A snap of your true self: How self-presentation and temporal affordance influence self-concept on social media

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482097719
Author(s):  
Sukyoung Choi ◽  
Dmitri Williams ◽  
Hyeok Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
True Self ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Rival Theory ◽  
Temporal Features ◽  
Public Commitment ◽  
Concept Change

This study examined how self-presentation on social media influences the way people view themselves. It also examined whether that varies with sites using two temporal features: posts which have a short life (ephemeral) and those which live indefinitely (permanent). Drawing on both the notion of public commitment and self-symbolizing, our experiment provided a critical test of two rival theory-driven hypotheses—one suggesting a greater internalization of presented self on permanent rather than ephemeral social media and the other suggesting the opposite pattern. Supporting the self-symbolizing perspective, those who publicly presented themselves on ephemeral social media internalized their portrayed personality. Also, such a difference in internalization between the two conditions was triggered by an introverted self-presentation. Results suggest that ephemerality enhances self-symbolizing efforts and the subsequent internalization by affording nonstrategic self-presentation and reducing impression management concerns. Implications for understanding self-concept change in social media contexts are discussed.

Older and Younger Job Seekers' Impression Management on LinkedIn

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-74
Author(s):  
Franciska Krings ◽  
Irina Gioaba ◽  
Michèle Kaufmann ◽  
Sabine Sczesny ◽  
Leslie Zebrowitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Job Offers ◽  
Research Show

Abstract. The use of social networking sites such as LinkedIn in recruitment is ubiquitous. This practice may hold risks for older job seekers. Not having grown up using the internet and having learned how to use social media only in middle adulthood may render them less versed in online self-presentation than younger job seekers. Results of this research show some differences and many similarities between younger and older job seekers' impression management on their LinkedIn profiles. Nevertheless, independent of their impression management efforts, older job seekers received fewer job offers than younger job seekers. Only using a profile photo with a younger appearance reduced this bias. Implications for the role of job seeker age in online impression management and recruitment are discussed.

scholarly journals “Girls are addicted to likes so they post semi-naked selfies”: Peer mediation, normativity and the construction of identity online

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mascheroni ◽  
Jane Vincent ◽  
Estefanía Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Peer Mediation ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Sexual Double Standards ◽  
Policy Guidance

This paper examines how children aged 11-16 in three European countries (Italy, UK and Spain) develop and present their online identities, and their interactions with peers. It focuses on young people’s engagement with the construction of an online identity on social media through pictures, and explores how peer-mediated conventions of self-presentation are appropriated, legitimated, or resisted in pre-teens’ and teenagers’ discourses. In doing so, we draw on Goffman’s (1959) work on the presentation of self and “impression management” to frame our analysis. Mobile communication and social network sites serve an important role in the process of self-presentation and emancipation, providing “full-time” access to peers and peer culture. Our findings suggest that there are gender differences and the presence of sexual double standards in peer normative discourses. Girls are positioned as being more subjected to peer mediation and pressure. Boys blame girls for posing sexy in photos, and negatively sanction this behaviour as being aimed at increasing one’s popularity online or as an indicator of “a certain type of girl.” However, girls who post provocative photos chose to conform to a sexualised stereotype as a means of being socially accepted by peers. Moreover, they identify with the pressure to always look “perfect” in their online pictures. While cross-national variations do exist, this sexual double standard is observed in all three countries. These insights into current behaviours could be further developed to determine policy guidance for supporting young people as they learn to manage image laden social media.

scholarly journals The Impression Management Strategy of the Candidates of Governor-Vice Governor of DKI Jakarta on Social Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Endah Murwani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Leader Election ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

The use of social media is not only important but also strategic means of political communication in the Regional Leader Election (Pilkada) of DKI Jakarta and is interesting to be examined, particularly from the view of Erving Goffman’s Self Presentation—Impression Management Theory. This research aims at illustrating the impression management strategy of the Governor-Vice Governor candidates for DKI Jakarta, namely Ahok-Djarot and Anies-Sandi, through social media. We apply qualitative analyses to the Instagram feeds and Twitter timelines of the two duos from October 2016 to April 2017. The result shows that the candidates attempt to present themselves by projecting the images they want. Ahok-Djarot applies three strategies: 1) credibility strategy, presenting competency, achievements, performance during their time in the office of DKI Jakarta as well as their characters—enthusiastic, firm, and focus to positive matters; (2) politeness strategy, by illustrating themselves as two concerned, friendly, and humorist persons; (3) influencing strategy, to spread influence; (4) self-deprecating strategy to draw sympathy from the citizens about the problems faced by Ahok. On the other hand, Anies-Sandi utilize these three strategies: 1) affinity seeking and politeness strategy to make them acknowledged and liked by the netizens; 2) image confirming strategy to make the netizens have the image of who Anies-Sandi are; and (3) credibility strategy by showcasing their achievements prior to being the Governor-Vice Governor of DKI Jakarta candidates.

scholarly journals Pembentukan Harga Diri: Analisis Presentasi Diri Pelajar SMA di Media Sosial

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Alfi Damayanti ◽  
Dian Purworini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Factor Data ◽  
Two Phases

Self-presentation is a specific action of self-disclosure presenting a positive impression to others. Self-presentation is rapidly growing by the presence of various social media, esppecially Instagram. Instagram as one of social media with a various features and large user, bring major affect to teenager’s presentation of self in the media. This is inseparatable part of teenager process in searching their indentity. This research conducted in SMA Negeri Mojogedang by taking sample of 264 students. The data were collected by using questionnaire. It is a descriptive quantitative reaserch which uses factor data analysis. The findings of the research show that self – presentation of teenagers using Instagram media occurs in two phases, the first phase is self-concept creation, students of SMA Negeri Mojogedang try to create their thoughts and feelings in certain ways that refer to themselves as the object. These teenagers want to show their personality to the public. The second phase is self-esteem creation, this phase contains emotional feeling and self – evaluation towards the first concept they have created. Self-concept that has been created by students of state Senior High School Mojogedang in Instagram can improve their self-presentation that will build their self-esteem. In the reality, it is a fundamental that a teenager wants their presence to be recognized and to be known by public. They try to present themselves widely and passionately by showing a positive image of themselves.Presentasi diri merupakan bentuk pengungkapan diri yang spesifik untuk menunjukkan kesan positif dihadapan orang lain. Presentasi diri berkembang pesat dengan kehadiran berbagai media sosial terutama media Instagram. Instagram sebagai salah satu media sosial memberikan ruang yang cukup luas, sehingga dapat mempengaruhi perilaku presentasi diri remaja untuk menunjukkan diri mereka dihadapan khalayak luas. Hal ini tidak terlepas dari masa pencarian jati diri remaja. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMA Negeri Mojogedang dengan mengambil sampel 264 siswa. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan teknik kuesioner. Penelitian ini memiliki tipe deskriptif kuantitatif menggunakan analisis data faktor analisis.Temuan data menunjukkan jika perilaku presentasi diri remaja di media Instagram terjadi dalam dua fase, fase pertama yaitu pembentukan konsep diri, siswa SMA Negeri Mojogedang berusaha membangun totalitas pemikiran dan perasaan mereka yang mengacu pada diri sendiri sebagai objek dimana pelaku ingin memperlihatkan kepribadian mereka dihadapan khalayak luas. dan fase kedua yaitu membentuk harga diri, pada fase ini merupakan bentuk emosionnal dan evaluasi diri siswa pada konsep yang telah mereka buat. Konsep diri yang telah dibangun oleh siswa SMA Negeri Mojogedang di dalam media Instagram dapat meningkatkan perilaku presentasi diri mereka yang akan membentuk harga diri remaja tersebut. Karena pada dasarnya seorang remaja ingin diakui keberadaan mereka dihadapan khalayak luas, kemudian mereka berusaha menampilkan diri mereka secara luas dan mendalam dengan menunjukkan citra positif dalam diri mereka.

De spiegel van de sociale media

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian de Vries ◽  
Sindy Sumter ◽  
Natascha Notten ◽  
Esther Rozendaal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
School Based ◽  
Photo Editing ◽  
Sociale Media ◽  
Self Presentations

Using what social media has to offer: pre-teens’ online self-presentation practices The current study explores pre-teens’ self-presentation on social media and investigates to what extent they capitalize on social media’s opportunities to reflect on, visually alter, and receive feedback on their self-presentations. We conducted an online school-based study among 600 8-12-year olds in the Netherlands. The majority (55%) of pre-teens had a social media account and this percentage increased with age. Most pre-teens with a social media account shared messages and pictures, thought carefully about what (not) to post, and received (positive) feedback. Photo editing was less popular, but more common among girls. Receiving negative feedback was also uncommon, but more frequent among boys and younger pre-teens. Younger pre-teens were also less likely to reflect before posting. Pre-teens thus practice self-presentation on social media and become more skilled at this with age. Social media may help pre-teens develop impression management skills, which are central to pre-teen development.

scholarly journals Constructing the Platform-Specific Self-Brand: The Labor of Social Media Promotion

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630511878476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Scolere ◽  
Urszula Pruchniewska ◽  
Brooke Erin Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Cultural Workers ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Depth Interviews

With the widespread uptake of social media, discourses and practices of self-branding have become a pervasive feature of social and economic life. However, the way in which the digital self-brand gets reproduced across a sprawling social media landscape remains comparatively under-theorized. Our paper therefore draws upon in-depth interviews with 52 online content creators—including designers, artists, writers, and marketing consultants—to examine how cultural workers present themselves across the panoply of social networking sites. As we show, workers’ self-presentation activities were structured through the production of a platform-specific self-brand, which was based upon the imaginations of (1) platform affordances, (2) audiences, and (3) the producer’s own self-concept. Our findings highlight producers’ compulsion to engage in continuous, cross-platform labor—despite widespread uncertainty about its economic outcomes. We conclude by addressing the stakes of a social media moment when workers of all stripes are prodded to incessantly curate, monitor, and ultimately invest in their online personae.

scholarly journals From Youthful Experimentation to Professional Identity: Understanding Identity Transitions in Social Media

Young ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petter Bae Brandtzaeg ◽  
María-Ángeles Chaparro-Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Experience Of Time ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Digital Footprints ◽  
Depth Interviews

The process of self-presentation is significantly complicated for people growing up with social media. Many individuals have time-stamped digital footprints in social media from early youth to adulthood. However, little is known about long-term consequences for these individuals, their experience of time and their identity transition from youthful experimentation to a professional identity in social media. Through 15 in-depth interviews, our study explores challenges concerning identity transition and impression management in social media for young adults who have recently entered working life as journalists. Our participants described how they curated their image and self-censored both their previous and current self-generated content in social media. We also find that many have actively opted for passive and peace-keeping self-presentation and use of social media or for turning their usage into private messaging platforms, masking their online identity. Some participants indicated they felt trapped by their own identity making in social media.

scholarly journals “You never really know who’s looking”: Imagined surveillance across social media platforms

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Erin Duffy ◽  
Ngai Keung Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Privacy Settings ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Depth Interviews

Social media users are routinely counseled to cultivate their online personae with acumen and diligence. But universal prescriptions for impression management may prove for vexing for college students, who confront oft-conflicting codes of normative self-presentation in digital contexts. Against this backdrop, our research sought to examine the online self-presentation activities of emerging adults (18–24) across an expansive social media ecology that included Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Twitter. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 28 Fcollege-aged youth, we highlight how the imagined surveillance of various social actors steered their self-presentation practices in patterned ways. After exploring three distinct responses to imagined surveillance—including the use of privacy settings, self-monitoring, and pseudonymous accounts (including “Finstas,” or fake + Instagram)—we consider the wider implications of a cultural moment wherein users are socialized to anticipate the incessant monitoring of social institutions: family, educators, and above all, (future) employers.

Impression management through people tagging in the enterprise: Implications for social media sampling and design

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne Ruth Raban ◽  
Avinoam Danan ◽  
Inbal Ronen ◽  
Ido Guy
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Power Law Distribution ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
Social Tags ◽  
Sustainable System ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Tagging System

People tagging allows a person to tag one’s self or others; it is reciprocal and therefore has social implications. The main uses of corporate people tagging systems are for building internal social networks, solving problems, and seeking expertise. We explored the statistical and terminological relation between self-presentation and perception by others as reflected by the use of tags in a people tagging system within a large enterprise. Due to the features of the power law distribution of the data, two different samples were analyzed. Using content analysis, we found that when there are few self or social tags, users prefer to use tags from the Environment and Technology categories, providing tags that tend to be objective or factual. When tagging approaches saturation, it becomes more subjective and social, using tags from the Individual category. Self-tags tend to be more factual describing technology expertise while social tags augment the individual tags by adding a personal dimension. The more people tag and get tagged, the more terminological overlap develops. We conclude by providing practical advice on how to create a sustainable system by balancing originality and duplication using interactivity and feedback.

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