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Personal Social Media - Account Analysis

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In an effort to discuss what image I present online, I conducted an analysis of my identity through technology using terms and concepts I learned in my New Media class. I specifically chose to analyze my Twitter, a social media website, and my Tumblr, a blog website, as they are the 2 tools I use the most to present myself online. When analyzing my Twitter and my Tumblr I found that I present only one online identity. That identity is an individual identity. The way I specifically use these two websites is in a very realistic way, and it gives you a pretty good sense of who I am as a person. I don’t really present many examples of showing a social identity, or a collective identity that many people might have created in cyberspace. I also don’t have to edit myself for any reason such as having friendships with family, or people I work with on these websites. When it comes to Twitter, I’d say it’s the website I accurately represent myself the most on. This has obviously changed since sophomore year when I first created a Twitter, back then I tweeted anything and everything; it was a bunch of random nonsense. I also use Twitter for computer-mediated communication, as it is very easy to respond to something or someone, as well as receive feedback on something. There is a certain level of interactivity that people have grown used to and comfortable with. Unlike most ??people, I do not care about the amount of followers I have, or the amount of people I am following, although they are both close to 300. I periodically check it throughout the day, mostly on my phone via the app. I do not feel the need to always check it, every minute of every day. With Tumblr, I think represent myself pretty accurately too, and have been for about three years. I tend to check it less than Twitter, and mostly on my computer. I would say it is is my favorite website, as far as new media goes. If you were to check these two websites, you would probab

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