THE DIGITAL SELF

PSY 100 - UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

INTRODUCTION:

• These days, more people are becoming active in using the

internet for research, pleasure business, communication
and other purposes. Indeed, the internet is of great help
for everyone. On the other hand, people assume different
identities while in the cyberspace. People act differently
when they are online and offline. We have our real
identity and online identity.
3 FACTS, 1 FICTION
• Construct four sentences about yourself that start with “I
AM _________________.” Three sentences should be
true to yourself. You can talk about your characteristics,
strengths, weaknesses, accomplishments, personalities and
behavior. The other sentence should be a fiction or
something that you just made up. Make your fiction as
“believable” as possible.
SOME DIGITAL FACTS:

• More than half of the population worldwide now uses

Internet. It has only been 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee
made the “World Wide Web” available to the public, but
in that time, the Internet has already become an integral
part of everyday life for most of the world’s population.
The Philippines is among one of the countries with the most
active Internet users.
SOME DIGITAL FACTS:
• More than half of the world now uses a smartphone.
• Almost 2/3 of the world’s population now has a mobile phone
• More than half of the world’s web traffic now comes from
mobile phones
• More than half of all mobile connections around the world are
now “broadband”
• More than one in five of the world’s population shopped online
in the past 30 days.
SETTING BOUNDARIES TO YOUR ONLINE SELF:
SMART SHARING

•Before posting or share anything

online, we should consider the following
questions:
 SETTING BOUNDARIES TO YOUR ONLINE SELF:
SMART SHARING

•Is this post/story necessary?

•Is there a real benefit to this post – is it
funny, warm-hearted, teachable – or am
I just making noise online without
purpose?
 SETTING BOUNDARIES TO YOUR ONLINE SELF:
SMART SHARING

•Have we ( as a family or parent/child)

resolved this issue? An issue still being
worked out in the home, or one that is
either vulnerable or highly emotional,
should not be made public.
 SETTING BOUNDARIES TO YOUR ONLINE SELF:
SMART SHARING

•Is it appropriate? Does it stay within the

boundaries of our family values?
•Will this seem as funny in 5, 10, or in 15 years?
Or is this post better suited for sharing with a
small group of family members? Or maybe not
at all?
RULES TO FOLLOW

• STICK TO SAFER SITES

• GUARD YOUR PASSWORDS
• LIMIT WHAT YOU SHARE
• REMEMBER THAT ANYTHING YOU PUT ONLINE OR POST
ON A SITE IS THERE FOREVER, EVEN IF YOU TRY TO
DELETE IT.
• DO NOT BE MEAN OR EMBARRASS OTHER PEOPLE
ONLINE.
RULES TO FOLLOW

•ALWAYS TELL IF YOU SEE STRANGE OR BAD

ONLINE BEHAVIOR
•BE CHOOSY ABOUT YOIUR ONLINE FRIENDS
•BE PATIENT.
ASSIGNMENT 1: CREATIVE WORK

•IN AN OSLO PAPER, MAKE A POSTER WITH

SLOGAN ABOUT BECOMING A RESPONSIBLE
INTERNET USER. USE COLORING OR ART
MATERIALS TO IMPROVE YOUR OUTPUT.
PROJECT 1: DATA PRIVACY LAW

• MAKE A RESEARCH ON THE DATA PRIVACY LAW

OF THE PHILIPPINES.
• WHAT TO SUBMIT: THE SALIENT OR THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LAW AND EXPRESSING
YOUR OPINION ON THE SAID LAW.