GET REAL! Toolkit • Activities
Your Digital Footprint
What does your digital footprint tell
about your body image?
With every mouse-click, you leave behind a digital trail of
what you do, where you go, and who you know online.
Your digital trail creates a digital footprint of your online identity
that increases in size every time you post, share, and search
online. Your online identity can tell a lot about your body image.
This activity will help you see yourself in the digital world.
Follow your digital trail by copying and pasting, or simply making
a list, of the items below, and insert them into the footprint.
Write down:
• User names for email/twitter/etc.
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• Favorite websites/social media/apps
Who you follow on twitter
Websites you visit
Recent Google searches
Title of your blog (if you have one)
Copy and paste:
• Profile pictures and selfies
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Your “About” page: interests/likes/blurbs
Shared or tagged photos and videos
Typical posts/tweets
Pages you “like”
Groups you join
Events you attend
Ads that appear on your webpage
All of your profiles/groups
Pinterest board: posts and those you follow
Instagram photos/Vine videos
Reflect: Reflect on what you see in your digital footprint and how others
might view you. Does your online identity reflect who you are
in real life? What does it say about your body image? Is this
how you want others to perceive you? Talk to your friends
about their digital footprints and take some control–delete the
negative posts and pictures and leave the positive ones.
Get REAL! about Media and Body Image | California State University, Northrdige | National Eating Disorders Association