digital self Flashcards
become an integral part of everyday life for most of the world’s population
internet
sum of all our characteristics and our interactions
online identity
subset of characteristics that make up our identity
partial identity
partial identity we create that represents ourselves in a specific situation
persona
“process of controlling how one is perceived by other people.”
self presentation
help us share information broadly, more than ever before
digital devices
The terms “sex,” “gender,” and “sexuality” are often thought of as
synonymous
biological state that corresponds to what we might call a “man” or a “woman.”
sex
social understanding of how sex should be experienced and how sexmanifests in behavior, personality, preferences, capabilities, and so forth
gender
an individual expression and understanding of desire
sexuality
conceptualized gender as a performance
Judith Butler
has been celebrated for facilitating greater cultural participation and creativity
social media
sense of mind and self is created by
multiple social interactions with many others;
particularly from those in our early psychosocial environment.
proposed a theory of self which posited there is a “true self”
Physician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicot
The vast majority of us care about what others think of us, which sociology refers as
impression management
