The

Digital
Self
DIGITAL NATIVES
 Arethose who were born after 1980, who have
access skill to use digital technologies especially
social media.
DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
 Those people born prior to 1980; who were not
born into digital world but have, at some later
point to lives.
 DIGITAL NATIVES
VS
DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
 DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS
 Refers to one’s unique set of traceable digital
activities, action, contributions and
communication and communication that
manifested on the internet or on digital devices.
 PASSIVE & ACTIVE DIGITAL
FOOTPRINTS
 Passive Digital Footprints are created when data is
collected without the owner knowing.

 Active Digital Footprints are created when data is

released deliberately by a user for the purpose of
sharing information about oneself by means of
websites.
Understanding and Creating the
Digital Self
 Allthese technologies led to the creation of
an extension of the self in the digital world.
The question that begs to be asked in the
moment is: how do people create and
recreate themselves through such
engagement with impression management
and self – expression on social media?
 Implications of the Creation of
Digital Self
 Thedigital self, as presented in social media, also
places the people open to the voyeuristic gaze of
others in uncountable small –scale private
performances that are socially mediated for public
consumption on an often large scale. In this new
social media reality the public not only follows
crime and justice, but participates and adds their
own performances, the most noticeable being
performance crimes.
Benefits of Social Media Usage
 DIGITAL OVER PHYSICAL

A digital identity has the potential to

live forever where in the physical world
we are faced with death.
 Traditionally genetic codes are passed on to
offspring and offer a family history that lives
forever, or through lineage.
 The diffrence is an online identity may remain
dormant for decades
HOW TO MANAGE
SOCIAL MEDIA
PROFILES
 Follow that college account and
that business account you found in
the scavenger hunt.
 Use social media to reach
out organizations.
 Interact more with people
you identified who are
supportive of your goals.
Try to keep everything you
share on social media clean and
professional
 Always be kind!
 STEPS TO CREATING A
POSITIVE DIGITAL
FOOTPRINT
 Google yourself
 Use Facebook only
 Take charge of your photos
 Don’t overshare
 Monitor linking accounts
 Use secondary email
 Think before you click