Hi! My name is Freya, I’m 34 and a mummy to 3 gorgeous girls. I have a varying relationship with digital media, particularly social media, and my interaction and relationship with these can change on a yearly, monthly and even hourly basis. I also have reservations, concerns and excitement about how these platforms will continue to influence and impact my life, but also those of my daughters as well. As a member of the GenX generation, technology and digital networking platforms is something that I have grown with and certainly is starting to become of interest to my eldest.
My two main social platforms are Facebook for my personal life, and LinkedIn for my professional. Both are important to me to maintain connections with friends and family, and also to build a functional and relevant network for my career. My relationship with Facebook is now over 10 years old, I have gone from posting about every little thing in my life, no matter how irrelevant and minor, to spending months barely posting anything at all. I am also becoming increasingly conscious of the sharing of my personal life with regards to my daughters. I have the ability as an adult to post whatever I wish, but is that ok when I am posting about my children lives?
My primary platform for work is LinkedIn. As Brand and Marketing Manager for the company I work for, this is an essential part of my role, to share updates, news, recruitment opportunities and events with clients and the wider industry, and to improve our presence in the sector and ultimately our brand salience.
My week 1 results for my Digital Literacy can be seen here. I take my privacy and security very seriously and am cautious of connecting with people I haven’t met, however judgement can be made to connect with those in a similar field and sector as me. However there are definitely areas for me to improve upon. I need to make more of an effort to collaborate and engage in discussions relevant to my role, get involved in online communities and develop my network. I’m looking forward to seeing how the digital marketing strategy module will help me improve my digital literacy over the coming weeks.
Freya Webb goes digital 