Online identity

This includes creating fake profiles and posing as another person. As individuals are creating these fake profiles they aren’t realizing the effect their lies are having on others as well as their own self-esteem. So, why do people create false identities and what are its outcomes? Creating false profiles has become a common theme amongst the social networkers and has caused great issues. Both teens and adults are a part of this rising ordeal. People are creating profiles of who they wish they can

to believe that a majority if not most parents know the dangers of the internet when it comes down to their children being able to access it. In some cases parents believe that their child couldn’t be susceptible to the dangers of child predators online. They often trust that their child will come to them in any problem. Realistically that could fail in so many ways, children are easily mislead. Yes, it is important to instill the rules of using the

“...between 2005 and 2012, 35% of the couples marrying in the US had met online” (González). The internet is used in many ways such as, communicating, posting status updates, and discovering new information. People most commonly argue the internet to be the source of loneliness and depression, whereas others say that it generates more relationships and friends. Electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops are utilized in everyday life, whether it be for work, school, personal matters, and

Theory and the Internet As more people become dependent on the internet, fewer are forming relationships with the people they meet face to face every day. According to a study conducted by USA Today, more than one third of relationships are formed online compared to the traditional offline dating. The internet has given people the pleasure of communicating with others who they would have less likely met under circumstances including perceived “out-group” status or geographical distances. Social information

re you worried that you and your partner are too different in order to have a successful relationship? Do you want to know how his personality matches up with yours? Have you considered a personality type test? A personality type test will attempt to take a look at your personality and your significant other's and see if they are a good match with each other. While the results are not totally scientific, they can provide a big clue to see if you will continue to get along in the future. There are

Are online friends “real friends”? Many people think they are not. However, is that the truth? No, the real truth is that online friends are good and real friends, and important to have. Of the numerous reasons as to why they are important, three of them stand out from the rest. A sum of those three reasons, in no particular order, is that having online friends can help people be more social, it can help those who cannot make friends be able to make friends due to a number of reasons, and it increases

Online Identities Edward Snowden once said, “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say” (Snowden). Even in America, “land of the free”, our ability to hide our identities is threatened daily. The people of the world must protect their right to be anonymous on the internet. Large corporations have a lot to gain by deanonymizing the internet. Consumer’s lives

The role of the sockpuppet is still developing across the Internet, and it is important to recognize the historical significance of pseudonyms and anonymous speech. Additionally, it is critical to remember the unique, primarily autonomous nature of online communities, and the negative impact that mandated identification could have on free speech. The value of anonymity found in the use of a sockpuppet is profoundly connected to the establishment of the United States of America. Although John Hancock

respected in the professional copywriting community because she has never missed a deadline and will take on emergency work and finish the task on time. Another one is John Santos (2013) who hides behind an online persona who tweets about a mysterious disaster gets out of control as his online persona takes over his life. John tweets on what was supposed to be a flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport back to his hometown in Cebu. His tweets grew increasingly frantic as he began detailing an

world’ and ‘virtual world,’ we understand ourselves by developing aspects of our identity. However, in the virtual world, we can explore our inner-self without rejection that may be experienced in the real world. Cyberspace is, thus, a psychological ‘space’ to build and form, explore and discover, and accept and understand ourselves. To explain this, we must view this on an individual and collective perspective. Identity in cyberspace allows an individual to construct themselves, and culture in cyberspace