DIGITAL SELF Flashcards
No. of smartphones were shipped to the country during the first quarter of 2016.
3.5 million
Americans between the ages of 8 and 18 years spend onaverage ____ hours per day using some sort of electronic devices, and 95% of then have access to internet as reported by Pew(2014)
7.5 hours
Statistics from Western countries showed that in 2012,
78% of online teens own a cell phone,
8 out of 10 teens own adesktop or laptop,
**23% of teens have tablet computer, **
50% send to 50 or more text messages a day.
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is defined as those capabilities possessed by individuals who are living, learning and working in a digital society.
DIGITAL LITERACY
In the real world, authority are status may be expressed by clothing
and body language.
In virtual interactions, these markers are
stripped.
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people are more willing to speak out and
misbehave without fear of disapproval and punishment from authority figures.
CYBERSPACE
Adolescents who speak out may believe that they come form a
position of **authority **just like others due to linkages and easy
access of communication.
- In cyberspace, authority is minimized
- The behaviour of people tends to be **different in virtual spaces
when compared to face to face interactions. ** - People feel more relaxed, less restrained and tend to express
themselves more openly.
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is the lack of restraint one feels when communicating online in comparison to communicating in-person.
In positive user can exhibit extraordinary acts of kindness or charity
Online disinhibition
Online disinhibition can also **enhance self-esteem and self confidence.
Not all disinhibition is a bad thing. Sometimes people share very personal things about themselves. It could be a cathartic experience which gives opportunity to reveal secret emotions, fear and wishes.
- They show** unusual act of kindness** and generosity, sometimes going out
of their way to help others. - On the benign side, the disinhibition indicates an attempt to understand
and explore oneself, to work through problems and find new ways of
being.
to combat loneliness and depression through online interactions.
Social interactions may moderate
negative mood
* People can be extremely generous and kind to others in the virtual world.
Benign Disinhibition
includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages,
chat and websites.
ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY
- Disinhibition can also be ugly. People have witnessed rude language, harsh criticism, anger, hatred even threat online.
- Other may even go to the dark side of the internet where they can
access **pornography, crimes and other form of violence. ** - People tend to go to virtual space which they are not supposed to explore.
toxic disinhibition.
refers to anything that describes a
person an individual presents across all digital spaces that he/she
is represented in.
DIGITAL IDENTITY (DI)
bullying that takes place using electronic
technology.
CYBERBULLYING
is the use of information and Communication Technology to harass, control, manipulate or habitually disparage a child, adult, business or group without a direct or implied threat of
physical harm.
CYBER HARASSMENT
is also called login name, sign-in name, sign on name
which is a unique sequence of characters used to identify a user
and allow access to a computer system, computer network, or
online account
USERNAME
express one’s identity to others and helps
them make sense of it themselves. There are the signals that
represent who the person is offline such as hair, clothes, and body
modification.
SYMBOLIC MARKERS
let’s a person associate a persistent ID for a single user with that user’s engagement data from one or more devices
USER ID
also plays a role for online users. As the
word ‘anonymous’ indicates, a person can have no name or at least
not the real name. People don’t have to own their behaviour by
acknowledging it within the full context of who ‘they’ really are
Dissociative anonymity
