The Presentation of Self Online
Self-presentation is how individuals try to present themselves to have control of how others view them. From having a connection with friends online to being updated on current events, sharing the various information on the everyday life, social media is serving a large number of purposes. Even if the social media network sites vary in their aims and presentation, they all feature the profiles and connections that are publically viewed with the other users. Amongst the most used platform is Facebook. It has over 1billion users worldwide. Although there are disadvantages of the platform use, researchers have not concluded whether the social networking site is of benefit or harm to one’s psychology (Yang & Brown, 2016). The adverse outcomes of individuals are the negative affect, loneliness, decreased satisfaction in life, and poor self-evaluation. But then we also have the positive ones that are, perceives social support and high self-esteem (Leary, 2019). I believe that self-presentation affects the self-concept through the inference process and also memory activation spreading.
My social media platform is twitter. It is a free social media network with a microblogging service which enables registered individuals to have short messages broadcasting known as tweets. It allows members to have transmitted messages and following of other members on use tweets by using multiple devices and platforms. Its principal function is to connect individuals and share their thoughts with a bigger audience (Murthy, 2018). I have a very confident presentation on this platform. To have an attraction on my tweet and engage the viewer on it, I get to publish what I think is a fact or useful tip. After all the finding of a point, I retweet others as a form of acknowledgment. This is simply the best way to get people to know and have a notice on you, and after this, more connections are made. With the new follow Friday, I use to this for initiating good conversations on my tweets. Also, having to respond to the eye-catching and attention-seeking staff helps me have more of the people in my tweets as I show I have more care about what they have as their opinions(Murthy,2017).
More of the things I do portray good intentions online as at one point I say thank you to the people’s thoughts, at some level have a brief introduction about me to the new followers I have made, and I tend to ask questions something that does wonders for me. Having information on the Looks and Lies article (Toma&Hancock, 2010) the physical attractiveness and the profile formation is the main thing that helps one present his or her self-online most suitably and adequately. The various social norms on this platform are put into practice as I tend to bring out some useful information that cannot just post anything you wake up and have in mind. To have people’s respect and valuable advices, you need to give out something that has its standards. My personality does not allow me to have to post something that is considered unhealthy and trash to society.
My own family is among my biggest fans do I need to talk something that I think will make my Dad see nothing good in me? Funny enough is that online makes me happy and more talkative as compared to my normal life. Having to start a conversation with an individual sitting next to me is the most challenging thing to do. Laughing to all the tweets all day is what I like about on this platform. The people bring out ideas that are so funny, and the only thing left to do is smile and laugh. The real-life side of me is the total opposite of everything (Milošević-Đorđević& Žeželj, 2017). Having a family that is up to serious business of money-making is what makes it come out this way. The only time you find us all being jovial is the annual celebration of the company’s achievement.
References
Leary, M. R. (2019). Self-presentation: Impression management and interpersonal behavior. Routledge.
Milošević-Đorđević, J. S., & Žeželj, I. L. (2017). Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life? Computers in Human Behavior, 70, 113-118.
Murthy, D. (2017). The ontology of tweets: Mixed-method approaches to the study of Twitter. The SAGE handbook of social media research methods, 559-572.
Murthy, D. (2018). Twitter. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
Yang, C. C., & Brown, B. B. (2016). Online self-presentation on Facebook and self-development during the college transition. Journal of youth and adolescence, 45(2), 402-416.