Live in the Social Media World

 It is always a profound question of who am I. This is a clip from the latest film - Les Misérables

Society Identities

We live in the human society which is consist of different social statuses, sometimes we are students who concentrate themselves on academic studies; sometimes we are individuals who have certain kind of interest; there are also times we are labeled with personal relationships: friend, sister, daughter; more often we are distinctive because we live in different cities.




These are all the social identities which make us unique as an individual and also bring people who share the same characteristic together. Living in the social media world can strengthen people's identity, because different social media has its own user group and corresponding features. People’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social networking sites. A recent study shows, as of December 2012, 67% of online adults use social networking sites.

On Renren: I am a friend 

The Renren Network ( Chinese: 人人网; pinyin : Rénrénwǎng; literally "Everyone's Website"), formerly known as Xiaonei Network (Chinese: 校内网; literally "on-campus network") is a Chinese social networking service that exists as the Chinese remake of   Facebook. It has been called the Facebook of China, popular amongst college students.

I have been using this social sites since I graduated from high school, I have most of my college friends and some of high school and junior school friend on this site. Although Renren has been called the Facebook of China, it has some distinction. Facebook has a more board user group with the number of 140 million and the age range is approximately from 13 to 65. But for Renren, it is most popular among college students. After graduation, some of my college friend work for IT companies. It shocked me when someone told me that their company had blocked Renren for a more effective working environment. These has been a tendency that some are leaving Renren. For those who stayed in Renren networking, some only like or comment or even only view others' post.

I stay and keep update my Renren page and view others' share and post although I am already in the Unites States. The different timezones and lifestyles sometimes confuse me with their posting. Once many of them complained about the train tickets, I didn't realize that the National Day is around the corner.(Many people travel during the National Day break and it is not easy to buy a train ticket, these pictures will help you understand) I don't want to feel isolated from my Chinese friends and let them know my life through picture posting and blog writing.

My Renren entry:  http://www.renren.com/249845270

On QQ: I am a granddaughter, daughter, niece, sister

QQ provides customers with a popular instant messaging software service.Due to popularity of the instant messaging software service, by 10 September 2012, there were 784 million active user accounts with approximately 100 million online at a time. According to Alexa Internet rankings, the website of QQ ranked 8th which moved ahead of the 10th most popular, Twitter . QQ also offers customers a variety of services, including online social games, online music, micro blogging, group chat, QQ voice, QQ-zone(search for new friends), QQ virtual pet ( foster virtual penguin, bear, pig), and QQ paipai (online shopping website).

As I said, Renren is not so popular among the seniors. My family members, especially my parents and Aunt will use QQ to contact me. Not born as a digital native, it is not easy for them learn the high-technology and it is still interesting for my grandparents to see me on the screen when we use video chatting.

Different user group decide how you act on social networking sites. Avoid making my family members worried about me, I always try to be happy and positive on qq by posting and commenting with satisfaction of life. Sometimes I comment in English on Renren, because almost everyone on Renren understands it, but it doesn't apply to qq. As a way to communication which my family, I will continue update on qq.

Here is a promotion of qq which tells a story of an Chinese international student. I found this on qq video. Although the narration is Chinese, it is not hard to get the basic idea of love.
  http://play.v.qq.com/play?vid=71QwbZCPHgs
I updated the post with a YouTube video!(3/23/3013)

My qqzone entry: http://user.qzone.qq.com/498521608/infocenter

 On Facebook: I am an international student

 There is no need to describe the popularity of Facebook. It is an indispensable personal asset of Americans. Starting a Facebook networking site is one of the first steps of American life and it is convenient to friend those who you meet but can't see each other often. Likes and comments make us feel closer when there is physical distance between us.

Learning that Facebook does not only have the influence on friends but also can be investigate as a resource by potential employer, I am very careful with what I post.

My Facebook entry: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004262051992