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Blog 5: Managing your digital identity

Social media (SM) using are becoming treading that covering the whole world. The impact of SM already becomes our essential tool. We can say that people also cannot leave SM or online network. This finding of article shown us that “the reason is that people make the decision would be based on the perceived risk or benefit associated with disclosure” (Adjei et al., 2020, p. 1). SM use leaves a digital trail that is not always well understood or managed. This may easy to lead to a series of online using safety issue. Digital identity management on social media that become a new issue. Some studies indicate that people are attracted to those who grant them rewards when people think about more benefits than risks are more likely to disclose personal information.

The SM of common using includes different online forum, twitter, Facebook and Instagram. In this information age, people interact with other via SM. All of us not only prefer to use SM everyday but also access and share information. When we use different SM via online, our online browsing history would be recorded in service server. Besides, every computer have own IP address. It can use to trace in the user location and online action. The issues of data privacy and online safety attracted the public concern to this. In addition, online free speech also is another issue. Everyone can share information or their opinion for some event. While you have mobile phone or other device can connect network, you can use SM in everywhere or every time. People can easy to use SM, misinformation and disinformation were found in every SM. Sometime, people may think that they just want share what they recognize correct information. Sometime, they just take advantage of information to earn benefits.

As an information professional, we have to follow the ethics of library field. SM can help us spread information and educate our user. We have to make sure providing quality and accurate information to user. And then we should not include personal bias and intend to get benefits through our duty and position. Besides, we would contact information about user. protect our user data privacy and did not release their information privacy.

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References

Adjei, J. K., Adams, S., Mensah, I. K., Tobbin, P. E., & Odei-Appiah, S. (2020). Digital identity management on social media: Exploring the factors that influence personal information disclosure on social media. Sustainability, 12(23), 9994. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/23/9994