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Essay Plan: Analysis of the relationship between mobile media and the social construction of identity by Social Media Sites via Mobile Telephony Devices Name Institution Course Unit Submission Date Instructor Introduction In recent years, the advent of Smartphone and other mobile media has experienced tremendous popularity in" rel="nofollow">in our society (Smith, 2014) startin" rel="nofollow">ing from min" rel="nofollow">inute personal websites to big mass communication networks that enable users to fin" rel="nofollow">ind and give virtually all in" rel="nofollow">information about them. Smartphones have not only become computer savvy but have also become unimagin" rel="nofollow">inably user friendly and have spread all over the world. With the risin" rel="nofollow">ing popularity of social media sites, we also see the in" rel="nofollow">increase of the time spent by users onlin" rel="nofollow">ine at the poin" rel="nofollow">int of havin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">internet access on mobile phones even away from computers (Pew Research Internet Project, 2013). With the time spent onlin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing, so offlin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">interaction also reduces and so much socialization occurs on phone screens and computers (Pew Research Internet Project, 2013). This essay will look at the in" rel="nofollow">influence of mobile media on identity formation and understandin" rel="nofollow">ing self via the usage and in" rel="nofollow">interaction of social networkin" rel="nofollow">ing sites like Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook. One consequence of the in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing onlin" rel="nofollow">ine relations is that the personalized identity configuration and self-understandin" rel="nofollow">ing affected to greater percentage by the popularity on some aspects of the life of the user that they would be glad to share. The rationale of this essay will be to display how time spent and use of mobile social sites make users to shape their identity and their self-understandin" rel="nofollow">ing grounded on the feedback posted onlin" rel="nofollow">ine. Research Question This research essay will try to answer two questions: (i) Does a post’s popularity onlin" rel="nofollow">ine make a user to practice the features of that post in" rel="nofollow">in their offlin" rel="nofollow">ine identity? (ii) How does time spent onlin" rel="nofollow">ine make users to adopt their offlin" rel="nofollow">ine identity and self-understandin" rel="nofollow">ing? By examin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing social network sites like Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook that have their apps on mobile phones and allows people to have followers and friends as well as receive feedback on posts in" rel="nofollow">in regards to personal posts, the research essay will seek to fin" rel="nofollow">ind the lin" rel="nofollow">ink between offlin" rel="nofollow">ine and onlin" rel="nofollow">ine identity creation. Body Topic Selection The topic of the term paper will widely cover how mobile devices such as Smartphone and wearable deeply connect with our identity. However, I have narrowed this topic to do Analysis of the Relationship between Mobile Media and the Social Construction of Identity by Social Media Sites. Some of the social media sites accessible through Smartphone mobile media in" rel="nofollow">include Whatsapp, Twoo,2go, Instagram, Tembulr, and Facebook. In the first section of the paper, I will examin" rel="nofollow">ine Tembulr, Instagram and Facebook as some of the popular social sites that are accessible to many through the contemporary mobile media as well as the user validation identities and gratifications. This essay plan will first give backgrounds of the aforementioned mobile phone social sites, then Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis of self and lastly examin" rel="nofollow">ine the manner Goffman’s research impacts on current research in" rel="nofollow">in relations to the construction of identities onlin" rel="nofollow">ine. Whereas there have been research on Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr are new and have not yet discussed within" rel="nofollow">in the confin" rel="nofollow">ines of identity creation and understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of oneself. Social Sites that Affect Identity In this section of the paper, we will discuss some of the social mobile networks that are accessible on mobile media like the Smartphone. Some of the common social media sites that affect identity of people onlin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">include (i) Facebook (ii) Instagram (iii) Tembulr Background of Social Sites In this section of the paper, we will seek to fin" rel="nofollow">ind more about the background of the social media sites that are available in" rel="nofollow">in Smartphone. Tumblr This is a blog site (Tumblr, 2014), that permits subscribers to convey their self while lookin" rel="nofollow">ing for in" rel="nofollow">individuals to create onlin" rel="nofollow">ine communities. The site permits text posts that allows users to express themselves at will, share any pictures of their choice, chats, quotes, post audio and video files of any nature. The nature of the site allows users to comment on posts, follow and be followed by other users hence they can create onlin" rel="nofollow">ine communities. Temblr also allows users to share poin" rel="nofollow">ints of view on certain" rel="nofollow">in matters and even in" rel="nofollow">integrate shared opin" rel="nofollow">inion. Instagram Instagram refers to an application that allows photo-sharin" rel="nofollow">ing (Instagram, 2014) with the world based on what is important to them. Most of the images range from small events like what the user is eatin" rel="nofollow">ing, listenin" rel="nofollow">ing, or readin" rel="nofollow">ing to events graced by users like get together, concerts and parties. The significant feature on Instagram is that it is a part of the user and seen as a part of their active life. It gives people an option of commentin" rel="nofollow">ing and likin" rel="nofollow">ing pictures and comments. I propose that the sites that are accessible through mobile phones are virtual areas for in" rel="nofollow">interpersonal relations and act as place for self-development. The term paper will potentially help to understand how site users on these in" rel="nofollow">individual sites make understandin" rel="nofollow">ing and identity offlin" rel="nofollow">ine grounded on in" rel="nofollow">internationalization and validation of ideas based on popularity of their posts. This research will focus on a research gap already identified in" rel="nofollow">in light to the relationship between user created identities and social network sites. The research comes at a time when there is an in" rel="nofollow">increase of use of mobile-based social network sites and the sharp in" rel="nofollow">increase of users. Facebook has 874 million mobile telephony users, 1.19 million monthly users and 728 million daily users as per October (2013). Tumblr has 216.3 million visitors every month, with 109 million users by May 2013 (Digital Marketin" rel="nofollow">ing Ramblin" rel="nofollow">ings, 2014). By September 2013, Instagram had 150 million users (Digital Marketin" rel="nofollow">ing Ramblin" rel="nofollow">ings, 2014). The Impact of Goffman’ Dramaturgical Analysis on Construction of Identities The theoretical alignment of this subject will be on Goffman’s (1959) theory. The primary reason for the theory is that it will help us understand both the message presenter and the receiver in" rel="nofollow">in communication in" rel="nofollow">interactions. The articles to be used to write the planned paper will be broken down in" rel="nofollow">into segments discussin" rel="nofollow">ing their relations to Goffman’s study and contribution to research. I regards to The Presentation of Self in" rel="nofollow">in daily life Goffman’s highlights that it is important to have face-to-face in" rel="nofollow">interaction among social site users. For example, an African should not present him or herself as a white man on Facebook profile picture. This is because when one meets them in" rel="nofollow">in onlin" rel="nofollow">ine platform it could affect the onlin" rel="nofollow">ine trust. This section of the paper will also discuss the place of Goffman’s work in" rel="nofollow">in person-to-person in" rel="nofollow">interactions and its importance in" rel="nofollow">in understandin" rel="nofollow">ing onlin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">interactions. A social site user can post pictures, comments, videos, and comments that would portray him or her in" rel="nofollow">in a way that only she deems desirable. When other users in" rel="nofollow">interact with them on their posts, they understand them on an onlin" rel="nofollow">ine perspective. Nevertheless, when the same social site user reacts with the people who know him or her personally he gets a new identity, as he becomes his true self. For example, people have the tendency of lyin" rel="nofollow">ing about their marital and educational backgrounds. To the people who in" rel="nofollow">interact with him on Facebook he is married but those who know him offlin" rel="nofollow">ine he may be married or unmarried based on the truth in" rel="nofollow">in real life. The Effect of Social Sites on Identity In this part of the paper, I will discuss some of the effects of social sites that are available on mobile phone devices. These effects are: (i) Impression Management (ii) Private vs. Public Communication (iii) Social Substitute (iv) Social Networkin" rel="nofollow">ing acts as a testin" rel="nofollow">ing Ground. Impression Management In light of the need for one to represent self durin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">interactions, Enli & Thumin" rel="nofollow">in (2012) pays attention to the distin" rel="nofollow">inction between formation self and self-representation visa vie socializin" rel="nofollow">ing with other people (Enli & Thumim, 2012:98). Enli & Thumin" rel="nofollow">in argue that there exist choices pertain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing to that which matters to present onlin" rel="nofollow">ine and the physical presentation (Enli & Thumim, 2012: 91/92). Enli and Thumin" rel="nofollow">in also postulates that establishes a hybrid ground that affects the traditional offlin" rel="nofollow">ine and onlin" rel="nofollow">ine socialization and private and public spheres. Private vs. Public Communication In discussion of private vs. public, I will analyze both broadcastin" rel="nofollow">ing on Facebook and public communication that alters the dimension of who is consumin" rel="nofollow">ing content and who is producin" rel="nofollow">ing content onlin" rel="nofollow">ine (Thumim & Enli, 2012: 100). Another segment of self-representation origin" rel="nofollow">inates from the hierarchies creation and groups that receive the posted on their posts. I will also analyze the popularity of users in" rel="nofollow">in regards to the popularity of posts on Facebook pages. To attain" rel="nofollow">in this status, users have to craft self-representation in" rel="nofollow">in a bid to engage and apply a representational strategy to achieve status (Enli & Thumin" rel="nofollow">in, 2012:98). Social Substitute In light of Facebook bein" rel="nofollow">ing a social substitute, we will discuss that within" rel="nofollow">in the Tosun (2012) article I order to support the theory that more socialization occurs onlin" rel="nofollow">ine. By establishin" rel="nofollow">ing an onlin" rel="nofollow">ine identity that assists in" rel="nofollow">in the creation of friendship with other users, the social site user engages in" rel="nofollow">in a selective process of formin" rel="nofollow">ing identities. When these relations grow from the onlin" rel="nofollow">ine to offlin" rel="nofollow">ine spheres, the participant assumes his onlin" rel="nofollow">ine identity and adopts the identity that is more acceptable and understandable by his or her counterpart (Tosun, 2010). For example on facebook there are people who pose as professionals in" rel="nofollow">in certain" rel="nofollow">in field like Engin" rel="nofollow">ineerin" rel="nofollow">ing, medicin" rel="nofollow">ine or even accounts while in" rel="nofollow">in real life they do not hold such positions and could even be illiterate. I will also use the Skues, Williams & Wise 2012 to explain" rel="nofollow">in the idea of social media sites provided on mobile media and their effect on personal traits. They argue that the personality of the user alters the in" rel="nofollow">information to withhold from or presented to others. The study will review found out that the users personality changes their perceptions management of impression, their ability to connect with other users and postulates that lonely users compensate their in" rel="nofollow">inadequacies in" rel="nofollow">in offlin" rel="nofollow">ine relationships (Skues et al, 2012: 2418). For in" rel="nofollow">instance on Tembulr, users can update their status as humble, kin" rel="nofollow">ind and all the sweet nothin" rel="nofollow">ings while offlin" rel="nofollow">ine they are the complete opposite of the onlin" rel="nofollow">ine identity. Social Networkin" rel="nofollow">ing as a testin" rel="nofollow">ing Ground Davis (2012) argument is that social media sites that are accessible through our phones offer a means through which users can express themselves and enable balancin" rel="nofollow">ing many users on the site and their respective followers. An example of such a site is Facebook that help people express themselves and work o issues that they are strugglin" rel="nofollow">ing with and they are unable to solve offlin" rel="nofollow">ine due to lack of confidence (Davis, 2012:639). Accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to Davis, some users may forget what they want to be onlin" rel="nofollow">ine which may result to the damage of the user’s self-esteem and unauthentic feelin" rel="nofollow">ing. For example, there are people who cannot make face-to-face communications especially with respect to public speakin" rel="nofollow">ing. This people often resolve to Whatsapp as a platform for communication. Davis conclusion is that social networkin" rel="nofollow">ing permits multiple personalities and offers outlet for in" rel="nofollow">individual issues hence creatin" rel="nofollow">ing a testin" rel="nofollow">ing ground for real life practice, the test bein" rel="nofollow">ing an in" rel="nofollow">individual testin" rel="nofollow">ing how social network users would react to his actions onlin" rel="nofollow">ine then movin" rel="nofollow">ing on to try the same thin" rel="nofollow">ing onlin" rel="nofollow">ine. Conclusion This part will be last segment of the planned essay and will sum up the whole idea of mobile media and their place in" rel="nofollow">in creatin" rel="nofollow">ing other identities. Here the writer will give a way forward for the subject matter. Essay Outlin" rel="nofollow">ine Title: Essay Plan: Analysis of the relationship between mobile media and the social construction of identity by Social Media Sites I. Introduction A. Introductory statement B. Thesis statement: C. Research Question II. Body A. Topic Selection ): 1. Social Sites that Affect Identity 2. Backgrounds of Social Sites (a) Tembulr (b) Instagram III. The Impact of Goffman’ Dramaturgical Analysis on Construction of Identities A. : Explanation of Goffman’s theory 1. Place of Goffman’s theory in" rel="nofollow">in social media communication 2. Goffman’s theory in" rel="nofollow">in person-to-person communication IV. The Effect of Social Sites on Identity: 1. Impression Management 2. Private vs. Public Communication 3. Social Substitute 4. Social Networkin" rel="nofollow">ing as a testin" rel="nofollow">ing Ground Coclusion Closin" rel="nofollow">ing statement References Davis, K. (2012). Tensions of identity in" rel="nofollow">in a networked era: Young people’s perspectives on the risks and rewards of onlin" rel="nofollow">ine self-expression. New Media & Society, 14(4), 634-651. Digital Market Ramblin" rel="nofollow">ings. (2014). 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