Political and Digital

• Digital self


  The self that is presented and managed online
• Selective Presentation and Impression Management


  • Our behaviors can change if we notice that we are being watched or observed
  • We select only what we want to present and impress to others, what we view beneficial to our personality, especially when we create a digital self
  • Most often we try to impress others - to put our best foot forward, to try to look good and always into new trends, and to always get people to like us even if it means we need to lie, to pretend and to create fictitious self of ours
• Self-presentation


  How people attempt to present themselves to control or shape how others view them. It involves expressing oneself and behaving in ways that create a desired impression.
• Impression management


  The controlled presentation of information about all sorts of things, including information about other people or events.
• Selective self-presentation and impression management is very important in the development and maintenance of your social relationships, and it is critically important for you to gain self-confidence and pride.
• Your success in social relationships and your triumph as a person requires a delicate balance of self-presentation and impression management.
• It is with this reason that you need to monitor and control how you appear to others. But never forget that you also need to be straightforward and 'authentic'.
• Politics

  A social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by people in the groups it serves as a mechanism by which individuals develop power and understand proper functioning of a democratic
• Political self and identity

  Developed through socialization, through the ways of people learn the knowledge, norms, values, motives, and roles appropriate to their position on a group or community
• SERENA DIOKNO, 1997: 'Political self and identity are developed through socialization, through the ways of people learn the knowledge, norms, values, motives, and roles appropriate to their position on a group or community'
• Close Family Ties

  • Filipinos maintain a tight relationship with their families regardless if their children are already old enough and already have families of their own
  • They are also fond of family reunions
• Cheerful Personality

  • Filipinos have a habit of smiling and laughing a lot
  • They smile when they are happy, or sometimes when they are sad and angry
  • Smiling has been a coping strategy for many Filipinos, especially during times and calamities