Originally presented at the Fraternity and Sorority Life Summit of the Carolinas. This presentation provides an overview of opportunities and challenges that college students face online.
39. (Turkle, 2004, para 6)
“I want to study not
only what the
computer is doing
for us, but what it
is doing to us.”
- Turkle
40. 89%
of adults 18-29 years old use social media
67%
access it on mobile
98%
of adults ages 18-29 are on the internet
70
70
70
43%
60%
89%
65+
50-64
30-49
70
78% 18-29
social media use
by age
younger generations
are using the internet,
social media, and mobile
technologies at a high rate
41. 1 2
We’re Going To Explore Two Topics Today
Digital Identity
or Reputation
Digitized
Development
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43. Digital Identity
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Or more accurately, digital identities,
are the personas, data, and actions
we take online as well as the
reputation of those identities and
how they are viewed by others.
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44. Just because you use social media…
doesn’t mean
well.
you know how to use it
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83. Digitized Development
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is the underlying developmental
processes that inform how we
understand ourselves and our
behavior in digital spaces.
Digitized development can carry
unique properties from offline
development.
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86. Student explores and experiments
openly with social media. This is
strongly influenced by authorities
(parents/guardians) through access
and peers through peer culture.
Student does not understand how
online and offline interactions can
impact each other or possess a
sophisticated understanding of
context.
Student makes conscious choices about
social media usage and how it fits into life
desires, outlook, and goals.
Student realizes that one’s online life
requires constant renegotiation as one’s
goals, needs, contexts, and
circumstances change.
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