Online identity

The social web, i.e. the usage of the web to support the social process, represents a space in which people have the possibility to express and expose their identity in a social context.

Online identity management also refers to identity exposure and identity disclosure, and has particularly developed in the management on online identity in social network services or online dating services.

In some online contexts, including Internet forums, online chats, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), users can represent themselves visually by choosing an avatar, an icon-sized graphic image.

Chatrooms can produce a strong sense of online identity leading to impression of subculture.

For example, people define their identity explicitly by creating user profiles in social network services such as Facebook or LinkedIn and online dating services.

A profile refers therefore to the explicit digital representation of a person's identity.

Although some people choose to use their real names online, some Internet users prefer to be anonymous, identifying themselves by means of pseudonyms, which reveal varying amounts of personally identifiable information.

Personal data is a key component of our Online identity and can be exploited by individuals.

Social networking services and online avatars have complicated the concept of identity.

Meanwhile, older users pay great importance to an avatar's ability to reflect their own appearance, identity, and personality.

Academia has responded to these emerging trends by establishing domains of scholarly research such as technoself studies, which focuses on all aspects of human identity in technological societies.

A user's online identity is a social identity that represents the user in the online environment, allowing a user a high level of control over their identity in a way that differs from the offline world.

This may also be referred to as an online identity.

For example, people define their identity explicitly by creating user profiles in social network services such as Facebook or LinkedIn and online dating services.

The controversy resulting from Google+'s policy of requiring users to sign in using legal names has been dubbed the "nymwars".

These issues have existed since the beginning of online identity, and are related to the alleged online disinhibition effect.

"Online" has come to describe activities performed on and data available on the Internet, for example: "online identity", "online predator", "online gambling", "online shopping", "online banking", and "online learning".

The development of factitious disorders in online venues is made easier by the availability of medical literature on the Internet, the anonymous and malleable nature of online identities, and the existence of communication forums established for the sole purpose of giving support to members facing significant health or psychological problems.

An online reputation is the perception that one generates on the Internet based on their digital footprint.

In some online contexts, including Internet forums, online chats, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), users can represent themselves visually by choosing an avatar, an icon-sized graphic image.

In some online contexts, including Internet forums, online chats, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), users can represent themselves visually by choosing an avatar, an icon-sized graphic image.

Through interaction with other users, an established online identity acquires a reputation, which enables other users to decide whether the identity is worthy of trust.

Online identities are associated with users through authentication, which typically requires registration and logging in.

Online identities are associated with users through authentication, which typically requires registration and logging in.

Online identities are associated with users through authentication, which typically requires registration and logging in.

Some websites also use the user's IP address or tracking cookies to identify users.

Some websites also use the user's IP address or tracking cookies to identify users.

The concept of the self, and how this is influenced by emerging technologies, are a subject of research in fields such as education, psychology and sociology.

The concept of the self, and how this is influenced by emerging technologies, are a subject of research in fields such as education, psychology and sociology.

The concept of the self, and how this is influenced by emerging technologies, are a subject of research in fields such as education, psychology and sociology.

The concept of the self, and how this is influenced by emerging technologies, are a subject of research in fields such as education, psychology and sociology.

The online disinhibition effect is a notable example, referring to a concept of unwise and uninhibited behavior on the Internet, arising as a result of anonymity and audience gratification.