Module 3.4 THE DIGITAL SELF Flashcards
The amount of time adolescents/teens spend online can have both a positive and a negative outcome. (Sandrock, 2014)
With this influx of the digital technology, a new version of the self is formed.
The digital self
The Philippines is the fastest-growing market of smartphones in the __ based on a report of a market research company.
ASEAN
About __ million smartphones were shipped to the country in the first quarter of 2016.
3.5
Currently about __% of all Filipinos are smartphone users and that is projected to increase in the next years
30
defined as those capabilities possessed by individuals who are living, learning and working in a digital society.
DIGITAL LITERACY
the lack of restraint one feels when communicating online in comparison to communicating in-person
ONLINE DISINHIBITION
2 categories of online disinhibition
Benign disinhibition
Toxic disinhibition
The disinhibition that indicates attempt to understand and explore oneself, to work through problems, and find new ways of being.
Benign Disinhibition
describes behavior that includes rude language,
threats, and visiting places of pornography, crime and violence on the internet, places the person might not go to in real life
Toxic Disinhibition
Bullying that takes places using electronic technology.
Cyberbullying
the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to harass, control, manipulate or habitually disparage someone. It is the adult form of cyber bullying
Cyber Harassment
• Don’t post or send anything you would be embarrassed for certain others to see.
• Do be careful about over-sharing.
• Don’t hang out with the “wrong crowd” online.
• Do consider your emotional state before virtually posting or responding to anything.
• Do consider the reaction individuals are expecting from toxic disinhibition.
• Do search for yourself online
Managing Online Disinhibition
Refers to anything that describes a persona an
individual presents across all digital spaces that he/she is represented in.
Digital Identity (DI)
Express one’s identity to others and helps them make sense of it themselves.
Symbolic Markers
refers to the identity, soul or spirit separate
from physical body.
Internet disembodiment