Month: September 2020

A digital identity is a profile built on an individual that represents a set of attributes they attended to through use of the internet. Spracklen K. (2015) describes digital identity on how it is a great leisure space to develop a sense of belonging and identity (p. 94). This identity can be used as a tool to interact with other people on the digital web, and can be beneficial with gathering knowledge and building connections with others (p. 95). A topic matter that is regularly discussed is the separation of personal and professional digital identity. Jawed, S., et al (2019) put forth that a personal identity is vulnerable and expressive, while a professional identity is how you define yourself in your profession (p.33). It takes time to learn the professional ways of communicating and interacting with professional identities, whereas personal identities come natural to you (p. 34). Davos (2019) described benefits that can come from digital identities. An example Davos (2019) used is when you have a digital identity you get to operate in networked publics, this allows people to participate in the digital economy as a possible source of income, or to gain knowledge to put towards a source of income (2:50). Another benefit of digital identification is it can allow poor countries to leapfrog the ID process getting them identification faster (16:30).

References

Jawed, S., Mahboob, U., & Yasmeen, R. (2019). Digital professional identity: Dar internet! Who am I? Education for Health, 32(1), 33-35. doi:10.4103/efh.EfH_232_17

Spracklen K. (2015) Identity-Making and Social Media. In: Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137405876_6

Davos 2019, press conference the value of digital identity for the global economy and society.

Networking using social media means to build your professional contacts with other individuals to a point where you can exchange information. FutureLearn. (n.d.) puts forth that In an era where jobs are disappearing and appearing to technological advances, building a strong network of people can be very beneficial to securing your job stability through your working career (para. 7).

Kamakshi, R., et al (2012) discusses the three stages of networking are building, maintaining, and activating. The first stage is to simply start building you network, that means making a LinkedIn account or a social media account for yourself or business, and start interacting with people you think might be beneficial to know and you can learn off.  The second stage is to maintain the connections you have made through regularly engaging with your networks and learning tools, and to continue to build your network. The final stage of activating means to keep doing this process (seen in diagram in article). During the process, all connections matter, the stronger connections allow for collaboration on knowledge collection, and the weak connections are sources for new knowledge information and ideas (para. 4). The motivation to participate in networked publics comes from the ability to make yourself better off. The more connections you make and knowledge you gather increases your opportunities to set yourself up for success.

Boyd, D. (2012) says there are privacy risks that come with public communication (p. 348). Computer applications can give you more control over your data, but it can also upload your data for others to possibly view. Consent and other legal issues can arise when dealing with data of yourself, not knowing you are also uploading another person’s information (p. 348). This is a hard thing to control at times because the algorithm social applications use can make connections without you realizing (p. 348). Thinking about what you upload before you do it is the best way to keep your privacy safe while networking.

References

FutureLearn. (n.d.). What is a Personal Learning Network (PLN)? Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/learning-network-age/0/steps/24644

Kamakshi, R., Desirée, B., Jan, B., and Peter, S. (2012) Understanding personal learning networks: Their structure, content and the networking skills needed to optimally use them Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/download/3559/3131
doi:10.5210/fm.v17i1.3559

Boyd, D. (2012). Networked Privacy. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/networked