Electric Reporter - Digital identity: the ego on the Net

In the 90 years people have dreamed of a second life in cyberspace, a new digital universe in which they invent themselves every day and where to change his appearance, name and even gender at any time could. In chat rooms and forums, the participants came to the rapidly changing pseudonyms and nicknames, and experimented with their identity, without actually revealing something of himself.
Today, the use of the ego has changed in the network: the modern web-residents will be identified and found, he wants to leave visible traces - and he begins to actively manage his profile: He invites his films up on YouTube, photos on his Flickr ties, business contacts on XING, manage their bookmarks on Mister Wong remains with fellow students via Facebook to connect singles and permanent status messages to Twitter from - all mostly under his real name. If our appearance on the web an integral part of the self, and what consequences this has for our lives? These questions investigated the electrical reporter in a new episode.

Source: Electric Reporter

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