Explain how we manage impressions in person and online to enhance our presenting image.

In real life we don’t know how a person is or might react to our true nature. Sometimes a person may be physically unattractive or have a dull personality. When we’re online we present to the person on the opposing screen what they want to see because we may feel superior. We’re in a way living a double life style. We make people believe what they want to believe so we won’t feel judged or left out and that the person will think we’re cool even though in real life we might not be. It’s like living a virtual life, it’s different from the real world. However, such tendencies are unjust because then we won’t be just lying to the person on the other side of the screen, we'd also be lying to ourselves. Also, those virtual lying tendencies will follow us in real life and we won’t establish true connections with people.

When online, people tend to hide their true self, or show only what they'd want the other person to see, or show them what they think is appealing to the other person. An example, is that if someone liked a specific topic about something, the other person would act interested and talk only about that topic, to bring attention to themselves and have something to talk about. This can be bad, especially if they are lying and saying that they are into something, when they aren't, because now, they are lieing to themself, and the other person, and thus would lose a friendship. Some people do this to deceive while others may do this because they can't socialize propelry, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but then they aren't putting themselves out there and actually being themselves. They will never learn to make real friends this way.

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