1. SELF-PRESENTATION IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF By Chelsea Trotta

2. Self-presentation “The process by which people convey to others that they are a certain kind of person or possess certain characteristics” (Leary 1996: 17) Managing the impressions that we make on other people Consciously or unconsciously In an online setting one can “inspect, edit and revise” before available to others

3. Main Points Self presentation tactics Motivation Effects of challenging situations Feedback

4. Self-presentational Tactics 1. Self-descriptions 2. Attitude statements 3. Non-verbal behaviors 4. Social Associations

5. Self Descriptions How you present yourself using words

6. Attitude Statements Statements about their values

7. Non-verbal Behaviors Emotional expressions, physical appearance, and gestures/movement

8. Social Associations Do not emphasize their own personal attributes. Instead they publicizes their connects with sports teams, celebrities, or political parties

9. Motivations Sex : Sex appeal, wanting to attract the opposite sex by portraying yourself as “experienced”

10. Motivations Age : Always wanting to display ourselves as older than we actually are

11. Motivations Personality : Exaggeration, fakeness, attention seeking. More time to think of what to say than in face-to-face conversations

12. Motivations Attractiveness : Edited/photo-shopped photos, tagging/hiding pictures from timeline, self pics/mirror shots

13. Effects of Challenging Situations Embarrassment

14. Feedback

16. Thank You!