Joshua Cohen Quotes

I've used the Internet since I was in high school - it was my tool for self-promotion.

If I can really sustain myself and become a powerful entity on the internet, it'll transfer into real life. So right now I'm putting everything into the net.

Everything I post online is curated.

How do you manage your online identity? It's something I talk about with my students all the time.

There's this weird thing that happens when you contribute something to a static profile. You have to worry about how this new content fits in with your online persona that's supposed to be you. It's uncomfortable and unfortunate.

Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere.

I have a Twitter account. I own my name, but I've never tweeted.

Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day.

I'm easy to find on the Internet.

I didn't necessarily intend it for myself, but it just happens with Instagram and Twitter; people come up to me and call me Emrata; they don't call me Emily. That's my brand, my identity.

My Google existence is probably larger than a lot of people's.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

I just love social media. I love that you can create your own image of yourself.

You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great.

All of us in the modern world are constructing our identities, largely through social media, for a larger audience.

Social media should be a true sense of who you are.

I like to say I have Internet Immorality. From the beginning of the "internet famous" era until now, I've evolved and went with the flow of change, always changing my makeup looks, fashion, and vision. My brand has grown so fast from social media and I don't know how life would be without be logging onto MySpace for the first time 10 years ago!

I don't even own my own name on the internet - somebody else bought it.

America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves - Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac went on the road. If they had a Facebook page, they wouldn't have been able to forget their former selves.

I have a rule that I won't Google my own name.

We all have personal brands and most of us have already left a digital footprint, whether we like it or not. Proper social media use highlights your strengths that may not shine through in an interview or application and gives the world a broader view of who you are. Use it wisely.

I'm not big on looking up myself. I don't get Google alerts, and I don't look on blogs.

I just believe that whatever I post should be my content.

Well, I have never, ever Googled myself.

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.