Social Media And Identity

Community, what is community? How would you define it? Community can be defined as a geographic location in a way that a group of individuals live in the same area like a neighborhood, a city, a district, a town, or a country. In simplest terms, it is where you live. However, individuals can also feel a sense of community through the place where they grew up or where they often go and visit. It can also be a group of individuals who have certain characteristics in common such as religion, race or ethnicity, culture, beliefs, professional and economic ties, interests, and more. Individuals refer themselves to particular attributes or affinities (what individuals like to do). For example, individuals say I belong to an Asian community or I belong to an art community. As such, community bestows one a sense of identity (who people

When I truly stop to ponder about it, I cannot fully articulate the meaning of community. From other people’s definitions, the general meaning appears to be a group of people living in the same place who share common goals, interests, and characteristics. As for my own definition of community, I first thought of my family, friends, and neighbors. Yet, these are not part of the definition, but simply the evidence of a community. After more contemplating, certain values and qualities start to emerge, such as understanding, support, and acceptance. These words illustrate the relationship and interaction between members in a community. The meaning of community for me is a place where I can attain respect, familiarity, and trust from other people.

Currently, people are living in a virtual world that is dominated by social media; the influence of emergences of social media platform, such as Facebook, YouTube, has far beyond the imagination of people（Pennsylvania, 2011）.There are an increasing number of people who are willing to use social media to manage their identity, which offers a large amount of opportunities for those audiences who want to standing out from the crowd.(Matthieu; Serge et al, 2013) But because of information overload, to some extend, social media are probably making it harder for them to differentiate from the counterpart .In view of the fact, how to manager personal identity has been view as a vital

What does community mean? Is it a group of people who live in a distinguished area? Is it a racial, or a religious group? Merriam-Webster describes it as three fold. The first definition is: a group of people living in the same area. The second: a group of people with similar interests. And finally: a group of nations.

IT’S no secret that society’s perception of the world and ourselves is strongly shaped by social media. Popular networking sites such as Instragram, Facebook and Tumblr monopolize any current trend, magnifying it and making it widespread and visible.

In his article, “How technology created a global village – and put us at each other’s throats,” Nicholas Carr stresses the great changes and transitions that have been made in technology and social networking over the last several years. He comes at this from a very apparent stand point – that the advances that have been made in recent years regarding media communication have not helped society. However, they were originally intended to.

Communities deliver a sense of identity; communities satisfy our desires, and communities respect and encourage exploration of individuality. These three statements are assumptions conjectured by the romanticized imaginations of many. However, countless individuals, including Catherine Latterell, author of Remix (Reading and Composing Culture), can also agree that it’s not always reality. Often our perceptions on certain matters are distorted by worldviews obtained from social media and secondary literature. In her book, she illustrates this by providing her readers with references to articles, written by average citizens, that tell of their experiences and knowledge about distinctive communities and how they genuinely function. Catherine attempts

According to our textbook, community is defined as “people bound either by geography or by webs of communication, sharing common ties, and interacting with one another” (Hutchison, p. 298, 2012). Communities are all around us whether it be a school setting community or a social media community such as Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. This community can also be broken into two categories: One is territorial community, meaning the community has territory that it is on, and the other is relational community, meaning the community does not have a territory. When examining the theoretical approaches to community there are five theoretical approaches to community: “contrasting types approach, spatial arrangements approach, social systems approach, social capital approach, and conflict approach” (Hutchinson, p. 301, 2012). All of these approaches show how the communities around an individual can affect them physically and mentally. Out of the

A community is defined as groups of individuals who enjoy interacting or living within the same space.

It seems as more information has become available, people have felt less need to develop the close bonds of community. Yet, as traditional communities decline in modern life, new types of communities will emerge in their place (Delanty, 2003). This is because community is important in the basis of modern social relationships (Delanty, 2003). The Internet has taken over as the new public sphere, and its role as the public sphere connects with social media’s ability to facilitate discussions and create engagement among users (Dahlberg, 2001; Papacharissi, 2000). Since the 1990s, there has been an increase in the number of virtual communities and other structures that have formed online; some researchers have questioned if the Internet will reinvigorate the democratic process (Bimber, 1998; Johnson & Kaye, 1998). There remains concern about if information online has the same ability to promote activity among the population that print does (Hoffman, 2006). However, it is unknown if these digital tools are the structures needed to help people reconnect with one another. The media have traditionally sought to inform and engage the public, so it is now time to discuss the media’s role in creating

A body of individuals who have a sense of common identity may be defined as a community (Slack, 1998). A community is also described as having similar attitudes or interests in common: the people of a district or country considered collectively, especially in the context of social values or responsibilities; society: a group of people living in the same place or having certain characteristics in common (Oxford Dictionary, 2013). The purpose of a community profile is to provide a more in-depth understanding of a community and its characteristics.

“Often, when we think of the media, we consider the importance of the meanings of popular messages and images that are consumed by a mass audience.” (Kosut, 2012) With a third of the world currently involved in social media, it’s not surprising that it is rapidly becoming the cultural center of influence in our lives. So what are social media networks? Social media networks are technology-mediated tools for in which people exchange information in virtual communities. These communities have given birth to sites that cater to like-minded individuals of varies interests, nurturing an environment that grants access to a platform of ever expanding information. Companies use networks such as Facebook, Skype, and Twitter for marketing new products and trends. Consumers also and the sustainment of close relationships. Though social media is receiving credit for being a source of information and entertainment, it has also been highly criticized. The constant exposure to social media messaging and over saturation of gender specific materials is changing the conception of self-identity. Social media has both positive and negative effects on society. Let’s discuss some of the

In a famous Pixar movie, the Incredibles, Elastigirl quoted, “Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it.” Society along with our generation has transformed over the course of time. We create society and in return society creates us. There are a substantial amount of influences and molding characteristics that compose our identity, so how has identity instilled in my life? As for me, social media has had an ever-growing impact of identification on my mental, physical, and social spheres daily.

Have you ever told your parents you don’t fit in at school? For some kids it’s because they don’t have technology to stay connected with their friends. People say tech destroys face to face relationships, but in a study done by the University of Washington, assistant professor Katie Davis, found that friends use technology to stay more connected through frequent check ins and texts. In a study done by Pew Research Group they found that 57% of all teens have made a new friend online, giving that teen a sense of belonging. The University of Washington also found that youth’s that are shy and quite found it easier to talk about personal things or feelings online. As a result I believe that technology isn’t destroying friendships, but making

Social media is everyday and everywhere. It’s hard to imagine today’s world without social media or social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. According to Pew Research Center, over 81 percent of Americans use a social media platforms, the number of worldwide social media users reached almost 2 billion people (Gotfried, 2016). Such a rapid growth of communication and interaction through social media leads to the question of how social media impacts society’s relationship on politics and world outlook. Nowadays social media plays an important role in impacting our culture, our political views and our view of the world. Social