Visitor or resident…or somewhere in between…
I was relieved to hear Dr.
White talk about the visitor and resident characteristics as a continuum as
opposed to an either or label. For the duration of the video I was wavering as
to what I would call myself—a visitor or resident of the online world? Much like Dr. White, I see the value of
social media and the internet in my professional life. All of the feature
writing that I do is accessible online, I oversee our departments social media
presence, and the majority of the marketing efforts that I manage are
internet-based; in that way I have to call myself a resident. I have intentionally
left a trace of my organization and myself online.
Sometimes competing with
my very public professional persona are my personal trepidations about putting
myself out there. I have been resistant with embracing the internet in my
personal life mostly because I am a naturally private person and I don’t see equivalent
gains with creating a personal online presence. This blog and my new personal
twitter account are stretching my boundaries and I’m curious to see if I will
keep this up after the duration of the course. Only time will tell.
