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SELF-PRESENTATION IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF By Chelsea Trotta
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SELF-PRESENTATIONIN THE VIRTUAL WORLD

OF

By Chelsea Trotta

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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

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Main Points

Self presentation tactics

Motivation

Effects of challenging situations

Feedback

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Self-presentational Tactics

1. Self-descriptions

2. Attitude statements

3. Non-verbal behaviors

4. Social Associations

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Self Descriptions

How you present yourself using words

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Attitude Statements

Statements about their values

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Non-verbal Behaviors

Emotional expressions, physical appearance, and gestures/movement

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Social Associations

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

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Motivations

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

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Motivations

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

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Motivations

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

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Motivations

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

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Effects of Challenging Situations

Embarrassment

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Feedback

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