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It’s a wrap! My Personal Experience Living on the Web
Over the lessons, living and working on the web, I have learnt a great deal about digital presence and my opinions have changed. I’m inspired to have a visible digital presence to not only brand myself professionally, but also contribute, share and learn from others online.
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Identity: Do we know who you are?
When I first started this topic, I considered myself a digital visitor with multiple identities. Having discussed with my colleagues about the issue, I realized that most of them either have a multiple identities with few individuals having singular identity. This has given me more perspective and actual reconsideration on my current digital presence as well.
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Digital Self-promotion: Our New Norm or a Lack of Choice?
Our online identity is formed by the amount of time we spent interacting, engaging and contributing to a community. Expressing our individualism and ideologies through a personal brand via prominent multiple platforms to potential employers will present employment opportunities and create an effective multifaceted network (What is Your Network Identity, 2017).
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Information Quality Among Us
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My thoughts on information quality have changed during the past few sessions and I have learnt a great deal about fake-news. Whether we are digital natives or visitors, it is crucial for us to be aware of our own filter bubbles. The existence of bots on Social Media could potentially have an impact on influencing public’s perception at a global level.
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Consumer’s rights: The Transparency of Information
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The “Filter Bubble”, a friend or foe?
Tailoring search results and news towards who you are and what you do as an individual can be marked as one of the biggest technological breakthroughs in this digital age. In a recent survey, 57% are OK with providing personal information if it’s for their benefit, while 74% get frustrated when content & ads appear to have nothing to do with their interests (Consumer Perceptions of Social Login Study, 2013).
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Digital Differences: A Millennial’s Perspective
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The word “millennial” has become synonymous with the young; labelling us as being self-absorbed individuals. However, despite the negative connotations, it is starting to occur to me how fortunate I am when it comes to digital literacy and the immense impact it has on my daily life.
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Topic 1: Impact of Digital Differences
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The impact of digital differences on our interaction with the Web affects every facet of our lives, from using social media as an outlet of expression to starting an online business. Our online practice is a reflection of our beliefs, identity, cultural values, and attitudes. Yet it also depicts inequalities among others due to various social (rich vs poor), economic (communist vs socialist) and external factors (e.g.
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Introduction
As technology is rapidly changing the way we perceive information and communicate with others, digital natives and immigrants play an integral part in our online personas and interactions with one another. This can be further categorised into 2 types of online users:
Visitors who use the Internet for a brief amount of time as they do not view the internet as a social space, thus have no interest in prolonged engagement (Clark, 2015).
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