Week 9 Board Discussions

Author: Sky Croeser Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:08:36 PM WST Subject: Official Reading Thread: DiMicco and Millen, ‘Identity Management’This study looked at how users of SNSs, and Facebook in particular, manage their presentation of identity in a (potentially) professional setting. There are a few questions below to kick off discussion, but feel free to raise other issues and ask new questions:   * What did you think of the three clusters identified: “Reliving the College Days,” “Dressed to Impress,” and “Living in the Business World” (p.2)? Do you think this is applicable to most users you see on Facebook? Does it fit your own experience? * Do you think SNSs like FB can be effectively incorporated into working life? * Do you agree with the authors’ recommendations for how to handle the challenges of managing the use of a single site for both professional and non-professional identities? As well as issues raised by this reading specifically, there are some issues that you may want to reflect on in relation to all of the readings. These include: * Research methodology: was the study concerned conducted in such a way that you have faith in its results? Can you see any ways in which the results might have been biased? Was the research carried out in an ethical way? * Did you agree with the interpretation of the study’s results? * Is the study still relevant today? Are there aspects of it that need to be updated?

Whilst reading this article I could easily see myself in one of the groups discussed. I use Facebook daily to keep in touch with family, friends and some people I work with. I do not spend a lot of time joining groups, making networks. However, from my experience on FB I can defiantly see certain groups that are very much based around age and location.

I think that there defiantly is a group on FB that is playing the voyeur, adding friends who they have not seen many years, just to get a look at what they are like now.

I am sure that FB can be used in a working environment, if a company can use hammocks, pool tables, beanbags, massage chairs and guitar hero and still be successful I am sure FB can work as well.

I found it interesting that there are some people who really do not care what they do or leave behind for others to see online. On the other hand there are people who are very aware they might cause issues with their footprint and start to delete any information they do not want to share.

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Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:20:47 PM WST
Subject: RE: Official Reading Thread: DiMicco and Millen, ‘Identity Management’

Do you think that there are some people whose lives really won’t change no matter what information is online about them?

I am sure there are those out there who do not care what they digital footprint is, the worse the information the better, it is a badge of honor to some.

 

NOTES

What you do and leave behind in blogs, SNS etc is called an Internet Footprint, therefore, whatever you do online has the potential to become public. You have to be aware that whatever you post, someone you do not want to see may be able to see it. A colliding network may occur.

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