So today we began a new topic in which we learnt about social identity and what it is. Collectively as a group we discussed what is meant by identity and came up with ideas such as how we are percieved, how we represent ourselves and our appearance etc.
Once our tutors finished talking to us about how we use social networking sites and the internet in general to portray our identity, we were set the task of creating a fictional identity through a website called Weavr. Within this program I was able to create my own avatar named Georgio Lopez, an Italian-American student living in New York.
Through Weavr i was able to build his profile, give him an age, show his interests and activities, what he likes to do on weekends and much more.
I actually really enjoyed creating an avatar as it enabled me to create a totally different life of a fictional character that only exists on the internet and took me away from focusing on my own profile on social networking sites such as Facebook. As my avatar is now on Twitter, I look forward to reading his tweets and seeing how many followers he gets by next week.. luckily it's enough to win me that kit-kat! (just kidding) :)
Take a look at Georgio's Twitter account ---> https://twitter.com/#!/Georgio1Lopez
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