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CHAPTER 8: THE VIRTUAL SELF
Objectives: a.) Define online identity b.) Describe the influence of Internet on sexuality and Gender. c.) Discuss the proper way of demonstrating values and attitudes online.
REAL-LIFE REALITY
- Outside the cyberspace is the reality with which you engage most frequently.
- Basically this pertains to life away from digital devices and where interaction happens on a physical level.
- Conversely, relationship in the tangible world can sometimes be affected as well by purely abstract one established online.
SIMULATION
- Quite simply, simulation’s basic purpose is to copy reality as closely as it can.
- This abstraction offers uncanny representation of real-world aspects, and can also be used for instructions (i.e. flight navigation simulators)
AUGMENTED REALITY
- This is real life reality splice with the unreal. Through rather creative ways, augmented reality permits you to simultaneously interact with both the tangible world and various digital add-ons for more enhanced experience.
VIRTUAL REALITY
- Is a type of abstraction completely detached from real-life reality. Here, you are granted relative freedom to explore and eventually inhabit digitally made-up worlds vicariously through a character or avatar you can create yourself.
THE DRAMATURGY OF THE SELF
The Elements of the Dramaturgical Self:
1. PERFORMANCE - based on Erving Goffman's framework, performance explicitly refers to the set of activities in which the self-participated in front of others (labeled the "audience").
2. SETTING - this primarily centers on the scenery where an interaction where take place.
3.APPEARANCE - the function of appearance rest mainly on it's ability to portray the self's various statuses, with one of it's several props being a person's attire of choice.
4.MANNER - this pertains to how an actor sense various signals to the audience to ultimately inform them in advance of the role he/she seeks or is about to perform; a prompt, if you may.
5. FRONT - this works as a kind of social script that actors follow for a more guided performance.
ANONYMITY VS. PSEUDONYMITY
ANONYMITY - Honesty and openness are hallmark virtues, through in some cases, they need to take the backseat to privacy.
PSEUDONYMITY - on the other hand lies in the middle of the identity continuum, especially as it combines both the benefits of anonymity and joys of assuming some semblance of identity.
THE DISINHIBITED SELF
Online Disinhibitions: The Causes
DISSOCIATIVE ANONYMITY ("People Don't Know Me") - this is the confidence you feel every time you anonymously engage in online activities.
INVISIBILITY ("People Can See Me") - in this factor you can sometimes intentionally misrepresent yourself to come across as an entirely different person.
ASYNCHRONICITY ("See You When I See You") - time is a very important element in face to face communications.
SOLIPSISTIC INTROJECTION ("It's All In The Mind") - we essentially communicate online through type written words.
DISSOCIATIVE IMAGINATION ("It's All A Player") - simply put, this is the faulty belief that online interaction is a game, and whose rules you can easily break with in perceived implications. MINIMIZATIONS OF STATUS AND AUTHORITY ("Your Rules Don't Work Online") - take notice how complete nobodies suddenly have the guts to engage influential people in arguments on social media.
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feminine (or a trait of the female gender) to wear a dress or skirt. However, in many Middle Eastern, Asian, and African cultures, dresses or skirts (often referred to as sarongs, robes, or gowns) can be considered masculine. Similarly, the kilt worn by a Scottish male does not make him appear feminine in his culture.
Sexuality
“Human sexuality” refers to people’s sexual interest in and attraction to others, as well as their capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. People’s sexual orientation is their emotional and sexual attraction to particular sexes or genders, which often shapes their sexuality. Sexuality may be experienced and expressed in a variety of ways, including thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, practices, roles, and relationships. These may manifest themselves in biological, physical, emotional, social, or spiritual aspects. The biological and physical aspects of sexuality largely concern the human reproductive functions, including the human sexual-response cycle and the basic biological drive that exists in all species. Emotional aspects of sexuality include bonds between individuals that are expressed through profound feelings or physical manifestations of love, trust, and care. Social aspects deal with the effects of human society on one’s sexuality, while spirituality concerns an individual’s spiritual connection with others through sexuality. Sexuality also impacts and is impacted by cultural, political, legal, philosophical, moral, ethical, and religious aspects of life.
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