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Topic 3: Reflection

Upon reading my classmates’ blogs, I realized that I have taken a different approach as compared to some of my classmates. While my post focuses on having multiple identities online, Shilin’s blog focuses on her single online identity. She mentioned the risk of identity theft, and the ways to protect your identity online, which can be put in simpler picture as shown below. self-produced based on Telegraph Upon further research, I found out that identity theft is a serious issue. Continue reading →

Topic 3: Single Online Identity vs Multiple Online Identity

An online identity is a persona that a user creates to represent himself online. It could be anything from a profile, username, photos posted, that combines the person’s characteristics and actions. Online identity formation is a continuous process that grows as we mature and encounter experiences that contribute towards our identity expression. The following video shows the benefits and drawbacks between having a single identity vs multiple online identities. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Reflection

I admit, before the start of this topic, I am one of those people who’d fall for false news and end up sharing these unreliable fake information online. I used to wonder why is it every time I surf the net or use my social media account, everything post seem like “my kind of” to read news….. Echo Chambers & Filter Bubbles. Now I know why. Continue reading →

Topic 2: Are you a victim of click-baits?

Are you a victim of click-baits? Do you know where your information is coming from? A recent study showed that the more online content we consume, the more our ability to make decisions about its veracity becomes impaired. With more than 51% of the world’s population going online (Statistical, 2017), it is vital that these users are able to differentiate the trustable sources from non-reliable sources. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Reflections

Curious about my other viewpoints on Digital Differences? Before learning about “Digital Differences”, I always thought that the only digital difference is caused by the fact that the less privileged have lesser access to the online world as compared to the richer. However, a comparison between my colleagues blog posts and mine, gave me a deeper insight to  “Digital Differences”, especially the motivation part of it. Continue reading →

Introductory Post:

  Over the last decade, our lives have been slowly taken over by the advancing technology. Take a moment to look around you. How many screens do you see? Out of all these people using their devices, how many of whom do you think are digital visitors or digital residents? Digital Visitors: Visitors understand the web as akin to an untidy garden tool shed. Continue reading →