Answer to Question #173190 in English for Kim Galvez

Question

Describe your digital self. What is your online identity? How does online 

interaction affect your concept of the self?

Answer 1

Describe your digital self. What is your online identity? How does online interaction affect your concept of the self?

My digital self encompasses being confident and optimistic while using Facebook to interact with others. During this time, I escape from the harsh realities of encountering the real world, and I feel like I am in a wonderland. On Facebook, there is everything I like. I see music, people dancing, fashion, and beautiful people. I lose myself in this world since I can be the person I aspire to be. My online identity is different from my real identity. On the internet, I use a different name and only post the best parts of my life to attract likes. Online interaction affects my concept of self in some ways. Firstly, there are many praises in the social networks that enable me to form a positive image that makes me overestimate my abilities. Secondly, there is too much pressure from comparing myself to others who seem above me in terms of fashion that sometimes I feel threatened.