Online identity

My online identity.

Self-disclosure

On twitter I chose to disclose certain aspects of my personality/identity. I only really share the occasional photo and my opinion on football matches. I only show my public self on twitter and don’t share anything about my core or private self. On twitter I also try to use good grammar and spelling even, the main reason being so people don’t judge me. If I do ever post anything which is quite private I may private the tweet so only my followers can see it and not anyone who looks on my profile.

Self-concept

My self-image much more like my idea self on twitter as I put in a lot of consideration in to my tweets and photos, whereas in everyday life I don’t have the time to consider everything I say. For example if my mum tags me in a photo on Facebook I might not post it as I might have done my hair and I would want the people who view my twitter that I look after myself. Also when I tweet my opinion on the football for example I want people to see that I know what I’m talking about when it comes to football.

Goffman

On twitter I take on a slightly different persona as I am quite opinionated whereas in real life I am not. I am definitely more cynical than sincere on twitter as I don’t really show my private self on social media at all, unless I’m talking to friends. In photos the location is very important as I would only post a picture if I’m somewhere exciting and I wouldn’t post a picture if I was in my bathroom sitting on the toilet. Also it if very important what I’m wearing as I would be trying to show people how cool I look in the outfit, as well as this the people in the photo are very important because I’m more likely to post a picture with friends than just on my own.

Johari window

On twitter I try to hide all the bad aspects of my personality therefore making my hidden self bigger than all the other squares, this is because I try to only show myself as a good person, this therefore makes my open self square quite small.

Rogers

My public self would be one of the only things shown as I wouldn’t share my private self on twitter as a lot of the people who follow me are not my friends so I wouldn’t share my private self with strangers, and I obviously I wouldn’t share my core self with anyone let alone outing it on twitter.