who are we when we're online? self in a digital medium
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Who are We when We're
Online?
How Self Works in a Digital Medium
Ourselves
Always Multiple
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelotuscarroll/6842167375/
Always Facets
The Infinite Selves of the
Blank Screen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamison/3669034513/
...So I turned myself to face me
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thuanygabriela/4754591985/
The digital medium
amplifies & quantifies &
networks us like never before
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_wuestefeld/4535211481/
Why does this matter?
1. We have possibilities like never
before.
2. We are vulnerable like never
before.
The Digital = a Reputational
Space
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8113246@N02/7932198032
Digital Selves = Public
Aware of being
watched
Aware of scale of
attention
Builds identity by
repetition
Build ties by visible
communications
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangfoto/2755774089/
The Digital = a Social Space
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjnzja/2525350443
Digital Selves = Networked
We Connect
We Cultivate
We Curate
We Control?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/7153872159/
The Digital = an Economic
Space?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8113246@N02/7932198032/
Digital Selves = By the
Numbers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachubarama/4124709187
There are many currencies in
social media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdemory/540976004/
Monetization is NOT the divide
What is?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oter/2692986119/
The kind of citizen we choose to be.
The Digital = Just us, Extended
Online, we are ourselves, wired together.http://www.flickr.com/photos/areyoumyrik/289116861/
Be the self you want to
encounter online.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dimasmotion/2964792950