SELF-PRESENTATIONIN THE VIRTUAL WORLD

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By Chelsea Trotta

Self-presentation

“The process by which people convey to others that they are a certain kind of person or possess certain characteristics” (Leary 1996: 17)

Managing the impressions that we make on other people

Consciously or unconsciously

In an online setting one can “inspect, edit and revise” before available to others

Main Points

Self presentation tactics

Motivation

Effects of challenging situations

Feedback

Self-presentational Tactics

1. Self-descriptions

2. Attitude statements

3. Non-verbal behaviors

4. Social Associations

Self Descriptions

How you present yourself using words

Attitude Statements

Statements about their values

Non-verbal Behaviors

Emotional expressions, physical appearance, and gestures/movement

Social Associations

Do not emphasize their own personal attributes. Instead they publicizes their connects with sports teams, celebrities, or political parties

Motivations

Sex : Sex appeal, wanting to attract the opposite sex by portraying yourself as “experienced”

Motivations

Age : Always wanting to display ourselves as older than we actually are

Motivations

Personality : Exaggeration, fakeness, attention seeking. More time to think of what to say than in face-to-face conversations

Motivations

Attractiveness : Edited/photo-shopped photos, tagging/hiding pictures from timeline, self pics/mirror shots

Effects of Challenging Situations

Embarrassment

Feedback

Thank You!