Digital self Flashcards
s a communication tool that allows people to share
and exchange information through the internet.
social network
The ability to interact this way has made Social media a social need in
the 21st century. Social needs are at the third level of Maslow’s (1943)
Hierarchy of Needs. Just like any of the needs in Maslow’s theory, we need to
fulfil it in order to reach the pinnacle that is self-actualization.
True of Falze
True
The formation of a digitalized concept of the self
would be part of what Baumeister (1999) would call as
Social Self
Over the years, the need for virtual social interactions became more
apparent. This has led our concept of the self to extend over to the digital
world. Which is why, now, our Digital Self has become part of our…
extended self
lack of physical, tangible, material characteristics or qualities. turning shi into data
dematerialization
Commonly a phenomenon in
online-role playing games and other platforms where we have the freedom to
modify how we are perceived online.
re embodiment
Social networking sites have been seen as relevant
to the psychological development among individuals between adolescence
and adulthood, and over the last years, even for fairly younger ones. They can
learn more about the culture and develop social skills through online
interaction among people of the same age. Commenting and posting pictures
of themselves or video logs have been an integral part of their socialization
process. As mentioned before, it has formed part of their extended selves and
acts as an agent of socialization.
Co construction of self
As mentioned in the introductory part of this lesson,
some people make use of the digital world as some form of virtual memory
storage. Some aspects of our virtual storage system may also be just selected
parts about our life that we had aimed to digitalize
distributed memory
refers to the idea of getting out of the
“real world” and go into a seemingly “fleeting yet better world”
escapism
