Month: January 2023

Blog Post #2 – What Does My Digital Identity Look Like?

– What is a digital identity?

A digital identity is any piece of data on a personal online network that reflects the real you. For example, the photos you upload to social media, any of your web search engine history, the posts you create and any comments and remarks, your online bank account, email account, game account and other users of various network tools. If the ID card records your birth, place of residence, job, marriage, etc., the digital identity records all your behaviors and behaviors on the Internet.

– How do personal and professional approaches to digital identity affect the use of social media?


Individuals use personal networks to socialize and interact. Individuals show themselves by updating personal dynamics, and can also interact and communicate with others by watching other people’s personal dynamics, so as to achieve the purpose of social networking and information exchange, which can be understood as a one-to-one relationship. A professional network is used to find career opportunities or learn about current events. A professional network may have more than one author, and the “author” may be a large institution, a group, or even a government. It may not only represent the information of an individual’s opinion, but a collective, so the content published by the professional network is more professional and authoritative.

– How is digital identity integrated in online publics – what are the implications and benefits?


When digital identities are integrated with the online public, the government and the police can track people’s online behavior, which can ensure that people behave appropriately, because online crimes or violations are no longer unaccountable or unaccountable. So when digital identities are integrated with the Internet, people can use the Internet to vote electronically, sign documents, and file tax returns online. Moreover, with the internationalization, many people in the world are floating population. They need to travel to different countries for work and life, and paper ID cards are very easy to be stolen and lost. Live and travel with increased convenience and more efficient regulation of the security of the online world.

– Can digital wallets provide trust to the online public?


Digital wallets can provide trust for the online public. With the popularity of digital wallets, more people are willing to spend and save their money through digital wallets. Especially in recent years, the pandemic of the new crown has made digital wallets a contactless Consumption is more popular, and people feel the convenience and speed brought by digital wallets. Before the pandemic, I didn’t trust digital wallets and any online transactions because I was very worried about getting scammed and my money was safe. But with the popularity of digital wallets, more and more people around me use digital wallets. With the recommendation of people around me, I also use digital wallets and understand the benefits of digital wallets.

WEEK 2 – PLN & Public Communications

What does it mean to network using social media?
I think the main meaning of doing this is to communicate with distant friends, share pictures and videos with each other, and so on. You can also join different groups to find people who share your hobbies. It’s also a fast, cheap and effective way to reach nearly half of the world’s population. If you have a need, you can connect with your target audience, engage with customers, and grow your business. The significance of using social media to establish a network is to exchange knowledge and information with other people more widely and more conveniently. To give a simple example, I love travel and photography. Before each trip, I will search for some travel bloggers’ experiences and stories on social media to prepare for my trip. I can also post my questions in the forum Go and discuss with many netizens. When I finish my travels, I also share my travel experiences on social media and share the places I visited during my travels. Therefore, people can more conveniently interact with people who are thousands of miles away or do not know people in reality, which makes people’s learning more convenient and information flow faster.


How are we motivated to participate in networked publics?
From a business point of view, it can increase the traffic of the product website, increase the visibility, and attract the attention of new friends. Publish some articles to win the attention of consumers, so that readers are interested in the product and enter the website. From the student’s point of view, publishing what they have learned on the Internet can further consolidate the knowledge, while students who do not have this knowledge can learn this knowledge by searching for explanations posted by others. In additional, people can generate new problem-solving methods or knowledge through communication and discussion in networked publics because you can communicate with more different people online and you may get new inspiration.


What are the risks & rewards of public communications?
The risk of public communication is that the web is mixed, and everyone has a different point of view. Some people agree with you, and some people disagree. Although some people do not agree, they can also debate with you rationally, but some people not only disagree, but also do not reason, thereby further verbally insulting you, and may even rise to sexism or race and so on. The return of public communication is also significant, and even the largest platform can better carry out message transmission. You can let more people see what you want to say, so that you can promote your product through the methods mentioned above.