENTING THEM FOR ONE TO APPEAR LIKEBLE.

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Ingratiation

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ALIGNING ONE’S BEHAVIOR OR IMAGE WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

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Exemplification

Question 17

GETTING WHAT ONE WANT BY USING AGGRESSION TO CONTROL ANOTHER PERSON.

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Intimidation

Question 18

an approach where the individual exploits his weaknesses or shortcomings to receive help or benefits.

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Supplications

Question 19

this theory suggested that the advantage of computer-mediated communication is that a person can edit his self-presentation

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Hyperpersonal model

Question 20

when people adopt fake identities, they are likely to engage in behaviors that they would not do in real life interactions.

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Online Disinhibition effect

Question 21

occurs when people tend to self-disclose more on the internet than they would in real life or go out of their way to help someone or show kindness.

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Benign disinhibition

Question 22

people take part in this effect when they use rude language, bully or threaten other on online platforms, and go to websites with contents of violence, crime, pornography.

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Toxic disinhibition

Question 23

found that the use of internet has bothpositive and negative outcomes.

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Hechanova and Ortega-Go (2014)

Question 24

It is the persona you use in social media.

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DIGITAL SELF

Question 25

are those who were born after 1980, who have access and skills to use digital technologies especially social media.

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DIGITAL NATIVES

Question 26

are those who were born prior to 1980; who were not born into the digital world but have, at some point in their lives, become amazed by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology.

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DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS

Question 27

It can refer to the usernames and digital footprint that individuals choose.

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digital identity

Question 28

refers to one’s unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications that are manifested on the Internet or on digital devices

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Digital footprint

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is the record or trail left by the things you do online.

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Digital footprint

Question 30

is created when data is collected without the owner knowing

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passive digital footprint

Question 31

are created when personal data is released deliberately by a user for the purpose of sharing information about oneself by means of websites or social media

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active digital footprints

Question 32

is a conscious or subconscious process in which people attempt to influence the perceptions of other people.

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impression management