I strategically present myself on social
media as I would consider the content rather carefully when I decide to post
some pictures regarding to different aspects, such as basketball and football
on Facebook. Besides, I would check if there is any typing mistake and grammar
mistake of the sentence that I would like to share with my friends. On the
other hand, I would take photos of my daily life sometimes and upload it to
Instagram relating to my parents and my feelings to certain matter.
Meanwhile,
I am presenting “Front” space to the audiences who have followed my social
media account since it usually relates to my formal activities, such as school
life and sports workout. However, I may presenting “Back” space at the same
time since there are interactions on social media and the audience who knows
you well, such as your close friends, would actually realize your personality
and behavior towards different things. (The Presentation of Self in Everyday
Life, Erving Goffman, 1959)
Apart from that, social media can help us
to understand each other better since we can communicate without limit and chat
at any location if we have Wi-Fi to support our devices (e.g. overseas). Also, it
enhances the efficiency of communication in social networking as we have
chances to use different emoji for our facial expression that it is easy to
understand nowadays.
Student Name: Chi Wai Chu Chiwai
Dear Chi Wai, This is very nice piece of work. You don't only show your reflection on your personal experience in using media technology but also make reference with appropriate theoretical concepts learnt in class. The picture at the end makes the blog look better though it is not directly linked to your writing. You can extend your discussion here when you write up the first portfolio assignment. What you need to do is to share one or two events in more detail and that would be fine. Definitely, you can also discuss more about Goffman's idea in the forthcoming writing. Good work! (Frankie)
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