Digital Self

• Digital Self - Is the aspect of the self that is expressed or shared with others through online interactions on the internet, specifically in social networking sites
• Digital Identities- the identity or sense of self a person claims in cyberspace
• Online disinhibition. Refers to the lack of restraint one feels when communicating online in comparison to communicating in-person.
• Benign Disinhibition. Occurs when people tend to disclose more on the internet that they would in real life. They tend to go out of their way to help someone or show kindness
• Toxic Disinhibition. Use rude language, threats, bully others in the online platform and go to websites that normally they would not do using their fake identities
• Asynchronous communication- where you don’t have to deal with the person’s feedback or reaction immediately
• Self Presentation - It refers to control how one person projects himself or herself either authentic or fake in any forms social interactions.
• SNS serves as a Stage and the friends/ followers we have is our audience
• Impression Management

  Conscious or subconscious process in which people attempt to influence the perceptions of other people about a person, object or event by regulating and controlling information in social interaction.
• Back Stage

  • One’s private part or could be preferred as the place where preparation for performance is happening,

  “we do the real work to keep up appearances”
• Front Stage

  • Public part, where presentation of performance occur
  • “We are trying to present an idealized version of the self according to a specific role
• Multiphrenia

  It is the fragmenting of the self, the disintegration of the “Me” which can be seen in one’s social media
• Catfish – type of activity involving creating fake social networking presence for fraudulent or deceptive purposes.
• Republic Act 10173 Data PrivacyAct of 2012

  To protect the people from invasion of privacy,
• Privacy and confidentiality should be a major concern,especially for adolescents who may not be entirely aware of the consequences of sharing private information online, for anyone to see
• dramaturgical perspective enhances the idea that individuals present and idealize their character rather than presenting an authentic version ofthemselves.