For this blog post, I interviewed my roommate who is heavily active on social media due to her fitness career in personal training. My roommates name is Kendall, She is 23, living in Manhattan.
- Kendall uses Instagram, Facebook and snapchat. In the past she has always used Facebook.
- Kendall does use her real name to get recognition within her business. She has never created a fake account.
- Kendall has created herself as a fitness persona. This relates to her life due to fitness being her passion. Creating this fitness persona on Instagram shows her successes in the fitness world.
- Relating to any problems she faces in life, Kendall does occasionally put motivational and positive quotes for others to share and appreciate.
“The Internet is another element of the computer culture that has contributed to thinking about identity as multiplicity (Turtle 178).” The reason why I chose this quote is because for some people, such as Kendall, your identity on social media is important on how the world views you. As social media has grown rapidly as one of the biggest trends in the world, it can make or break your reputation/identity.
In Antique, the quote “In the distinctive out-of-body experience of online gaming, the body once again takes centre stage in a symbolic form” relates to this topic of the online persona as well. An out-of-body experience relates to your online persona. How you represent yourself online, will give viewers a large taste of who you are as a person. For some people, pictures on Instagram shape their lives to the rest of the world.
- Do you feel that your social media accounts outline who you are as a person?
- Does what you post on social media always reflect on your mood and/or day that you’re having?
I believe that social media accounts do portray or at least give a sense of the type of person you are, even for the ones who use fake identities and have multiple accounts. Positive or negative, people who know have an idea whose behind the screen. Personally, I only have one account for various social media platforms and I genuinely post, like, share, etc. exactly what interests me so I can definitely say that my social media accounts do outline who I am as a person.
I do not believe my social media accounts outline me as a person because you can only get so much information about me from my social media accounts. You may be able to tell what my interests are but not so much my personality. When I make a post I do have it on my mind but not to the point where I am distracted from it. It does keep me interested and its something to keep you entertained throughout the day. Thanks for the questions!