Sanderson and Smith's post reflects on the self-presentation of Instagram athletes.
Using Instagram feeds from 27 eligible athletes, the writers infer how sportsmen use public networking platforms to talk to the community (Smith and Sanderson 1). In addition, the mixed approach was used to analyze captions and images in such a way as to understand the patterns and attitudes that appeared. Self-presentation styles for both sexes and their distinctions have been assessed, but a major differentiation has been identified which has validated the past existing gender norms (Smith and Sanderson 1). Based on the findings of the study, athletes use Instagram for various reasons such as humanitarian, family-driven, socialite and expressing their interests and traits. Contestants are civic-minded and use Instagram to support their charitable work and society advocacy (Smith and Sanderson 11). Further, many of the events shared in the Instagram by athletes are related to family and stressed how much they cherish with relatives and in good relationships. Moreover, Instagram enables competitors to express their personality traits which enable the audience to see them in a manner that is different from what is displayed in the current media coverage. Also, Instagram is used to show how sportspersons are dedicated to the work and training for the sake of excelling sports (Smith and Sanderson 12).
Online Dating
The volume by Ramirez et al. examined the countrywide section of online dater to recognize if face to face relation results can be forecasted by the communications made before meeting. Online dating provides single adults a chance to encounter with other bachelors in different geographical destinations (Ramirez et al. 2). Besides, online dating sites offer users with the unparalleled access to the potential partners, capability to converse using mediated routes before deciding to meet face to face and the matching option utilizing the romantic compatibility algorithms. A unique advantage of dating online is the aptitude to determine the comparable levels with possible partners via the virtual interaction (Ramirez et al. 4).
According to the article, online dater establish mental construct of their couples by reading dating outline and using the data to fill blank spaces of partners in different places. However, daters who stay for a long time before meeting with the potential partners face to face cross the tipping point hence finding it difficult to believe any divergences from the idealized psychological construct (Ramirez et al. 12). Further, the majority of online dates take place in strategic and minor misrepresentations so that to develop affirmative impressions on the profile page. The number of pictures that online daters make available in their page predicts the outcomes when they meet face to face. Also, the information offered by photographs reduces the urge for partners to question about the visually observable traits hence turning attention to other things (Ramirez et al. 12).
Online Surveillance
The qualitative study by Berkelaar and Buzzanell evaluated how bosses communicatively frame online examination to provide the information about fit assessment during the selection of personnel. According to the findings, employers legitimize online screening by framing the process as reputation management, risk work, transformative, fun and efficient (Berkelaar and Buzzanell 15). The workplace surveillance has shifted from evaluating the conventional duty to potential employees and their roles. Cyberventing has the capacity for surveilling nonwork and work traits of people hence helping in the selection of ideal workers who fit in the competitive environment (Berkelaar and Buzzanell 12). Further, employers are using online surveillance to determine constitutes that fit in the current world economy.
Work Cited
Berkelaar, Brenda L, and Patrice M Buzzanell. "Cybervetting, Person-Environment Fit, and Personnel Selection: Employers' Surveillance and Sensemaking of Job Applicants' Online Information." Journal of Applied Communication Research Journal of Applied Communication Research 42.4 (2014): 22. Print.
Ramirez, Artemio et al. "When Online Dating Partners Meet Offline: The Effect of Modality Switching on Relational Communication Between Online Daters." JCC4 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 20.1 (2015): 17. Print.
Smith, L.R, and J Sanderson. "I'm Going to Instagram It! An Analysis of Athlete Self-Presentation on Instagram." J. Broadcast. Electron. Media Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 59.2 (2015): 18. Print.
