SocMed.s

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[this-is-not-clarissa]

ISSUES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

I recently uploaded a vlog on Facebook that tackled the issue on fake identities. The video was much appreciated and received by my Facebook friends. Some of them commented and added facts. While some of my close friends, messaged me privately, voicing out their appreciation and concerns.

I took time in choosing an issue to talk about. I considered factors like: do I have enough knowledge to talk about this topic, is this already given much light, and if this issue is this timely.

Before shooting the vlog, I wanted to make it look cozy and comfortable. Surely the result looked cozy enough for the viewers to react well on my video. I proceeded posting on Facebook, where I limited my viewers to my Facebook friends only.

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[this-is-not-clarissa]

Social Media Usage Patterns

The social media usage pattern of the group we interviewed (Middle-Aged Male Professionals with ages 21-40 years old) and my own usage pattern has slight differences. Since I'm a student, I'm nearly on the internet most of the time while the male professionals we interviewed were only online when they have free time. However, our purposes on using social media, top visited platforms and go-to devices were the same.

I agree with the Social Media Usage Framework proposed by AIMIA. It was well-organized in a way that it can be easily understood and comprehended. In Labucay's study, it only gave a little justice to the framework since it was taken years ago. A lot of technological advancements and media transformations happened since then. However, the framework I came up with is patterned with the proposed framework of AIMIA.

I made it simple to avoid any complications. As you can see in the x-axis, we have determining factor that has something to do with the means to access the internet and in the y-axis, we have the level of social media exposure.

Here are the 4 factions:

Semi-active social media users - users that cannot access the internet directly, needing to ask favors from people who can

Passive social media users - users that does not only lack the means to access the internet but only have few people to ask help with, hence the low social media exposure (also have factors like no signal in their area)

Active social media users - users that have proper means in accessing the internet in any time they wish

Partially inactive social media users - users that own personal gadgets and equipments yet lacks the interest in using social media hence, they have low exposure in social media

That's it for the framework I came up with! I hope you learned a thing or two from me :>

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[this-is-not-clarissa]

Identity Creation through Social Media

The identity I've presented in social media is almost identical to my personality in person. I came up with my identity, thinking that this identity will reflect on my physical self and my future. I instilled it in my mind that whatever mistake or stupidity I make on social media will came haunting me. That is why I'm cautious.

I think before I click.

My social media identity was greatly affected on how I act on person. Since I don't want to create a façade that will mislead people I met online, I stay true to myself. Although I couldn't deny that I join trends, the actions that I make always align with who I really am.

[this-is-not-clarissa]

THE GREAT UNFRIENDING EXPERIMENT

Unfriending Facebook friends is trivial to me. Unless they are special and long-time acquaintance, then that's another matter.

In these unfriending experiment, I chose friends to unfriend based on the level of friendship I have with them. It's easy since I pretty keep a close knit of friends and acquaintances. I felt like I betrayed the first Facebook friend I unfriended because he has been my best friend for more than 10 years now, we've been classmates since Grade 1 to Grade 12. For the "not-so-close" friends and others that I unfriended, I just felt a little silly since I never know until then that I should have unfriended them a long time ago, they're not my loss anyway.

I don't think the Facebook friends I unfriended notice the change in the number of their friends. Otherwise, my best friend would've already sent me plethora of absurd accuses.

In choosing between two friends to unfriend, I guess I chose based on the level of social capital I can benefit from them. "Is there anything this friend can help me with in the future?" "Is he/she worthy to keep as a Facebook friend?" "Does one or two of his/her posts has positive impacts on me?" These set of questions ran through my mind as I chose the friend to unfriend. In the case of my best friend, I just did it out of fun. When I sent him a friend request, his reactions are priceless. As expected, he threw funny accuses and complained a lot. He asked if something is bothering me that is related to him, if I got a beef with him, and if I don't want to be friends with him anymore. The other unfriended Facebook friends, I didn't bother to add them again as I don't have anything to do with them anymore.

The one Facebook friend I will never unfriend is my mother, who recently got in to Facebook and is learning how to tread in the social media world. She asks so many questions that I find amusing.

These unfriending experiment has made me realize that it's totally fine to unfriend some people, especially if you don't have anything to do with them and if they don't impact your life positively.

That would conclude my insight to The Great Unfriending Experiment.

Ciao!

[this-is-not-clarissa]

Hello, earthling! My name is Clarissa :)

Welcome to my safe space for Social Media Practices and Principles! I have created this blog to post reflections about certain topics regarding social media apps, sites, and platforms. This safe space is for anyone who uses social media and wants to have better understanding in the social media world.

As I delve in to our subject, I hope you will learn a thing or two from my blog.

Thank you for sparing me 40 seconds of your time :) Wait for my next post!

Ciao!