Public selves require constant self-monitoring and self-editing labor

Evidence

Hunt is open about many aspects of her life; she tweeted that her son had run up a $1,051 phone bill texting his friends in the United States, and asked for advice on how to manage the problem. But Hunt has defined a set of acceptable boundaries for information disclosure—she generally avoids talking about relationships or dating—and strictly manages her self-presentation. This management requires self-monitoring, seeing herself through the gaze of others and altering her actions accordingly. As a result, Hunt is constantly working to produce and edit her desired image. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 633

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘gaze of others’ self-monitoring directly connects to Foucault’s panoptic self-discipline and to the emotional labor literature. — connects to: Living publicly online normalizes constant scrutiny of one’s actions — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 382; Self-improvement labor is hidden by framing it as uncovering one’s true self. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 458; Even the most public online selves are managed through deliberate disclosure choices — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 630 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Aggregated digital traces reveal more than individuals intend and prompt greater self-editing #expands (0.90) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 638
• Online self-monitoring is emotional labor that cannot fully succeed due to constant platform churn #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 637
• Self-branding normalizes surveillance and produces strategic, edited selves #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 721
• Radical online openness paradoxically produces a more filtered, self-censored self #corroborates (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 632
• External surveillance becomes internalized as self-imposed bodily discipline #responds-to (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 512
• Automated surveillance threatens the open-ended self-transformative capacity that defines selfhood #qualifies (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 489
• The mere feeling of being observed shifts behavior from selfish to reciprocal norms #exemplifies (0.75)