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Disclosure and Identity in Social Media Alexia Molion Meghan Schneider Ashley Winters

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Disclosure and Identity in Social MediaAlexia MolionMeghan SchneiderAshley Winters

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Main SourcesEffects of Online Christian Self Disclosure on Impression

Formation

-P. S. Bobkowski & S. Kalyanaraman

Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society

-A. Brown

The Effect of Identity on the Use of Social and Personal Media: Marginalization, Motivation, and the Internet

-M. Hamilton

What Is Highly Personal Information and How Is It Related to Self-Disclosure Decision-Making?

-A. Mathews, V.J. Derlega & J. Morrow

An Examination of Social Identities

-J. J. Wong

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Effects of Online Christian Self Disclosure on Impression Formation

-P. S. Bobkowski & S. Kalyanaraman

-Many people choose not to disclose certain information that is essential to their identity because they feel it allows viewers to create a stereotype instead of giving insight into the profile owner’s true identity.

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Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society-A. Brown

Wang Hun: Chinese online role-play marriages

-These “fake” marriages have caused many legally married couples to get divorced, even though the online couples never experience face to face interaction

-Affects our hypothesis by supporting that online disclosure is separate from face to face disclosure, and adds that it may even be more powerful and influential

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The Effect of Identity on the Use of Social and Personal Media: Marginalization, Motivation, and the Internet

-M. Hamilton

-Motivation and access to the media affects the amount and reliability of the disclosure given online.

Such things that are dependent on motivation and access are:-respondent age-sex-ethnicity-self-worth-socio-economic status

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What Is Highly Personal Information and How Is It Related to Self-Disclosure Decision-Making?

-A. Mathews, V.J. Derlega & J. Morrow

Disclosure: revealing one’s self or essence to at least one other person

Descriptive Disclosure: focusing on private facts

Evaluative Disclosure: focusing on personal feelings and /or opinions

Personal Self-Disclosure: about oneselfRelational Self-Disclosure: about one’s

relationship with another person or interactions with other people

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An Examination of Social Identities-J. J. Wong

“Not only do individuals identify or describe themselves in particular ways, such self–descriptions must be recognized by others”

-Contributes to our hypothesis by saying that it isn’t the amount of disclosure that affects identity, it’s the factuality and truthfulness of it

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Beginning Interests1. How can you figure out your identity

through a social media situation?2. How can you use self-disclosure in social

media without telling too much about your thoughts and feelings?

3. What has the uprising of disclosure through social media done to relationships?

4. Is it possible to maintain privacy and limit self disclosure while creating a relationship through social media?

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Hypothesis/ Final QuestionDisclosure within social media sites

changes who we are and the identity we create is intertwined with the identity we portray in face to face interactions.

Does what we disclose through social media affect the identity and self-worth we posses internally?

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Sample/ Methodology

Questionnaire-40 Queens University of Charlotte undergraduate students

Focus Groups-3 groups of 5 Queens University of Charlotte undergraduate students

All participants were chosen at random so gender/ race/ religion/ etc were not a factor. The study was meant to be diverse and unspecific.

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Questionnaires-Use of social media (amount,

motivation, time)-Importance of social media-Disclosure through social media

(amount, motivation, type, truth)-Self-esteem effected by social media

(relationships, changes in confidence)-Social media in the work force (does the

idea of a future employer viewing your profile change any of the above factors)

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Focus Groups

-Used to elaborate on questions not easily asked/ answered on a questionnaire

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Results-the privacy settings effect how much/ what

participants disclose

Friends: at minimum acquaintances

-sometimes use social media as a way to impress others; “create” the way they want to be seen

-not enough to pressure them to make drastic changes

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Out of 40 participants

Strongly Agree

Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

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1012141618

"You disclose a lot of information about your personal life"

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"People who use media have higher self esteem"

Agrees- 30%Undecided- 35%Disagrees- 35%

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Out of 40 participants

Strongly Agree

Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

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5

10

15

20

25

"The profile you create accurately depicts who you feel you are“

(the information can be proved truthful)

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Important Correlations-People who said that they showed true facts on

their profiles were more likely to agree that they have a higher self esteem through social media

-People who said they disclosed untrue information were more likely to agree that their relationships suffered from using social media

-People are hesitant to admit that their self esteem is affected by amount of interaction on social media sites, but through our research it has proved true

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ConclusionIn most cases, people who disclose more

information are more likely to be affected personally by networking than those who disclose less. Those who share a real identity on their profiles become more emotionally involved and connected to the site.

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Social media sites don’t just affect users personally….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_RU5OCYYYw

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References

Bobkowski, P. S., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2010). Effects of Online Christian Self-Disclosure on Impression Formation. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 49(3), 456-476. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01522.x

Brown, A. (2011). Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society. Futurist, 45(2), 29. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Hamilton, M. (2009). The Effect of Identity on the Use of Social and Personal Media: Marginalization, Motivation, and the Internet. Conference Papers -- International Communication Association, 1-40.

Mathews, A., Derlega, V. J., & Morrow, J. (2006). What Is Highly Personal Information and How Is It Related to Self-Disclosure Decision-Making? The Perspective of College Students. Communication Research Reports, 23(2), 85-92. doi:10.1080/08824090600668915

Wong, J. J. (2002). What’s in a Name? An Examination of Social Identities. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 32(4), 451-463. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.